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Roughly two months ago we heard the news that a devastating earthquake had hit the empoverished nation of Haiti.  Immediately Missio had people praying and discerning how the gospel of Jesus was compelling us to act.  We didn't want to remain oblivious to the pain and remove ourselves from the suffering, but also didn't want to do something because we felt guilty that they were suffering and we had sunshine.  Rather, we realized that our Saviour had left the place where he was adored and worshipped, and came and plunged himself into the suffering of this world in order to be the good news His creation was longing for.  As a Missio Family we weren't sure what it would look like to be/bring good news to this devastated country and these suffering people, but we knew we had to do something.

So we prayed.  We waited.  We took most of our offering from January and set it aside for gospel work in Haiti, and then we prayed some more.

Last week a trip that had been off and on for a few weeks solidified.  After a lot of e-mails, text messages, and phone calls we have a team from Missio that is joining up with Mission of Mercy and heading to Haiti next Friday (20th of March.)  The full details of what we will be doing aren't solidified yet, but as of now we will be heading into a tent city in Port au Prince and counseling people who need someone to listen and speak the gospel to them, setting up and staffing a portable medical clinic, praying with/over injured Hatians, and however else we can serve.

We will be praying for the team this Sunday, but need your prayers as we prepare to be sent as ambassadors of Jesus to these people who are wrestling with very real physical and spiritual questions about the goodness of God.

Please be praying for Brad, Tim, Cori, and I (Kevin), as we join with the rest of the Mission of Mercy team and together seek to be a community of Jesus followers living out the gospel in tangible ways with the people in Haiti.