Church in- Haiti missions trip day 2

Haiti missions trip- Day 2- Church in Haiti

Church in Haiti was very similar to the many Haitian AG churches in NJ. I spoke at a church here today which met under a metal roof, as its building was cracked by “ January 12” (as they call the big quake down here), and later had to be pulled down. The church is a pile of rubble now, which our construction team will pulverize and move into one big pile (this is their project for the week, we are calling them the “destruction team”).

I spoke on Bartimaeus the beggar stopping God by his faith and persistence, and there was a great response at the end. A number of people wanted prayer for deliverance from spirits, much more than in America. Half our team is Haitian, so they related well to the people,and vice-versa.
We had Domino’s pizza for lunch- yes, they do deliver even in Haiti. And then me and our medical team flew on a small 16 person plane to the southern city of Les Cayes, and left our destruction team for the week

He brought a tent- Haiti missions trip- day 1

Haiti missions trip- Day 1- He brought a tent

We had a smooth trip down to Haiti. The Port-au-Prince airport terminal is still heavily damaged, with cracks through the concrete buildings rendering many of them unusable.
US helicopters are in the airport, and US troops still live in tents at the airport.
Several people wondered why one of our party carried a Coleman tent down. It turns out that it is for his niece to live in, since her home was destroyed. The tent cities are everywhere, blue and white tents amidst lots of hot and dry dust. Houses and their rubble are everywhere. Some people have an address in the tents, but don’t live there, since you can get free food and other things by doing this from the relief groups. But many people do live there, and it looks squalid.

Shady Maple

You haven't lived until you have eaten at Shady Maple Smorgasboard in the Lancaster, PA, area. It has an enormous buffet, and must seat near a thousand people or more. On Monday night, there were huge lines just to get into it. We went there to celebrate my daughter's birthday (keep praying for a job for her), and to see my son Timothy, who lives nearby.

Shady never ceases to amaze me. I learned that they have a senior discount (10% off), but also a super-senior discount (over 90 years old- 50% off), and a gastric bypass discount (also 50% off). Maybe I will take my mother to Shady for the super-senior discount some time!

Trenton makes

How many of us have ever visited the capital of NJ, Trenton? We went last week to it. First to the NJ state museum, which is a nice 2 hour visit, with a planetarium. They have a room highlighting all the things which were invented in NJ (including baseball, the cranberry picker, and football). Then we ate at Rossi's in Chambersburg, the old Italian section (now mostly Latino). They claim to have the best burger in NJ, and after tasting it, they might be right. The suburb of Trenton, Hamilton, has the best thrift store in the country, "Red, white, and Blue", bigger, better and different from any other store you have seen. You can get clothes and all sorts of home stuff at ridiculous prices there.

Trenton has a bridge crossing the Delaware with a sign remembering its industrial heyday, "Trenton makes, the world takes!"

Sci-fi dream

Last night I had a dream which reminded me of an Asimov science fiction story I read when I was about 17 (yes, I do remember it well). In the dream, I was in a basement in a place which had incredible fatal storms constantly on the surface, except for about an hour break every few days. At those times everyone went out onto the soaked surface and celebrated.

At the weather break I went out with about 5 people on to the surface. With 5 minutes left before the fatal storm came in full we began to run back to shelter, as the winds intensified. Suddenly the woman next to me collapsed. I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder.
She was surprisingly light, but I could barely run. The winds reached a dangerous pitch, and I was panting for breath. Everyone else was back in, I had maybe a minute before the storm became fatal. My heart was pounding- would I/we make it in?

Then I woke up! This would make a good TV show.

Any ideas what it means?

From the foundation of the world

Matthew 25:34 really grabbed me last week. It says that God has prepared His kingdom for us
"before the foundation of the world." This is amazing- before we were created, or the world, God had created heaven for us! I am looking forward to it enormously, sometimes I think about it before going to sleep. God has made a personal paradise for you billions of years ago.

Haiti missions trip

Thanks for praying for our trip to Haiti. We are leaving Sat, and returning next Saturday. We have 28 people going, with about half doing construction in Port au-Prince. Pray for their safety and protection. It is supposed to be as hot as 100 degrees this week, fairly typical for this time of year.

I will be with our medical team, the other half, in the southern city of Les Cayes. We will set up medical clinics and share the Gospel in 4 different towns. Pray that we will see supernatural healings!

About half our team going is from a Haitian background, so we will be well translated. I have wanted to see their country for many years, though I am sure the earthquake impact will be depressing. They are wonderful people.