A Heart for Disaster
January 15, 2010
When I first heard of Haiti being hit with and earthquake I thought this wasn’t accidental. Especially when I heard the Presidential Palace was brought down.
The Spirit of the Lord hit me and I immediately went into intercession and I wept.
I believe the Lord put it on my heart to go to Haiti. I was there years ago and my experience changed my life. The opportunity came to go on a mission trip to Haiti and in a carefree way I told the Lord you come up with the money and I will go. Really, there was only two weeks left to go and I didn’t think it would happen. Well it did and the next thing I knew I was going to Haiti. All the way down to Miami my mind was thinking, how did I get myself into this? Then there was excitement to see what God would do through this.
As I arrived in Haiti I didn’t want to touch anything or anyone. I heard the horrid stories of sickness and disease. By the time I left I was not wanting to let go of the children, I would just hold them and love on them, they changed my heart.
The day I was to leave I began to feel very sick. Lets just say a parasite was holding me hostage in the bathroom. I was so sick I could hardly walk. I was pale, clammy and very weak. Our groups goal was to get me out of Haiti, through customs, and on the plane home with out them realizing I was sick. Although there were some timid moments the Lord opened the path to the plane and as soon as I saw the American flags in Miami I was instantly healed.
These past couple of days my heart has been grieving for Haiti. I went to Bethel School leadership and received permission to go. At this point I am looking into avenues to get there, but what I want to share with you what this has been like.
I asked a couple of people to pray about going. One person said this is so you, you have a heart for this and they believed God was sending me. Another said after praying they felt it was “personal” and not God. So that put me right on the fence and not knowing what I was to do. I realized I am in school and this is where I am called to be at this time.
I began reading a passage in Judges about Gideon going to war and the Lord said, “am I not telling you to go?” The Lord told him “I am with you do not be afraid, you will not die”. I have learned in school about those scriptures that seem to jump off the page and grab your spirit. Then I was looking at Facebook and saw a teaching on Tenacious Love by Heidi Baker. If you went to Heidi Baker and asked her she would tell you that even the one is important to God. I have never heard her say to the people in Africa, because of the way you live and believe, God is going to take you down and no one will be able to help you. All I could feel in my heart was love for them. Taking a combination of my nursing skills, and an anointing for healing and deliverance and take it to a nation who needs God.
At this point if the doors open to go I will, if they do not I will spend the time of interceding on their behalf. Both ways are a win/win. Will I try to open doors? Absolutely because I have learned if you are hungry enough, if you are pressing in for what is of God, He just may give it to you. I believe my heart can change the heart of God. I’m hungry and I want more, more opportunities to show off my Daddy.
In his love,
Tricia
January 15, 2010
When I first heard of Haiti being hit with and earthquake I thought this wasn’t accidental. Especially when I heard the Presidential Palace was brought down.
The Spirit of the Lord hit me and I immediately went into intercession and I wept.
I believe the Lord put it on my heart to go to Haiti. I was there years ago and my experience changed my life. The opportunity came to go on a mission trip to Haiti and in a carefree way I told the Lord you come up with the money and I will go. Really, there was only two weeks left to go and I didn’t think it would happen. Well it did and the next thing I knew I was going to Haiti. All the way down to Miami my mind was thinking, how did I get myself into this? Then there was excitement to see what God would do through this.
As I arrived in Haiti I didn’t want to touch anything or anyone. I heard the horrid stories of sickness and disease. By the time I left I was not wanting to let go of the children, I would just hold them and love on them, they changed my heart.
The day I was to leave I began to feel very sick. Lets just say a parasite was holding me hostage in the bathroom. I was so sick I could hardly walk. I was pale, clammy and very weak. Our groups goal was to get me out of Haiti, through customs, and on the plane home with out them realizing I was sick. Although there were some timid moments the Lord opened the path to the plane and as soon as I saw the American flags in Miami I was instantly healed.
These past couple of days my heart has been grieving for Haiti. I went to Bethel School leadership and received permission to go. At this point I am looking into avenues to get there, but what I want to share with you what this has been like.
I asked a couple of people to pray about going. One person said this is so you, you have a heart for this and they believed God was sending me. Another said after praying they felt it was “personal” and not God. So that put me right on the fence and not knowing what I was to do. I realized I am in school and this is where I am called to be at this time.
I began reading a passage in Judges about Gideon going to war and the Lord said, “am I not telling you to go?” The Lord told him “I am with you do not be afraid, you will not die”. I have learned in school about those scriptures that seem to jump off the page and grab your spirit. Then I was looking at Facebook and saw a teaching on Tenacious Love by Heidi Baker. If you went to Heidi Baker and asked her she would tell you that even the one is important to God. I have never heard her say to the people in Africa, because of the way you live and believe, God is going to take you down and no one will be able to help you. All I could feel in my heart was love for them. Taking a combination of my nursing skills, and an anointing for healing and deliverance and take it to a nation who needs God.
At this point if the doors open to go I will, if they do not I will spend the time of interceding on their behalf. Both ways are a win/win. Will I try to open doors? Absolutely because I have learned if you are hungry enough, if you are pressing in for what is of God, He just may give it to you. I believe my heart can change the heart of God. I’m hungry and I want more, more opportunities to show off my Daddy.
In his love,
Tricia
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