God is In Charge in Haiti

By Michel Poirier, Missionary to French-speaking Africa

So many are asking, what about Haiti? How is it? How (are) our churches?

Here (is) what I hear: From Pastor M___ in Port-au-Prince: 

“It is not easy but God is in charge.” That’s what he tells me every week. 

For us in Quebec, Canada, we hear the pain that the people go through. If a person have to go to get food, they have to pay a toll in order to travel on the street from one place to another. In other word, if a person have to go on many streets they have to pay each time, if not they cannot go, or they get robbed. Sometimes they get shot from (an errant) bullet, and sometimes they get kill just for the (fun of it).

People are living just one day at the time, not knowing what will happen during the night. The school are almost all burn down, some hospital are invaded by the gangs who shoot patient if they feel like it, even the police are under attack and kill and cut into pieces, as a show to the other policemen. The two prison are broken down, the penitentiary of Port-au-Prince and the one at Croix des Bouquet are empty and 6,000 prisoner are at large and terrified the population of Port au Prince. The gangs are more equip than the police of Port-au-Prince. 

Most people in America dont know what is it to sleep with one eye and one ear open. If you have been on a mission trip with me in Haiti, you probably know what I mean. At another occasion we have two church family in Port-au-Prince who received the visit of a gangs, and have been asked to feed them, but the family did not have any food to give them, so the leader of the gangs told them, that they will be back the next day and if they dont have a meal prepare for them they will kill them all. 

As I receive the message I send money to the family and the gangs came back and they were satisfied and let the family alone for now. 

As for any support that come in for Haiti, it is sent to them the next day to the people that are in charge of distribution. Another question (people ask) is can they get food? Yes, but for a certain amount (of money) for protection from the gangs. 

The gangs have 80% of Port-au-Prince (under) their control. Almost 2 million people are suffering of hunger every day, and it is a battle for them to survive. The airport is close(d), there is no plane flying in or out of Port-au-Prince. The only airport to fly out is through Cap Haitian in the North of Haiti, and it is 10 hrs of difficult drive to Port-au-Prince. For anyone who want to go to Port-au-Prince from Cape Haitian, it is very dangerous because the road are control by the gangs. 

Now concerning our two churches; they are under God’s protection, they are asking to pray for them for God’s provision and protection on them and that souls might be save through the situation. 

I try to give you the information that came to me this week, but every couple days new info new prayers request comes in.

Put Haiti on your prayers list if you didn’t already.

Brother Michel & Ruth 

pasteur.poirier56@gmail.com