SIX O'CLOCK BLESSING. This morning Scott and I drew straws (figuratively): one would get up at dawn and drive Pastor Sony Joseph downtown to catch a transport back to Gonaives. The other would get kids off to school. I "drew" the former got the bigger blessing. I want to encourage all of you with the story told to me by Pastor Joseph. He is the pastor of our LaFontaine church. Scott reported to you already about the destruction of the church building and the lost of life there.


"Over a year ago," said Pastor Joseph, "I felt God impressing on my heart an urgency to increase our evangelism efforts in our area of town. We began to hold evangelistic campaigns and to go from house to house preaching (40 houses at a time). God blessed our efforts and people asked Jesus to be their personal Saviour. I give God glory." Then Pastor Joseph continued, "Some of the people that were saved, died in the flood. God gave them a chance."


I asked him if and where the church met for worship since the flood. He replied, "We meet in the yard where the church used to be." Then he went on to say, "When we were evangelizing our neighborhood, some people did not accept Christ as their personal Saviour, but since the flood they have come to the yard where our church meets now and over 50 have accepted Christ."