February 15, 2010 | General Posts

From Haiti: Please Help Us!

The Youth Ministry Advance Team: Haiti is still on the ground, telling stories, ministering to those in need, and seeing how God is moving through the Haitian church. And they are calling you to join them. All in all, the group has been surprised, even amazed, at how God is bringing life and hope into a situation that should be full of death and despair. Here are a few highlights from the team, but you can read all of the blogs here.

AIM staffer Clint Bokelman has been posting regular video blogs throughout the day from Haiti, which you can watch here. The most recent post was a collection of videos about experiencing Haiti, as told by members of the team who are experiencing how God is reviving this nation first-hand.

Anne Jackson asks in her blog this morning that you pray for Haiti, that God will continue to turn mourning into dancing, while Jeremy Zach has been asking Haitians for prayer. Here’s an excerpt from Anne’s blog this morning:

Yesterday was Sunday, and as we drove to a church service, we saw
people dancing and singing in the streets, holding signs that said in
Creole, “Haiti for Christ, Christ for Haiti.” My friend Lars compared the people pouring into the streets in the same way I mentioned the rubble pouring into the streets. Both come crashing around every corner and every turn.

We joined a celebration where the Haitians were literally going
crazy with praise. I pulled out my trust Flip camera and like any
American blogger would do, captured the experience to share. Having no
rhythm whatsoever, when I was encouraged to dance by a large man in a
bright orange shirt, I laughed and shook my head. I began clapping my
hands a little bit.

Yesterday, Mark Oestreicher posted yesterday: “if the theme i sensed yesterday was hope, then the theme today was
joy. while suffering leads to perseverance, perseverance to character,
and character to hope, i think there must be a sense where hope leads
to joy. in the midst of such devastating heartache and desperate need, i witnessed joy break out multiple times today.” Later, he shared the following story:

today, a few of us were in one of the hundreds of tent communities
that have sprung up in and around port-au-prince. we met with a group
of about 40 people (though thousands live in the community and the one
next to it), listened to their stories, hopes and needs. even in the
midst of such great loss and devastation, they possessed joy. they
mentioned that no relief had come their way – no water, no food, no
tents (their “tents” were sheets hung on sticks and wires). when i
asked how they were surviving without food and water, the pastor i was
speaking with said, “we’re not.” they are starving and desperate, yet
still hopeful. Read more…

This morning Seth Barnes wrote about how the Spirit of God is “going viral” in this land that is desperate for revival. He poses the following challenge to the Body of Christ:

All you intercessors out there crying out for God’s presence, all
you seminary students learning how how to put people in touch with him,
all you desperate people who feel abandoned by God, I have a
suggestion: You need to get on a plane and come to Haiti.

You can go a lifetime and never see anything like this. We can
sing “Rend the heavens and come down,” but God already did – it’s
happening here in Port-au-Prince. Don’t let worries about security dissuade you. We’ve not seen or
heard of any threats. All we’ve seen is a massive outpouring of joy and
praises.

So many people traveled to Lakeland, FL, Toronto, or Brownsville,
seeking God. If God is what you want, get on a plane and come here. The
kingdom is coming here in Haiti. You can go your whole lifetime and not
see this. What’s happening is the stuff of dreams. Read more…

The group is meeting back up with the tent city that has not yet received an aid, and asking field reporters and others to join them and help get the word out about this community. If you’re on Twitter, consider re-tweeting the coordinates , as well as sharing the video below any way that you can: