It was January 20, 2010, when the unthinkable happened. In a country all ready known for its poverty and lack a 7.9 earthquake shook Port Au Prince in Haiti. The news explained that even though the quake had hit off the shore line the area it hit caused the effects to be amplified causing the effects to be like that of a 9 point earthquake, in an area, that had never been prepared. Most of the houses were made from indige-nous materials and the bricks were places on top of one another with very little to hold them together. Many of the houses, were centuries old and were not even thought of to be built with earthquake proof standards . The eight of us felt the need to go to this place, ravaged with death and destruction and bring the Good news of the Gospel and humanitarian aid. We left on March 22, 2010, and returned 17 days later. The chaos in Port Au Prince was over whelming, The city was under martial law by the United Nations. The overall infrastructure of the city was devastated and was slowly rebuilding. There were tent cities everywhere inside and out the city limits. Tragically, there was no sanita-tion, water or electricity. Mass graves were sad reminders of the quake, and wisely they were on the out skirts of the cities. We were housed in first part of our stay, at a safe house. Security was very needed and provided. We traveled from the first compound to or-phanages and we worked many outreaches. Voodoo activity in the country, went on incessantly. Thank God for our intercessors, back in the USA and in Haiti also. We partnered with three different ministries and worked the outreachs by the Presidential palace where we ministered to hundreds. Had very special ministry with other missionaries, coming and going from the compound. One evening had privilege of ministering with 2 missionaries from Minnesota, Kelly and Paul They were desperate to go further with the Holy Spirit so I Released and imparted they re-ceived!! What a glorious time. I asked them at breakfast what they had received the night before, the reply was, no sleep, holy laughter all night and Paul’s arm burned with fire of the Holy Spirit. Glory!! Day number 8 about 1 o’clock in the morning we were startled awake with a bang , I mean a literal bang. I remember thinking there was an-other earthquake, however it proved to be gun fire echoing thru compound, there was a sense of evil lurking at all turns, this brought us to the realization we needed to pray in the Spirit now!!! Later, we were told three men tried to come over the walls, of the compound. One was shot and killed and they wounded the other two. We were also told that criminals were kidnapping missionaries holding them for ransom and killing anyone they encountered as they would steal, what ever they could get their hands on! We moved to another compound on day number 9. This place was on the other side of the city and here we would minister until we left. Each morning in Haiti, the team had prayer together, communion, and read the word out loud. This brought us unity and helped us make sure we were on target with our ministries. As I said before, the influence of voodoo was everywhere! We had to do much intercession to keep the charge! One night in particular, my roommate Larry and I were awake, all night, praying in intercession. We preached at many churches and started three street churches. One of the churches we started in a place, where a woman had lost 5 of her children. The building had fallen on them, so in the rubble, we helped form a new church. We found two pieces of wood, a three penny nail and built a cross. We started preaching right there, till a crowd formed. The people in attendance agreed and the church was started! We vis-ited an orphanage for disabled children. These children were severely physically handicapped. Their care givers, still diligently even with these new conditions, caring for them the best they could. We were privileged to work with Don Tipton Friendship ministries and Smile of a Child TBN ministries while in Haiti We were also privileged to train some of Don Tipton’s people in street evangelism on streets of Port au Prince. After having considered 50 pages of journaling, it is hard to do justice, to all the events, of this trip, with such a limited space. Thank you contributors and intercession prayer partners for making this trip possible and successful.

Ministries: Haiti