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The week we spent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is very hard to describe.  Our accommodations were excellent as we stayed at the Florida house which had received some damage but for the most part was left completely functional.   We slept in a bunk each night and were serve two meals per day.  The accommodations couldn’t have been better.  On the other hand, the work in Haiti was nothing less than heart-wrenching.  The sights we saw and the stories we heard were at first hard to believe and then hard to handle.  I told someone earlier that every story we heard would have made front page news in any city in the USA.  However, since everyone there had experienced the same calamity, it was as though the devastation was commonplace.

We can report that God is clearly at work in this area of disaster and devastation.  We saw many come to the Lord and met many more who had surrendered to the Lordship of Christ since the quake.  We heard miraculous stories of God’s deliverance in the face of certain peril and watched the church in Haiti stand strong again the forces of darkness.  All in all, we can report that God is at work and OFBC has partnered with Him in this great ministry.  Thank you all so much for supporting us as we ministered to the Haitian people.

HAITI IN THE AFTERMATH

Author: masonvt

There have been a number of questions about Haiti, most with a desire to reach out, even asking when we are going.

Be patient – there will be opportunities, but they will not be immediate. The total relief process ( if it can ever be total) will probably be years in duration.

This is not a case where we can just put a team together, pack up and go. Anything we want to do on site, in person, will of necessity be through our Southern and South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief organizations. To be a part of this you must receive training and certification through the State Convention. The next training is just weeks away, March 5&6, in Anderson, SC. On Sunday we’ll be signing up anyone interested in attending.

Follow this link for information about the training as well as copies of articles and information from the SBC, South Carolina, Florida and Miami Baptists.

Anyone interested in knowing more please contact me by phone @ 843-814-9406 or email mvantassel@oldfortbaptist.org.