Sometime between 3-5am our safety was taken from us. Our security was no more, and our privacy became nonexistent.
We arrived in Haiti a little over a week ago trying to have no expectations about a country that we had already heard so much about. Before we left the DR we were warned and told over and over again to be safe and be careful. When we got to the house where we were staying, we were all exhausted. It was dark and it had been a long day of traveling. The city was different than we expected. There was so much darkness and chaos. I just kept thinking to myself, how will we find peace here? The Lord revealed so much our first week. Ministry was slow, but God was working in each one of our hearts calling things out of us that we need to work through as we take this journey with Him. It was a sweet time for the teams. I forgot how sweet it is to be pursued by our Father. His love is truly amazing.
We were so excited to dive into ministry this week. Last night we sat and ate and talked about the week ahead and the ministry we would be a part of. I was so tired I think I went to sleep around 10pm, which has become early for us. Sometime in the middle of the night I heard a rustling in our kitchen. A voice inside my head told me to stay in bed, so I turned over, but there was an uneasy feeling deep in my heart. I was one of the last people to wake up this morning. I woke up to confusion and anger. We had been robbed. Computers, IPods, cameras, hard drives, and my purse had all been taken while we slept soundly in our beds. In that moment the only thing I could do was just keep breathing. I began to think about the list of things I needed to do. Ok call the credit card companies, call the U.S. Embassy, file a police report, and make sure everyone is ok. It was a time to pray, it was a time to be calm. As the day continued, anger began to build inside of my heart. This neighborhood which we had begun to love had become a place of betrayal. As we walked through the streets it became hard to even say hello to people. There was so much questioning in our heads, “Do you know?” “Did you have anything to do with it?” We came to this place to love and to serve and to pour ourselves out to these people, and now we were in a place where it was hard for us to even look them in the eye. “Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be”. This verse in Matthew began to ring in my ears. Everyone woke up this morning safe. Yes, our possessions are gone, but we are still here. We cannot let fear control us, for our treasure is in Heaven and these things of the world are worthless in the eyes of our Father. We will love as He loved. We will serve as He served. We will not give up.
At 8 o’clock tonight we will stand in the street and we will sing and dance before our King. We will pray against fear and confusion and we will find peace in this country of chaos. It is time for us to not let fear control us, for if we have fear then how can we say we have God? Satan will NOT win this battle, for CHRIST has already won the war! Pray with us! There is a movement going on in Haiti, there is power in His name, and we will proclaim it out!
