Signs of revival are everywhere in Port Au Prince.  This crisis has brought thousands of Haitians to God.  They can be heard singing his praises daily.

 

That one sentence has remained in my mind for the past week, floating around and resurfacing, calling me to ponder . 

Last Wednesday, after two days of searching Port-Au-Prince and negotiating with vendors for the best price, three trucks loaded down with 46 mattresses and one baby bed arrived at the Sons of God Orphanage in Carrefour. The answer to years of prayers for those who care for the 124 children residing there.

I thought it would be super easy to raise $35,000 for AIM's church to church program. I think (and thought) it's such a unique and revolutionary approach to long-term help for Haiti. And I think (and thought) people would be quickly "in" on helping finance that kind of thing, particularly when the funds we were trying to generate are for the express purpose of providing the salaries of a few Haitian church leaders.

When my AIM team arrived, four and a half months had passed since the January 12thearthquake. As far as we knew, no one had been to Ktadb to distribute supplies during that time. There were almost 600 shelters there, but not a single tent or any tarps in sight. All of the shelters were built with sticks lashed together and covered with whatever cloth was available: sheets, tablecloths, even old pants or skirts stitched together. Lucky families got to sleep on piles of broken cinderblocks. Those less fortunate slept on cardboard or right on the dirt that quickly turns to mud during the rainy season.

Pastor Wilnord Pierre is one of the many pastors in AIM's Church-to-Church Initiative. He also runs a school under a tarp where about 90 children attend each day.  He shares about his church in the aftermath of the earthquake

To find out more about how your church can be a part of rebuilding Haiti by supporting a Haitian church community, go here.