I must write all this before it becomes a fleeting memory. We have had the most incredible days in May. I told you about the team from Virginia and from Pennsylvania each team made an awesome impact on the lives of the people they touched. Medical and work teams mean more than you can imagine to our mission and to our beautiful, struggling Haitian people. Work teams help us tremendously because they do work that we aren't able to accomplish as we minister to people. Medical teams help those who never get to see a doctor. We finished this season with an evangelistic team that was anointed bringing salvation, physical healing and deliverance to Haitian people. All work done for the Lord will be rewarded whether it's good or bad. The work we've seen over the last month has been extremely good!
Evangelistically, we are seeing a different Haiti. People are responding to the Gospel in a way that we've not seen before. Pastor John Palideno, had not been to St Marc, in over ten years. He immediately saw a difference, because there is a difference. We've been seeing it since the earthquake. People want God, not in a religious way, but in a desire to know Him.
Pastor John Palideno, from Family Harvest Tampa, brought five of his men and together, we saw captives set free. His team consisted of Charlie Young, who is a farmer. Charlie taught people how to plant in little soil and how to keep the plants watered. They are all very excited about this. He used the orphanage area as the example so we will have a garden very soon. Dave Van Aooza put in plumbing at the orphanage as well. Jose Breton, a barber in Tampa, cut hair and taught how to cut. Mike Palideno, Pastor John, and Jason Thompson were on the street for two days, preaching, reaching out to the lost, inviting people to the church service in a village area of Pont Sonde.
On Thursday and Friday evening, the whole team and I drove to this little church where people packed in with great expectation. At least seven people came to Christ, several healed, several deliverances. When people come out of voudou, demons fight them to keep them from Jesus. The outworking of that is thrashing around on the ground. But, at the name of Jesus, they must loose their captive. One young girl came back the second night smiling and very happy, completely free!
On Saturday, Pastor John preached at our Bible school graduation and preached Saturday night in Pont Sonde. Sunday morning we drove to Port for Pastor Cesar's church dedication. We left there for St Marc and Pastor Chery's church that night, Monday night and Tuesday night. The people cannot get over the power of the Word of God. They responded in faith.
Salvations: 31
Deliverances: 8 to 10 that we know about
Healings: 10
Awesome time. But that's not all. On Sunday, Gary picked up a team from Guatemala. Mario and Suzanne Babarczy, of Heart's in Action Ministry. They did a meeting at Pastor Cesar's in the afternoon then came here for a meeting in St Marc. Their team of 13, spent two nights and we made more new friends. God is really something when it comes to connecting people and we've been on the receiving end of this blessing since January 12th!
I'm going to try to get pictures on this blog. I have to work fast because internet has been going out everyday as clouds move in. We are in the rainy season, no doubt about it.
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