Horrible News From Haiti!

I’ve been on the phone this morning with various ministries that serve on the front line in Haiti. Grace Church has been sending teams to Haiti for the past 10 years to help push back the darkness and poverty of the poorest nation in our hemisphere. Next week we begin the process of assembling the team for the 2009 trip.

Haiti has been savaged by three successive hurricanes in a matter of just a few weeks. The news I received this morning broke my heart. 1200 people have drowned. That number is expected to expand 10/20 times once relief workers are actually able to get into the area. The major roads have completely washed away. 1 million people are displaced. One half of Haiti lives on one dollar a day. They now need at least three. They won’t make it without a miracle. People have been sitting on rooftops for over three weeks because the mud is waste deep. That means most of them are dead. People are eating dirt to stay alive. The UN is trying to get cooked rice into the region because they can’t store anything bagged due to standing water. Entire church congregations have drowned. No fuel, food or medicine has made it through from the southern ports to the masses in the north.

Please pray for these wonderful people who struggle so deeply. The cry in the streets is …“Haiti is dead!” I’ll have more news as I receive it. Pray for our missionaries working desperately to make a difference. Pray for their safety as increased violence is erupting.