Answered Prayers

If you're like me, you are overwhelmed by the desperate images you are seeing from Haiti and the increasing urgency to save any lives that may still be saved and to get food and water to those who have survived. Imagine if you were there living it. But this morning as I had these desperate thoughts and feelings, I was reminded of many ways God has answered our prayers in the midst of this. God is on his throne! Let's praise him for those answers today. Please thank him with me:

• Jared had a safe trip to and from Port-au-Prince. They found Dr. Batsch's family and were able to bring them back to Pignon with them.
• The Vanderhoff, Fuller & Poulter families of Pella have found their children, safe and sound in Port-au-Prince. Because of much media attention their story has received, people are working on their case and there is hope that they will be able to get their children home quickly on a humanitarian refuge visa. Pray for this to happen! If you did not see it, I encourage you to find their story on abcnews.com. They were on Nightline last night, and it's a powerful story.
• Kristie & JeanJean Mompremier have found all of their family alive. They were all able to find a way to Bohoc (where the Mompremiers live) and arrived about midnight last night.
• There is relative peace and patience among the suffering people in Haiti as they wait for relief. Continue to pray for God to hold them in his peace as efforts continue to help them.
• Lives are being saved, and relief efforts continue. The world is pouring resources into Haiti with great generosity. Pray that all aid can be wisely and peacefully distributed.

Thank you for your prayers. God is hearing and answering us. There is so much we cannot understand about this, but we can continue to rely on our God, the Lord of all nations.

I'll continue to post as I get updates from Jared & Stacey. Internet continues to be patchy at best.