Praying for Haiti
Haiti is one of the poorest, most unstable countries in the world, and the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Its problems often seem to get less notice than other troubled places, maybe because it's somewhat of an anomaly of extreme poverty in an otherwise affluent part of the globe.
Here is another prayer request I received today from a lady I know in Haiti who works at a Christian school there:
"Thank you for your prayers. Here are some requests for this week.
Thank you especially for praying about our electricity - it was all fixed on Thursday, which was way faster than I had faith for!
Please pray for safety for our school families. We are starting to hear about kidnappings again and it's easy to let these stories get to you and make you fearful and distrustful of those around. I am getting prayer requests in homeroom for people my seventh graders know who have been kidnapped.
Please pray for discernment for us as we are faced with requests for money from people nearly every day. It is hard to know how to help and whom to help. It's easy to get cynical about it all and not want to help anyone."
posted by Mike Mitchell at 6:14 AM
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Just yesterday James and I pulled out our video that we took while in Haiti when we picked up our two adopted children. It is actually the first time we have watched it since we picked them up nearly two years ago. We thought that we had lost it. I was once again reminded what it is like there. This country needs our prayers so much. I remember thinking that nothing short a miracle from God or hundreds of years of reform could turn this country around. They yearn for a better life. My prayers are always with the people of Haiti.
God bless our Haitian brothers and sisters. And may we all join in to help him bless them through us. Thank you for the reminder Mike.
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