Many of you have asked about the destruction in Port Au Prince. We have decided to share a few pictures from there tonight. These pictures are of the Palace. It is equivalent to our White House. As you can see it is destroyed with the center collapsing in. The building lacked adequate internal structural support. I think we can draw a parallel between the palace and our own lives. We often build our lives on what is beautiful and pretty to look at. Real beauty is not what is on the outside, but what is on the inside. Do we have adequate structural support? Haiti is the same way. The beautiful buildings may be gone, but the beauty of the Haitian people and their resolve is what will build it up again.

It is also a time for the rebuilding of Haiti spiritually. While there, we witnessed people praising and worshipping God in ways that we had never experienced before. In the midst of death and destruction they were praising the God who not only created everything but also rules and reigns over it. God can make beauty from ashes, and in the case of Haiti, from dust and rubble.

We have not talked a lot about the destruction in Haiti since we returned. There is a reason for that. We believe that the story of Haiti is not in the destruction but in the children and people who will rebuild. We are continually humbled by the Haitian people and their pride and determination. We believe that God can make something beautiful of not only their lives, but their country.

Seeking Him,
Tim and Cindy