MY FIRST TRIP EVER TO HAITI!

On Tuesday I will enter the devastation and dysfunction of Haiti.

All of our hearts and minds have been overwhelmed by the loss of life and unending pain in the midst of hopeless poverty.

My dear friends Nick & Darleen Bruckner have been asking us for years for to be a part of what God is doing in this nation they love. They have partnered with  Pastor Eccliscias Donation in Cape Haitien, who is doing miraculous things for God and reaching out to His community and nation.

The church, Tabernacle of Praise, is anywhere from 7,000 to 20,000 in number and has meetings every day starting with prayer at 5:30 in the morning.

2 weeks ago, on a wednesday night service, 350 people gave their lives to Christ!

I am filled with anticipation.

I know my heart is going to be broken. This is a place that for years has been filled with darkness, over run by demons, and hated by the devil. Haitians are desperate for the love of God as spiritual darkness is one of its biggest problems.

On August 14, 1791, a group of Houngans (voodoo priests), led by a former slave named Boukman, made a pact with the Devil at a place called Bois-Caiman. They sacrificed a black pig in a voodoo ritual at which hundreds of slaves drank the pigs blood. In this ritual, Boukman asked Satan for his help in liberating Haiti from the French. In exchange, the voodoo priests offered to give the country to Satan for 200 years and swore to serve him.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NATION:

• Only 50 percent of Haiti population has access to safe drinking water.

• Some 55 percent of Haiti’s 9 million people live below the poverty line of US$1 a day.

• Rural households spend almost 60 percent of their income on food; the poorest groups spend more than 70 percent.

• Chronic malnutrition affects 24 percent of children under five, rising as high as 40 percent in the poorest zones.

• According to the CIA World factbook, about 50% of the population practice Voodoo.

Please keep me in your prayers next week!

Nick says that God is really moving powerfully since the Earthquake, and there's been an opening in the heart of the Haitian people for Jesus Christ more so now than ever before.

Miracles, signs and wonders are happening all over the church.

I believe that countless lives will be touched this week as a result of the Word going forth!

Thank you for standing with us,

-MIKEL