Would you pray for believers in Haiti with tropical storm Laura bearing down on them right now? Haiti is especially vulnerable to natural disasters because of its location and its poverty.
When a tropical storm hits the United States, we see video of people boarding up homes and businesses, stacking sandbags, and then escaping the area in their cars. None of that happens in Haiti.
Karen Davis, long-time missionary in Haiti, wrote yesterday:
I do know we are supposed to have another storm heading our way. And yes, it’s supposed to turn into a hurricane. So, what do the people of Haiti do to prepare for this??? THEY PRAY! They open the churches for concentrated prayer. They can’t buy ahead what they need, since they can’t even buy what they need daily. They can’t “move” to another place…no where to move to! But they can PRAY, and boy, do they pray. And the Lord has heard them before in times like these, and He’ll hear them again!!
Would you pray with us for our friends in Haiti? Pray that God will protect them from the worst effects of this storm. Pray that the Lord will assure His children of His presence and care. Pray that He will give them opportunities to point to the hope of Christ through this fearful situation.
Thank you for lifting our friends to our Father of mercies.
Ken
For starters, I will continue a while longer as the interim pastor at First Baptist Church in Bad Axe. The church has been actively searching for its next permanent pastor for the past 10 months. One final candidate withdrew from consideration, and the Search team decided not to go forward with the second final candidate. We trust the Lord’s guidance in this – the search process is working! We restarted the pastor search last week and already have some good prospective candidates. Please pray for our Pastoral Search Committee and the congregation as we move forward together. If the Lord wills, FBC will call its next permanent pastor by early 2021.
We enjoyed some vacation time last week with our kids and our grandson, Hunter. Since our kids live out of town – like many of yours – these times are especially precious to us. We talked life, cooked food, swam, walked and played games. We enjoyed a day at Oak Beach in Huron County – one of our “finds” from living part-time in Bad Axe. We’re so grateful to the Lord for our children and grandson! If the Lord wills, we will be together again for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Over 500 food packages
The Haitian economy is still largely shut down and likely will be for at least another month. The government announced plans to re-open schools on August 10, but teachers across the country plan to protest. The government promised financial help for teachers when it closed schools in March, but as too often happens the teachers have received nothing. Many pastors teach in the schools.
How is PPI responding to these developments in Haiti? Steady on in prayer and provision! 
We will mask up, spread out and put together about 1200 packages of over-the-counter medicines for Haitian believers. We plan to ship these meds to Haiti in early August. Medicines that we use every day are scarce and expensive in Haiti. 