God is gathering His church in Haiti!

I wanted to share with you just a few of the amazing things God has been doing in Haiti since the earthquake. Mardi Gras is a national holiday in Haiti and was supposed to commence last Tuesday. This festival is held annually and celebrates Hait's deep roots in voodoo and devil worship. There are normally voodoo drums sounding many nights before, in preparation for this event. This year however, there were no drums to be heard. Mardi Gras was cancelled and in its place was an all-day march of 50,000+ Christians praying, praising, and eproclaiming the name of Jesus Christ throughout the streets of Cap Haitian! I cannot even explain what a huge deal this is. It would be like canceling Christmas or the 4th of July in the US. The Holy Spirit is moving in miraculous ways! To add to that, the previous Friday-Sunday, Haiti announced 3 days of fasting and prayer for their country. Church services were being held everywhere and many late into the night. God is calling His people to Himself!

Another testimony of the mighty things God is accomplishing through the disaster in Haiti, takes place in a town of Port-au-prince called Diquini. OMS has sent teams there to do mobile clinics and evangelize. Three weeks ago, Julie went there with one of these teams, and during their time there they saw between 500-600 come to know Christ in that area. However, there wasn't a church for them to meet in or anyone to disciple these people. There was a young guy who was there working with Julie's team as an evangelist. His name is Junior and he is a first year student at OMS's seminary in Cap Haitian. Afer he returned from Port-au-prince with the team, he really felt God calling him to go back and plant a church there in Diquini. Missionaries here in Cap Haitian had also been praying that God would open the door for a church to be planted there, and for someone to rise up and lead these new believers. Prayers were answered quickly as Junior is now back in Diquini being trained to start a church there. Three people came forward from the community, and they are also being trained to be leaders in this church. I met and went to church with Junior last Sunday. It was so encouraging to see how Junior's passion and love for God have brought him to this place and are continuing to guide is every step. God is going to use this man in great ways to further His kingdom!