John's Journey- Tuesday Update

Well, John is in the northern region of Haiti now.  It is a more remote area.  He does not have access to internet at all so we will have to wait for pictures of his work.  He will be returning to the capital city of Port-au-Prince on Friday. 

BUT, he was able to call tonight and give me a little update of his work from the past two days.  SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS!!! :)  First, on Sunday he was able to take several trips up the mountain to bring in all the medical supplies the teams would be using over the next few days.  Sunday also served as a great reunion with his youth pastor who is now the missions pastor of his home church in Washington State.  This same man served as our best man at our wedding almost 18 years ago!!!  Enough of memory lane for now.  Back to the NEAT stuff.  On Monday, the medical team began seeing patients.  When the team arrived, there was a lady who was extremely sick and needed to be taken to a nearby town for more extensive medical care.  Because the helicopter was there, John was able to fly her out of the moutains and to the town within 7 minutes.  Praise the Lord that God can use all things we give him.  That same day as they were sharing the gospel of Jesus with the children, two teenage boys were listening nearby.  They told the workers that they wanted Jesus to be the Lord of their lives and prayed to receive Jesus yesterday.  BUT that is not all, no that is not all.  These boys were so excited they wanted to be baptized right then and there!  Their excitement was refreshing and quite exhilerating!  However, there was no water source around to accomodate a baptism! So what did they do?  They jumped in the helicopter, and they flew to a river to be baptized.  PRAISE THE LORD for their commitment to Jesus and for wanting to obey Him IMMEDIATELY!  Because this church medical team had reserved the use of the helicopter for four days, they were able to put it to use for something other than the supplies they originally thought. 

John sounds so happy doing what he loves in Haiti.  He is having a blast being able to use his talents and gifts to serve the people of Haiti and share the love of Jesus practically by making life a little easier.

Stay tuned for more exciting work from Haiti and keep praying!   It also looks as if he will be in Haiti a little longer now.  It is so exciting to see that God has been working to open eyes of different groups in Haiti for the need of a helicopter!