Five days and counting...

Five days and counting.  It's Wednesday and Sunday Doug and I will be flying through Miami to Port au Prince where we will arrive at noon Monday and then rush to our first teaching and training session.  It is supposed to be 93 degrees there--cooler than usual--though the accompanying 93% humidity will probably make it feel a whole lot warmer!

Welcome to summer in Haiti, where every day feels like summer.

Five days and counting.  For me it is making sure all are materials are in place, all arrangements have been coordinated with our faithful  hard-working Gilbert (we would be lost without him), and that I pack clothing that is appropriately cool and comfortable.  I am always amazed at the well-dressed Haitian pastors in their white shirts and ties while I am trying to wear "sweat-proof" clothing (which doesn't exist).

Five days and counting.  What we really need from you is prayer.  Would you join with us as we prepare to work with small group leaders and conduct leadership seminars at two locations in five action-packed days.
Our motto--"EnCouraging Kingdom Leaders Worldwide"--is what motivates me as we go to Haiti.  These five days will pass quickly and we will, Gilbert has told me, interact with about three hundred pastors.  We will have an opportunity to share our hearts with them, and to share the life-changing truths of God's Word.

Paul wrote about a similar experience he had among the Thessalonicans and this is my prayer, too.
"And we also thank God continually because when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the Word of God,, which is at work in you who believe."  I Thessalonians 2:13.

Five days and counting.  Can we count on you for your prayers?







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