We are finally creating a blog of our life and ministry here in Haiti. We have lived here since 2003 and we are not as technologically savvy as some of our friends (although our teenage son Josh is very much so), but we are going to do our best to keep this updated with posts and pictures.
It seemed fitting to start today on the 1-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. It is an event that changed our lives and the lives of all Haitians and foreigners who lived here or were visiting here on January 12, 2010. There was so much sorrow and tragedy, yet we have seen how the Lord has used this for good in the past year. Our hearts are heavy today and we have already shed many tears, but there is joy and thankfulness and healing as well in our tears.
Today we will commemorate with a prayer service at our church in Titanyen and also a memorial service in our chapel on the compound later this afternoon starting at 4:30. The earthquake hit at 4:53 pm on that late Tuesday afternoon and we will be praying and remembering that time a year later. We will be praising God for sparing the lives of all those who were on the compound that day (about 200 people), we will be remembering those who lost their lives, and those who lost limbs and were permanently injured, and we will be asking God for His grace and mercy to be on this country and the people of Haiti. May His word continue to pour forth and lives continue to come to Him as the result of all we have gone through as a country this past year.
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