"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Cor 10:31

Serving the people of Haiti as an act of worship of our Lord

In response to the massive earthquake that devastated this beautiful island country and killed almost 250,000 people, the compassionate folks of Grace Fellowship UMC, Katy, TX donated over $65,000.00 to a Haiti Relief Fund.

$55,000.00 was immediately donated to several reputable agencies already working in Haiti and $10,000 was held back with a future hands-on mission trip in mind. The Grace Fellowship mission team will be in Haiti from August 2nd through August 7th!

Ten people from our Hurricane Relief Team, Emergency Response Team and Orphan's Hope Small Group were invited to participate. God has blessed our team with 3 Grace Fellowshippers who are from Haiti!

We will be serving under the leadership of Bob Sjogren of UnVeiling Glory Ministries in partnership with another ministry, Thirst No More. The primary plan is to do relationship evangelism in the tent cities. We will also serve at an orphanage, help in a medical clinic and possibly do some construction. Needs are changing daily so we are living by biblical principles that whatever we do, we will work as unto the Lord and will do everything for the glory of God!

We covet and appreciate your prayer support!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Final Words and More Pictures

It seems a bit strange updating the blog since we have been back in Katy a few days but we must give glory to God for our last day in Haiti. It was so special!

Rolande invited us to visit her home which amazingly enough was just a few minutes up the road from where we were staying! How good is God for that to happen! We had no idea when we booked this trip where the Thirst No More house was located.

After an awesome time of worship, Haitian style, with those currently living in her home and several other invited guests we prayed and heard testimonies giving glory to God. A formerly wealthy family of six who were staying in the house had lost everything but their lives in the January 12th earthquake. The parents and 12 year-old daughter testified to God’s goodness toward them as they recounted their stories of the horrific day. Their testimonies echoed many others that we heard throughout the week. Even though they had nothing of material value left they praised God over and over. Many tears were shed that morning but there was also great rejoicing! We concluded our worship by sharing a huge, delicious Haitian meal cooked by Rolande’s friends living in her house.

Jean can't wait to dig in to his favorite Haitian foods! Merci Rolande!


Our team was blessed each evening throughout the week in Haiti to sit under the excellent teaching of Bob Sjogren, one of our favorite teachers in the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement class, (http://www.unveilinglory.com). * Take Perspectives! We realized that God was glorified in the earthquake. It gave Him an opportunity to offer His mercy and countless people were drawn to Him as a result. “Merci Jesus”, “I love Jesus” and similar expressions of adoration were painted on almost every taxi, car and wall in Port au Prince. Glory to God!

After lunch we drove to the airport through an area of great devastation. Life was continuing amidst buildings that once stood three stories now as flat as pancakes. We saw many unusual sites like UN tanks and troops, street demonstrations closing roads and causing detours, upcoming election hoopla, and tent after tent on any flat piece of ground.




Business as usual

We made it home safely, our minds full of many things we will need to ponder in our hearts for some time to fully appreciate. Thank you for following our journey and blessing us with your prayers.

Please continue to pray that the resurrection power of the Lord Almighty will be manifest in the Haitian believers and they will rebuild their country to the glory of God! Amen.

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