Earthquake in Haiti (Blake)

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010

Earthquake in Haiti (Blake)

We heard about the earthquake yesterday, and of course, our thoughts went out to Blake, our missionary son who is serving close to the border of Haiti. When we heard about the Tsunami scare for the Dominican Republic, we were even more interested. This morning we got an email from Blake. He said he was in a discussion when the earthquake hit, and they felt all the pipes underground move. He was drinking a glass of water and wondered when he saw the ground moving if the investigator they were teaching had given him water or something else (last week, someone gave him some juice with alcohol in it). Haha, it was funny. He said they saw a woman trip and fall on the road. It was pretty strong where he was, so we know the disaster in Haiti has to be horrific. 

One of the good things is that people start to want to listen to the missionaries. Blake said maybe people will start listening to them now.
Blake told us that yesterday he was walking down this road and started playing hacky sack with some kids, and their mom came out and wanted to know more about what these white boys were all about. He said before he knew it, people were surrounding them, listening (Blake said it was awesome and weird at the same time). Then, when they asked if they could pray with them, most of the people scattered, so now he said he hoped because of the earthquake, people will start to listen.
We are pleased to hear that the Tsunami effect was called off. I'm grateful he was able to get some communication with us today.