God Tests the Team

We've been able to follow online the weather pattern, they call Tomas, that could be a Hurricane, a Tropical Storm, a Tropical Depression, or maybe even a rain shower on Friday. We are supposed to leave very early Friday morning to get into Port Au Prince early enough to brave rush hour traffic and get to the airport early for security. Needless to say, if a Hurricane is coming, we don't want to be anywhere close to the airport or Port Au Prince at the time. We reviewed our options: 1) Run around scared like chickens with our heads cut off 2)Try to leave early before the work is done here and leave the house and orphans without help they may need 3)or Trust God will provide.

We met as a team and reviewed the options. We talked privately with our spouses and have been praying for wisdom. Fortunately, our team was united in the decision that the wisest thing to do would be to plan on staying until we were sure the storm passsed, even if that meant we weather a Hurricane in Haiti. Where else could God want us to be than with the Orphans and Missionaries during the Hurricane?

We had a fantastic devotion time last night and lifted our voices in song like never before. God was with us last night as we finished singing "How Great is Our God," hands in the air, voices raised, praising our Lord and trusting in his provision. We also sang "Our God" which felt unusually appropriate as we sang "Our God is greater, Our God is Stronger, Our God is Higher than any other......." God is truly greater, stronger, higher than anything this world may bring. He is a good God, who gives good gifts. He has a plan to be glorified through our presence here and I can't wait to see it play out.

Thank You for praying for us during this time. We are now pretty sure we're here for the duration. Looks like we're going to have even more good stories when we go home!

We miss you all and Love you all.

Jim