I'm adding this here for a request for prayer for the people. It's from another source, but I felt it was needed. Please pray for safety and Well…

We’ve been watching this slow-moving hurricane online for the past 24 hours waiting for it to reveal itself ….. and now we can actually see the outer edges peeking through the mountains heading our way. Being on the very northwest tip of the island - we’re the last stop before it moves past Haiti.

Yesterday no one in our village knew anything about the hurricane until we sent word out at church. We paid for radio announcements and sent a messenger to the fishing villages so they would be informed. We’ve heard from several other missionaries that they’ve experienced the same thing - none of the Haitians in their communities knew anything about it either.

The sad part is - when you tell them to seek safety - where are they going to go? It’s not like in the states where we set up shelters in churches & schools…… most of the churches and schools aren’t any safer than the huts they live in. AND the ones that are - they can’t accommodate the number of people who desperately need it.

The mayor shut off what little power the town had due to safety concerns….leaving just our campus & the hotel across the street as the only places with light…. because we run our own generators.

We’ve moved the orphans to our only 2nd story building on campus and they are settling in there for the night. Now that the staff homes are plastered they will try to ride out the storm there. Susan, Beth, & Jose/Me are housing the St. Louis Missionaries & our small American team. We will be cooking for everyone in our home so that our kitchen staff can be with their families. It’s our hope & prayer that the flooding does not rise above 3 feet or every building on campus will be flooded including all of our homes.

While it can be really easy to focus on what is happening just right here …..we cannot forget about those who really have no options as the storm approaches.

Tonight THERE WILL BE mommas huddled with their babies trying to keep them dry as rivers run through their homes…..as dirt turns into mud….as straw roofs completely disappear with the wind.

Tonight THEY WILL SIT in total darkness while their children cry in fear - hearing the sounds of the wind and the crashing of the waves - not knowing what’s happening outside their home until daylight breaks.

Tonight their faith WILL BE TESTED as they begin to shiver and doubt the goodness of God. Why they continue to suffer? Why do they have to lose what little they have? Why does their life continue to be so hard?

So I’m asking for your help tonight. I’m asking you to be intentional with your prayers for Haiti.

Will you be that voice for the voiceless? For those homes that don’t know Jesus? We have a God who is desperate for each and every one of them. Will you cry out on their behalf? Will you pray that they will cling to Him even though they may not know Him? Will you pray that He will wrap His loving arms around each and every one? That each home will feel something that cannot be explained outside of Jesus?

Will you pray for peace? An unexplainable peace? A peace that only Jesus can give? A peace that will wipe away each and every tear that trickles down the cheek of every little frightened child? A peace for every parent who carries such heavy burdens for their family already? A peace that brings about hope? A peace that God has not abandoned them?

Will you pray for a hedge of protection? That the only things that are lost can be replaced? That in each and every hut we will see Jesus hovering over the mommas that are hovering over their little ones? Will you pray that there will be this third layer of protection with Jesus’ arms stretched out once again - - shielding them from all harm?

You see I believe in the power of prayer and I’ve seen it move mountains. I have no doubt that it can move hurricanes too!