Many of you have reached out to us to see how we are doing with the crisis in Haiti hitting the international news. Haiti is in desperate need of our prayers. We appreciate your concern for those of us who continue to minister here, as well as the Hatian people all around us who are concerned about what the next hour or day might look like for them.
Here in Cayes (where we live), things have been mostly quiet and operating normally, but we all realize and are prepared for that to change at a moment’s notice. The news that you have been seeing of Haiti is most likely from the capital city of Port au Prince, which is about a five hour drive, or 120 miles from us (that drive has not been possible for about five years due to the gang activity). Currently, flights are not coming in or out of the regional airport in Cayes, or anywhere else in the country, because of the state of emergency in Port au Prince.
Although there are many rumors and reports of what is happening in Port, we know that two prisons have been attacked and prisoners have fled; the actual numbers of prisoners on the run is not clear, but we have seen numbers all over the place. We also know that the situation around the international and the national airports in Port au Prince have been extremely tense, to say the least.
So, we do ask you to pray for everyone in and around Port au Prince, first and foremost; and the rest of the country, as we wait to see what the consequences for the rest of us will be in the coming days and weeks. We continue to rest in the promises of our all-knowing God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He knows our todays, as well as our tomorrows, and we know that regardless of the victories or the defeats before us, He has gone ahead and prepared the way.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26 (CEV)
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