Friday, February 24th, 2017
DAY 3
SALUT LES COPAINS
Our 2 hour flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince leaves around noon time today. All 17 of us are meeting this morning at the airport in Fort Lauderdale. It’s really hard to describe the huge amount of luggage, which is mostly equipment and food, air mattresses, bed sheets etc.
For the equipment to go first, most of the brothers have left their personal luggage behind in Trinidad, and it will only arrive with the believers through Panama on Saturday. Until then, a toothbrush will do.
By God’s grace we are early enough at the airport and after dealing with some small issues, which the devil alway tries to throw our way, we get it all cleared and arrive safe in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
We now have to collect all the pieces and go through customs, which is another challenge. The custom officers take down all the serial numbers from each piece of equipment, and after one hour or so, we are allowed to leave the airport, without them checking all the personal luggage pieces, which for sure shortens the tiring process.
Our precious Brother Rawl from Guyana, who has been work-related in Haiti before, went already two days earlier and arranged for transport and many other things. Two trucks and some vans are waiting in the parking lot and the brothers begin to upload the luggage. 
Brother Antonio Conserve, Pastor of the Assemblee Chretienne Espouse Parole Parlee in Croix-des-Bouquets and his son Joel came just recently supernaturally through the internet across Brother Vin’s ministry. They are the ones, who invited Brother Vin to preach at their annual convention, and they are welcoming us at the airport. It’s the first time for the brethren to meet.
After prayer and committing ourselves in God’s Hands, we are on our way to the house on the outskirts of the city, where most of the believers are staying for the time being.
The Motto on Haiti’s flag is “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” , which is translated “Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood. And the motto on the traditional coat of arms is: “L’union fait la force” and it means “Union makes strong.” As believers we know that this is nothing but the Truth.
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and it belongs to the Caricom, which is an organization of fifteen Caribbean nations. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti has an estimated 10.6 million people, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community and the second-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.
The earthquake with the magnitude of 7.0 and a depth of only 13 km in January 2010 caused over 360.000 death and a terrible destruction. Last year September a devastating hurricane passed through parts of the island, causing also a lot of damage.
If you are interested in knowing more, just go to www.Haiti Wikipedia. There is also a testimony from Brother Elie Joseph in this Journal, who firsthand experienced the earthquake.
Big powers have been plundering this nation, keeping the people in such poverty. Here are some photos which speak louder then words:
Dust, rubbish, poverty is all we observe the first few hours. The traffic on those rugged unpaved roads is very slow with no existing rules or law. But in all of this is a Bride getting ready to leave this battered place.
When we arrive at the nice spacious mansion, which a friend of one of the believers has so freely given, Sister Rebekah and Sister Ruth as well as our precious Brother Elie Joseph from Pastor Conserve’s church extend a warm welcome to us and show us around, making themselves available for any help for our entire stay here. After unloading, we are driving immediately to Brother Antonio Conserve’s lovely home, where he has arranged a wonderful reception with some real good home-made Creole cuisine, prepared by his precious wife.
By the end of the day we are tired, but very happy that God brought us here and that He watched over every little detail, and we are confident that He will accomplish what He has in mind for His little Bride in this very late hour here in Haiti.