MISSIONS IN
HAITI
David, Alicia, Davy and Hannah Lloyd
E-mail: lloydsinhaiti@msn.com
Those words, out of
the mouth of my five-year-old son Davy, pretty well sum up the feelings of
everyone in this country. Haiti desperately needs prayer. As I write this
letter, I am deeply burdened by the sad state of my adopted nation. Haiti is a
good example of what happens when people turn their nation over to satan.
When we arrived in
Haiti eight years ago, we discovered that Haiti was a country with enormous
problems. At that time, we couldn’t
imagine things getting worse, but we have watched this country slip deeper and
deeper into satan’s grasp. Crime is out of control and no one is doing anything
to stop it. There are around twenty kidnappings reported every day and about
that same number of murders. Until recently kidnappers didn’t abuse their
hostages, but that is changing. Now, there are reports of abuse when families
are unable to pay the huge ransom demands, or pay the ransom soon enough to
suit the kidnappers. The morale of the Haitian people is as low as we have seen
it in our eight years in Haiti. There is a feeling of desperation in the air.
We are committed to
reaching out to as many people as we are able to help and we are trusting that
God will use our efforts and the efforts of others to turn Haiti around. We
witnessed a great miracle in October when our children were returned to us
unharmed, without any ransom being paid, twenty-two hours after they were
kidnapped. Hundreds of people around the world were praying with us and God
came through! I am asking you to bind together with us, broken before God, to
pray for Haiti. I can’t explain how sad it is to see the expression of
hopelessness and despair on the faces of the Haitians that we come in contact
with day after day. They are hurting and they have no hope for a better
tomorrow. Only Jesus can make a difference in Haiti and our prayers are that
Jesus will SAVE Haiti.
Please keep praying
for our safety and protection. It is unnerving to hear the reports of the
terrible things happening all around us. We are awakened many nights by the
sound of automatic weapons fire. We continue to hold onto our belief that we
are in God’s perfect will and that he will keep us in his perfect safety.
January 19th
was a special day for us, it was the seventh birthday of the first Haitian
child to join us here at House of Compassion! We don’t know the exact day of
Micah’s birth, but he was approximately two years old when he came to us five
years ago on January 19th.
It is hard to believe that eight of the twenty-one Haitian children here
at House of Compassion will mark their fifth year with us in 2006!
As we mentioned in
our last letter, we must have $45,900.00 before we can begin work on the
foundation for the new House of Compassion. I am happy to report that we are
within $10,000.00 of reaching that goal! The need for new facilities gets
greater every day. We have outgrown our present house and crime in this area is
getting worse every day. Pray with us about this need as we seek God’s perfect
timing.
Thank you for your generous giving during the month of December.
We truly appreciate the gifts that you sent for the children here at House of
Compassion and for the kids in our sponsorship program. You will never know how
special your gifts were to these children. Alicia and I are especially thankful
for the extra love offerings you sent for this work. Without your prayers and
your financial support our work here would be impossible. Words cannot express
our true heartfelt appreciation. We love all of you and you are in our prayers
every day. Thanks again. Please keep Missions in Haiti in your prayers every
day.
P.S. Missions in
Haiti is now on the web. My brother-in-law, Nathan MacGregor built a website
for us! Please check it out at www.missionsinhaiti.com.
Thanks Nathan! We are very excited about this new window to our ministry.