Earthquake Reflections-trip to Port 2

On the way to Port the pressing question in my mind became words of Brett, the driver's voice, "Where are you going?" My response- "Well I really don't know. God just told me to get to Port."

We stopped near the rubble that the day before stood proudly as the Port-au-Prince Post Office.

One of the missionaries in the car immediately started filming a rescue in process as he has many media connections.

Brett asked a Haitian police officer where it would be best for me to connect with a medical team. One of the locations he mentioned, the Diquini Seventh Day Adventist Hospital is within walking distance of the OMS guesthouse, where Brett was going to check on staff and buildings.

The Haitian police officer thanked us a few times for coming to help. The remainder of the drive filled my mind with images of death and suffering. Utter destruction of some buildings while other's appeared untouched. Full glass doors stood tall and straight without a crack, while multi-storied buildings lay in a shattered pile.

Remarkably we drove to the OMS Villa without a roadblock. The large outer wall now lays in the street. A couple teams of Americans, one just having arrived from Texas only minutes before the quake were awaiting supper. I found a bed in with the ladies from Texas.

In minutes the Lord opened two doors of ministry for Thursday. I could join one team working in Leogane-close to epicenter or go to the Diquini hospital. During the night awakened frequently by aftershocks I asked the Lord for direction.

By morning I knew that I should go to Leogane. I could always walk to Diquini once the team had made arrangements to return to the USA but may not have an opportunity to have a driver. The team with very little if any medical training had given assistance they could at a couple locations that day but all were heading out to Leogane on Thursday to visit their orphanage and work site.

Now those that know me know that I generally wouldn't head out without a plan. But many of the missionary stories we recently covered in school as well as a YWAM book on faith and finances prepared me to step out in faith without hesitation. He IS still in control in the midst of catastrophic destruction.

Pray for those [Haitian as well as foreign relief workers] who don't have the comfort of the Lord.