Just Praising God!

It's crazy how good God really is! I've seen His goodness shown so evidently lately! My family here in Haiti is definitely at the top of my list of things I’m grateful for. I've posted a picture here of me with my two roommates, Rebekah and Rachel. They're both from Alberta and have been a huge joy and encouragement to me during my time here.

Part of my Haitian family includes Steve, another missionary from Alberta, who lives with us and built an extention to two of our doors that were a good six inches off the ground and had been letting all the neighbourhood animals in. Now I no longer find dogs sleeping on our couch in the middle of the night, or running around our bedroom. It's also handy for keeping the chickens out of the house. Praise the Lord for Steve!

I've also learned to really thank God for water. Every time I turn on the tap and water comes out, I praise the Lord. I used to really take indoor plumbing for granted, but after watching the Haitians carry huge five gallon buckets of water on their heads and walk for miles every day, I don't even care anymore that we only have cold water, at our house, even for showering.

The Lord is good and has provided us with electricity again, after being out for almost a month! One of the transformers in town went out and clearly it took a long time for them to get it up and running again!

Praise God for what He's doing in our church here, especially amoung all the young people! The Spirit of God is very powerful here and I really believe that God is about to start a revival amoung the youth. The Pastor’s conference was really encouraging and we have another team here right now, with a pastor holding sessions each afternoon, for Haitian pastors and young leaders in the church. There's a real excitement for God around here and it's so exciting to be a part of it.

I'm praising God for my English classes which started up a couple weeks ago and we are now in our second term for the year. I have some new students, but we've had to turn many away, because there's just too many for me to handle. Please pray that I will be effective in my teaching and that I'll be able to keep up with the demand for teaching English. I find it very exhausting sometimes, because I'm teaching everywhere I go, even while walking down the street! Please pray for God to uphold me and give me His strength and protection against the enemy. The Spiritual warfare is very strong and evident here.

Thank you for all your prayers and petitions for me and the ministry here at Haiti Arise. May the Lord bless you for your faithfulnes to Him!