HAITI POSTS

Spirit Move, Across this Land…by: kim james

I ask the Lord, “Why am I here?, What do you want me to do here? How can I help? What is the purpose”? Today,  I have strongly felt the Holy Spirit move among me. We began our day attending the Damou Church Service and it was amazing. It has been my favorite part of the trip so far. While I could not understand a word they were saying,  I just could feel the Holy Spirit move through the entire congregation. Their voices beautifully soared as they worshipped and sang praise for Jesus Christ our Lord. It was angelic. The members were from old to young but mostly a younger generation, which is awesome because it will be that generation to spread and pass on the gospel to others in growing God’s Kingdom. Everyone came dressed in their absolute Sunday best,  all prepared to celebrate, worship, praise and serve our one God, Father of Jesus. It was a packed house. I also got to hold a sweet little boy during service (John Eddy) whose smile melted my heart. I fell in love with him and if I could bring him home with me, I would in a second. We were packed in the wooden pews, sweat running down every inch of our bodies and it didn’t even matter. The Holy Spirit was there. While I cannot begin to describe their living conditions in a way you would comprehend, despite those conditions, these people have Jesus in their hearts and it showed. Against all their odds they are choosing Jesus! While I knew God was here by faith, God knows sometimes I need to hear and see him. I call it Hugs from God. I certainly could hear and see him today. I thought I came to build houses and yet today God revealed a different purpose to me. One of the orphan babies passed away today and went home to be with his heavenly father. While consoling Tina (who owns and runs the mission house and orphanage) on the loss of her baby boy, God spoke to me and said, “This is ‘why’”.  I needed you here for her. I needed your whole team here just for this. We have bonded more than I could have imagined. He has chosen each one of us to be here. Once again, my plans and Gods plan were not the same plan. Through the grieving of the loss of baby Josiah today, once again, God showed himself to me.

The people here are a light in this darkness. There is so much Voodoo and lost souls here in Haiti, however God is Sovereign and doing mighty things through the people here at the mission house and through the ones that have Christ in them…the Spirit is here, moving, across this land. I cannot walk away from this having only a memory of a weeklong mission trip in Haiti. I am a part of this now. I am a part of Damou Christian Mission. I am not sure how God will fit this in my life and what the future looks like, but I know I will be back. This is now part of my life and it has changed me forever.  God has stretched me even further in my faith. He is showing me how he wants us to love others, just as he does. When I see every Haitian here, I hear his whisper in my ear, we are ALL his children. Help them, love them. He has humbled me. I am so blessed by God and I have seen his great favor upon my life. He wants us to share with others the Good News and love. That’s it. He wants us to love each other as he does. I came here and was thinking that I was overwhelmed feeling too small in this huge problem to even be able to help. He has shown me different. These people have come up to me and hugged me and blessed me for being here and doing God’s work. I will never think again that no matter what my contribution is, that it is too small or that it doesn’t matter. It does matter and God is telling me, excel still more. He is here and through us, through the missions and through the hearts of the Christians here, His Spirit is moving.