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Haiti Still Crippled Two Years Later

Haiti Still Crippled Two Years Later

The Haiti Earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010. Some estimates place the death toll at 300,000. Hundreds of thousands are still homeless, living in one of the many dozens of tent camps scattered throughout the area of the capital city and the other areas to the west and south that were devastated. The need for [...]

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Life on the Median

After the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents had no place to live. Space became so tight that these people had to create homes on a narrow median in the middle of a busy street.

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Azuei Church

A young man named Gary was the voodoo witch doctor of this village. When the spirits began to direct him to kill people, he turned to give his life to Jesus Christ. He is now the pastor of this little village church that meets EVERY EVENING for worship under a few dried palm branches. Here [...]

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My Healing Miracle

I guess it wasn’t meant to be that I would have regular internet connection on this trip, but that’s OK. I’ll just write a few volumes of stuff when I get home and stuff your e-mail boxes, so get a lot of sleep now so you can stay up reading later!
THANK YOU for all your [...]

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Breaking News!

One month after one of the most devastating earthquakes in history, the Haitian people gathered together in towns and cities all over the country for a Day of Repentance. Take a look at this video that caught the spirit of the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sgXXHIZbic.
The secular media called it a Day of Mourning, and they reported only [...]

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Haiti in Repentance

I was just forwarded a message from a missionary in Haiti with this report from the “Day of Repentance” yesterday. Here is what she writes:
The word from our Haitian staff going out this morning was that it is amazing. Thousands of Haitians have filled the park here in St. Marc, to pray and repent before [...]

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Letter to an Editor

In response to an article in a US newspaper, which basically said that Evangelical Protestants were “using” the earthquake in Haiti in order to scratch notches on their “conversion belts,” I wrote the following response:
In reference to the article, “Baptists, Scientologists in Haiti trying to buy souls.” I just spent the last two weeks in [...]

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Home, What’s Next?

I got home late Thursday night. Now it’s Tuesday and the time has flown by. Some of you have written and asked, “Are you home? Are you OK?” You just got spoiled after hearing from me every day while I was in Haiti! I’ve come home to a full plate. Letting my wife and kids [...]

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Jim comes home today

Note from Margie:
I’m blessed by JIm’s courage to speak His love. You may think of JIm as a performer, but I know this is not al all what he would have been comfortable in doing.
I’m leaving shortly to drive into Chicago with Rebekah. Jim should arrive about 8:30 tonight!!
Thanks for your continued prayer cdover over [...]

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Was That You Speaking, Lord?

For those of you following me day by day, no I didn’t forget about Tuesday. But Tuesday was “one of those days” in Haiti. We felt we needed to leave the office where we’ve been staying and working because all the office workers have returned to their jobs, and it seemed it was not appreciated [...]

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