Responding to needs in Haiti and the Dominican

In my last post, I wrote how God woke me up in the middle of the night to pray for Haiti and starving people throughout the world. There were multiple reasons for me being up praying that night. For one, the people of Haiti desperately need our prayers. They have been hammered by three hurricanes in the past month and now they fear the huge Hurricane Ike will hit them. Let's pray it leaves Haiti alone. Another reason for praying that night is God wants Love In Action to go to work in Haiti.

Little did I know, at the same time I was praying that night, our friend Marie of Love In Action World Ministries in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was up crying out to God for the people of Haiti. She had just returned from Haiti, where she ministered for a month. We sent her supplies to help with the missions trip and also helped financially to get the container of supplies out of customs in Haiti. More than 150 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior in three crusades held on that missions trip. You can see pictures of people being baptized in Haiti on our Web site.

Two days after that late night prayer session, I called Marie. LIA Board Member Dwight Deal and I talked with Marie for an hour-and-a-half. God is about to do some great things over in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and Love In Action is going to be right in the middle of it.

We're currently working to fill a container of food to be shipped to Haiti to provide food for hundreds of starving people. We want to ship it by the end of this month.

Then, in the Dominican Republic, we have an awesome opportunity to team with Marie's ministry in establishing a school in a poor village and provide an education for 162 children. We will also be able to provide at least one meal a day for the children and nearly 400 adults in that village. It's a huge task, but one we know God will help us accomplish.

The first phase for the school is repairing it. We're working on forming a team of volunteers to go to the Dominican soon to do the repairs. We'll be able to purchase all of the supplies there, which will help the local economy, then in about three days we can have it repaired and ready for the children. Then we will need school supplies and food.

Martha and I are very excited about these opportunities, and Dwight is thrilled because he has a heart for Haiti and the Dominican. Dwight is an awesome blessing to LIA and all of the people we reach. We're excited and honored to have him on the LIA team.

Please be in prayer for us as God continues to expand the ministry. I'll blog soon about our warehouse. It's just awesome what God is doing.