Haiti: Some videos that express hope.

While we were in Haiti last week we had an amazing videographer with us Ian Robertson.  He did a great job following us and telling stories with his camera. 

One thing that you are not going to see on mainstream media is that right now there is a lot of hope in Haiti.  Last weekend that was evident as more than a 100,000 Christians gathered to pray and fast for the country.  Churches and Pastors are experiencing a greater level of support for the church than they've ever seen in their lifetimes. 

Here's a few videos that will help tell the story:

This first one is from our initial drive through of Port au Prince.  It shows the reality of the devastation.  I put it here to just show that everything you saw on any news channel is absolutely correct.  The city has literally fallen down and so many people are living in tents or makeshift tarp rooms. 

This second video is one of my favorites.  We were going to a village to pass out food and pray with people and I met a pastor who told me "My church is coming"  I wasn't sure what he meant until right across a field came a group of people dancing and singing.  Next think you know several of us were preaching in his church. They had much hope.

This third video continues the sense of hope as we randomly drove by a worship service that was happening in the streets.  People were dancing and singing and worshiping God.  They told us that nothing like this had ever happened before.

This last video is probably one of the most powerful from the trip.  This young man was caught in a building in the earthquake and ended up in a hospital.  After we interviewed him he decided to sign us a song.  "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley just seemed to fit better than anything else at that moment.