If I could bring one tangible piece if Haiti with me, it would be their music.
Bongo drums, homemade percussion instruments, voices full of praise for the Lord and joy in Him, penetrated with occasional claps - music you have to move to, you have to join in with!!
We have had the privilege, and I may be the only one on the team who considers it a privilege, of hearing this beautiful praise nearly every evening until past 10, and waking up to it at 4 a.m. almost every day. This... I will truly miss Sunday night. :-(
This music is one of the simplest and sweetest ways we are able to join with believers from their cultures and languages. We may not know the words of each others' songs, but we can fully enter into worship with them, praise the Lord!
Josh Lawson and several others from Journey Community Church of La Mesa, CA have been partnering with Church of God Mission by Faith in Carrefour (just outside of Port-au-Prince), Haiti. Nearly a year and half since the earthquake first struck, there's still much to be done.
Patti Gibbons and her teammates went to Haiti last month; they responded to God's call to bring hope.
Fire and Fragrance, a ministry of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), is spearheading a prayer initiative for Haiti: 200 hours of prayer for 200 years.
A clinic was to Pastor Edouard Clerhomme what the ark was to Noah.