hope for Haiti
Capstone has begun the long term mission of “hope for Haiti”. This week we have seen thousands of dollars come into Capstone for the Haitian people. The idea of hope for Haiti is continue to give hope to the hopeless. That hope comes not only through giving, but the greatest hope comes in the Salavation from Jesus Christ.
Phase 2 of “hope for Haiti” will be collecting supplies to ship down to the Haiti in the upcoming months. The first shipping container will be leaving Miami Feb 1. Head to and send your family/friends to Capstone Church Website to download the needs list.
Here are some encouraging words this morning from Keith Lashbrook in Haiti. This was what the first service after this biblical sized disaster hit. The Lord is working already in the lives of those in Port de Paix in which the Lashbrooks have been ministering to the past 13 years:
And speaking of church, as Andy and I got together this morning to talk about moving the church outside because of the damage to the church building, he thought we’d be OK and said, “Keith I’m not going to. We’re going to go in and worship our God.” He said that we were even going to continue to run the generator during church service because we were going to “be a light to our community.” We had well over 300 people in our 40×60 church this morning. During worship I went up and talked to pastor because we had a phone call from one of the officials here in town asking us if we can help buy fuel for buses to go to Port-au-Prince and get more refugees. Because we are totally out of cash till the bank reopens, I took this need to Pastor who offered to take up an offering in the church.
He shared with me that he didn’t know what message to bring to his people and asked if I would share from my heart. I read Philippians chapter 2 and really focused on the idea that we were “in place for a time such as this,” to put others needs before our own. When I got done sharing Pastor went up and took the offering. Pastor called me later. It was the biggest offering that we’ve ever had, $900 Haitian. Pastor said that we usually only have about $100-$200 a week.
As a missionary, how I rejoiced to see our people give today. Today people gave out of their reserve, they gave their food money for this week. They gave their all to help their people. And most of all, Pastor and I watched the church take it’s place. What an honor to be a part of that. At 5:00 p.m. this afternoon 7 buses were able to leave to go get refugees in Port au Prince and bring them here.
Please remember the Lashbrooks in your prayers as we support them in many ways here from SC. We also are in the beginning stages of Phase 3 of “hope for Haiti”. The next several weeks we will have more info on taking a team this summer to aid in the recovery of Haiti. There is nothing in stone yet, we are just now begining this process, but if think this is something you are being led to help with you will need a passport. If you don’t have a passport, apply now for one. It takes many months to get your passport. You can go here to begin the process.