good friday

its just after midnight here in st. marc, and the sounds of the night came to life almost exactly at 12. the packs of howling dogs, competing with the choir of roosters, distant sounds of moto-taxis, and the mixed rustle-scraping of the palms across our tin roof are not exactly singing me to sleep. its officially good friday, which also means its officially black friday by voodoo terms. at midnight, our 59-hours of continuous prayer kicked off, culminating in the prayer room with a dedication and communion service sunday morning. as we were going through the planning of the prayer room, we thought it might serve as a strong statement to have its kick-off service on easter morning, to commemorate the risen Christ. the 24/7 prayer until then is both over the room but also over this important time in spiritual warfare as Christ's death is mocked by the voodoo culture. Praise the Lord, we serve a living and risen God however!

today was sort of an odd day, as are most thursday's here at the base. i'll be terribly honest: they are my least favorite day, and i hate to say that. its my day i choose to skip breakfast and sleep in, but i still had some things to get ready for class today, so i got up early to head to the school, only after remembering that i had clothes in the wash that needed to make it to the line this morning. after school i had kindergarten dismissal during lunch time, and once i got to lunch, decided it wasn't really worth eating today. i tried to nap for a bit this afternoon, but the mid-day heat proved to be a bit much and once i rolled over and felt the sweat drip down my nose, decided my attempts were futile, and pulled in my laundry from the line instead. i finally got around to finishing my blog post. we had staff meeting today, which... is like every other week's staff meeting to be completely honest. dinner tonight was spaghetti and bananas. i definitely followed that with an ice cold coke.

we had ladies group tonight after dinner, and to be honest, i would have much rather been at the worship sesh that went down; which was apparently amazing. but i did get brownies. so that was good. okay, jesus is better than brownies. but brownies are still pretty dang good.

ladies group didn't even end til a quarter of 10, so i headed down to the base and caught up with some people and managed to skype with my daddy (love you daddy!) which was good because it had been far too long since we've talked.

afterwards, i just came home and read a little of my bible and started blogging a bit and praying. in fact, i just heard two semi-distant gun shots. if i were in the states, i would've argued fireworks or something, but i'm not sure thats an option here. regardless, i still feel very safe. although, i would like a screen on my window.

i'm excited for this weekend for so many reasons: namely, the night time weather with lows in the 60s!!! exciting to those of us that live in a sauna with a small, screen-less window and little air circulation. also, i am headed to port-au-prince in the morning, which excites me greatly. to be honest, all i've seen is relief. without witnessing any of the destruction, its hard to see what has to have been first overcome. i think this trip will be a huge wake-up call to the reality of the situation. i'm hoping it will further break me for the people of haiti.

i also have a 4 day weekend from school, so that is going to be ridiculously nice. especially since i lost last weekend to severe illness; one i pray i never have to go through again! it was the most awful thing i've ever had to experience! and i didn't sleep friday night so my exhaustion carried through the weekend and i never really had a moment to catch up and become refreshed.

pardon the brevity and monotony of this post. just good to get back to blogging. although i'm eager to blog through God's word again once i get a word on where to pursue next!

love and miss you all. please know i am safe and love your encouragement and prayers. please keep haiti in your prayers this weekend; pray over the work YWAM is doing here, for our prayer room, for someone to take over Audrey's job running the clinic (otherwise, the doors are getting shut), and that we are steadfast in our prayers, worship and unity on base. the fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much.