On Friday, February 12, after flying into the Dominican Republic the previous day, the Youth Advance Team drove across the mountains to Haiti. Upon arrival, they brought hot chocolate to families and victims at a hospital in Jimani, where they developed relationships and listened to people’s stories.  One man, Francois, from Port-au-Prince told the team his unforgettable story: When the earthquake occurred, he and his wife, Elina, who was nine-months pregnant at the time, were in their home in a five-story building. The entire structure collapsed on top of them, but...

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...

The National Haitian Church declared three days of prayer and fasting throughout Haiti.  Rhett, Lars and Anne share a bit of what they have encountered as a result of these outpour of prayers.  And Clint Bokelman includes a video of one of the gatherings (one of many occurring across the country) they witnessed. Rhett: I stood on top of one house, watching a group of about ten-thousand Haitians worshipping anywhere they could in close proximity to the church. I almost expected some people to lower a friend through the roof of the church so...

Seth Barnes and Jeremy Zach share about the second day of national prayer in Haiti and a ministry story from the day. Also included are two videos: one in which Lars Rood shares how the Lord is moving in Haiti and America as a result of the three days of national prayer that many churches and believers are observing. The second is a video of the people dancing for Jesus in the streets of Haiti. Seth: We didn’t expect this. We expected the devastation, the crumbled buildings, the tent cities. But we didn’t expect the hope. Everywhere we went this...

Rhett Smith and Mark Oestreicher share a couple of stories from the field and Ian Robertson includes a video at the bottom… Marko: Our first ministry stop was on the Dominican side of the Haiti border, where a complete hospital had been set up in tents on the compound of a ministry organization. The hospital was being run by “U.S. Aid”, a U.S. government funded agency.  The nurses and docs were wonderful – all there as volunteers.  And a highlight was sitting with a Haitian man who was healing from a broken femur.  We...