Abraham said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” 

The apostle Paul wrote, “And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

God Himself said, “I the LORD do not change.”

The writer of Hebrews recorded, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

I say PRAISE THE LORD that He still provides for His children!  He has not changed, and He never will.  He is FAITHFUL.

Heidi and I are rejoicing that we have now received commitments from churches and individuals for over 50% of our annual Faith Promise amount.  We are often amazed and overwhelmed by how God is providing.  Ordinary people are responding in obedience to God’s call for them to give financially so that we might respond in obedience to God’s call for us to go to Haiti.  We still need many prayer and financial partners.  We need individuals and churches who will commit to give $100, $50, $25, or $10 monthly for our first four year term in Haiti.  Please prayerfully consider at what level you will partner with us to be the hands and feet of Christ in Haiti.

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The week before we went to Missionary Orientation (Nov. 16-20, 2009) I woke up with the account of Abraham and Isaac on my mind.  God woke Abraham up and told him to take Isaac, his only son, to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him there!  (God was testing Abraham to see his love, faith, and obedience.)  Abraham got up early the next morning, gathered the wood and the fire, and set off for Moriah with Isaac.  While they were on the way Isaac said to his father, “The fire and wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”  Abraham answered, “God himself will provide.”  (Read the rest of the story in Genesis 22:1-19.) 

Here is where God began speaking to me.  Earlier that week Heidi and I had received an e-mail telling us approximately how much money we would need to raise for our first four years of missionary service in Haiti.  As the story was playing over in my mind the Lord spoke to me about it.  God impressed on me that the moment Abraham “set out” for Moriah He (God) knew the ram that He would provide for the sacrifice.  God then made this truth personal.  It was as if He said, “Greg, you and Heidi have started walking toward Moriah (for us, Haiti), and I know every “ram” (church and individual) that I am going to provide your support through.” 

“Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns…and sacrificed it as a burnt offering…So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide.  And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.’” (Genesis 22:13-14)

When Heidi and I visit churches and present our missionary call to Haiti, we feel like we are just going around “collecting rams!”  We are overwhelmed several times a week by how our God is providing.  He has already provided over 50% of our support, and we are believing Him to continue to be OUR PROVIDER!!!

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Last night as I climbed in to bed I commented …

(by Lowell Adams – new Missionary to Haiti)

Last night as I climbed in to bed I commented to Robin, it feels good to be in our own bed in our own house for the first time in 5 months.   Then the question came, “Why are we doing this?”   Robin was not happy with that question and neither was I, but many times that is the burning question that we are asked by good friends, family and strangers alike.  The answer is complex yet simple.  It has two parts that are related but different.  First is the call.  The call of God to do something uncomfortable and sometimes out of character, but is always where we are the most content and happy.   The call of God is not about us it is about doing God’s plan and seeing how we fit into that plan.  God’s call is the rock that keeps you sure when everything around you is uncertain.  It is the part with a promise, Matthew 28:20 “I am with you always.”  God is with us because He has called us.  God gives us strength because He has called us.  God gives us peace and safety because He has called us.  God gives us wisdom because He has called us.  The second part is the need.  Haiti is poor and in desperate need, that was before the earthquake that shattered the country and killed around 260,000 people.  The need is not only desperate but complex.  Right now, for many the focus is rebuilding, as it should be, but we cannot forget that need existed before the earthquake.  The need for healthcare, the need for jobs, the need for education, the need for food, the need for clean salt free water, and the list goes on.  I find myself sitting on an Island off of the main Island of Haiti.  It is called La Gonave.  It is where for the last 50 years the government has ignored except to send unwanted people.  It is an Island of 300 square miles and a population of 160,000 people.  The influx of people post earthquake has made it almost famine conditions.  There are villages on this Island that are nearly unreachable due to the lack of roads.  There are villages here that the monthly income is less than 5 dollars per person.  This is where I sit and where God has called us.  How do we help?  How can we make a difference?  Again the answer is simple but complex.  Through the implementation of CHE or Community Health Evangelism we intend to touch every community and every life on this Island.  CHE is a comprehensive development plan that uses local people and local resources to transform lives and communities.  In two weeks we plan on starting our first Trainer of Trainers class.  This is the beginning to change.

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My two day visit to La Gonave was coming to an end, but walking through the Saline that afternoon would be an experience that I will remember for a long time.  Earlier that day I reconnected with a friend our team met last January on my first trip to Haiti.  He is a carpenter who works very hard to provide for his wife and three children.  His name is Michelet, and very few people impressed our team as much as he did.  We felt an immediate kinship with this Haitian brother in Christ. 

After helping me finish a project for one of the WISH houses, Michelet took several men from the Scottish team and me down to his home on the Saline.  We visited his home and met his new son.  He told us that he had been in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit, and it was three days before he could get a message to his wife that he was alive.  The small two room home now houses an additional family whose home was destroyed on the mainland.  The mother held a small infant who had been injured as their house fell.

Michelet then led us down to the salt flat where hundreds of children and teens were playing soccer and hanging out.  The Scottish guys jumped into an intense soccer game and Michelet and I walked down to edge of the water.  What happened next left me broken hearted!  A Haitian woman approached us holding a beautiful infant girl.  She looked at me and began talking in Creole.  I looked at Michelet hoping for some translation.  He looked at me and said, “She wants you to take her baby!”

What do you say to a mother who is willing to give her child away to a stranger just so they will not go hungry?  My heart is broken every time I visit Haiti.  Please don’t forget to pray for the people of Haiti.  The news media is gone, but the need is greater than ever!!!

Greg with Michelet and his family...January 2009

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