Crossing the border from the Dominican Republic into Haiti, I could feel the shift in the atmosphere, though it’s one Island they are not the same. I saw poverty in the DR, but not like this. Everything is different, the language, the people, and what I have noticed the most, the spiritual atmosphere.
When we arrived here the Lord kept speaking to me about the land and that the land needed healing, and I kept thinking but I am here for the people not the land. The Lord then told me the land was the key to healing the people, I still didn’t understand. Then I got a history lesson of Haiti, that when Haiti became an independent nation, before they had any governmental system they had a military and the leaders of the military dedicated the land to demon spirits, they had a cerimony and killed a pig and drank its blood, all the trees got cut down and the land no longer prospered. My first thought after hearing this was this makes so much sense, okay so I believe we need to pray into the land cut off those demonic ties and speak life into the the earth here, and then I lost my voice. Literally my voice was gone and I got really sick and slept for a day and a half. I am now feeling somewhat better and my voice is coming back slowly, and my team and I plan on praying into the land here soon.
I am sharing a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom house with 18 other girls this month, its not as bad as it sounds, instead of the drama that is usually associated with a group of girls, this is an environment of love, encouragement, and general building each other up. When we go out to minister or to the market or anywhere we are getting cursed by people, voo doo and the worship of evil is everywhere here and we are constantly in warfare. I am so thankful to have such sound teaching and have been teaching the other girls what I know.
It is so hot here the term “sweating buckets” is an understatement, I shower and an hour later I am just as gross as I was before my shower. Every night dinner is beans and rice and a lot of the times its beans and rice for lunch and dinner and sometimes there is meat but I am opting to not eat meat here, it freaks me out. As in the DR our water and electricity come and go as they please, you just get use to things like flushing the toilet with a bucket of water and carrying a headlamp for your light. I have battled headaches and sickness constantly since I crossed the border, I believe some if not all of it is enemy attack and prayers are not just welcome but needed for myself and my team. I am still in need of over $8000.00 to be fully funded, prayers and financial support are also needed in that area, I know this is where I am suppose to be and believe the Lord will make a way for his will. Sending love and hugs home.
