If you want to go fast go alone… if you want to go far go together!

Everyone heard Pat Robertson tell of the VooDoo ministered over Haiti and the dedication of it to Satan.

All that was true but this is “the rest of the story” as related by an American missionary [pastor in Haiti.]

“February 17th was the one month anniversary of the great Haitian earthquake.

The Haitian President, Rene Preval announced that there would be 3 days of holiday from work for the purpose of fasting and prayer.  This is absolutely historic.

Could you image such an announcement from the U.S. President? This morning I saw a young Haitian-American woman, the leader of a work team, crying because the Americans could not understand the incredible importance of this day and wanted to go about business as usual.

Remember, it was only about 6 years ago that a former Haitian president called the nation to come together to rededicate the nation to Satan. In this outpouring of God’s Spirit, 101 VooDoo priests accepted the Lord Jesus and turned from their former ways and 3000 Haitians accepted Jesus as Savior.

This was not something insignificant.  Whatever the President might have originally intended, this became a real commitment for the Haitian people.  You could hear the preaching coming from nearby churches.

Services were going on all day and into the night.

Around 7:30 am we stepped out to go to our destination and were met by throngs of well dressed people headed to various churches.

The sounds of Christian music and worship filled the air everywhere.

The next observation was that there was NO traffic. Port-au-Prince streets are always clogged and overflowing with bumper to bumper traffic.  This morning there were only a few vehicles on the roads, a few small buses, some UN and military vehicles, and a few private cars.  There was  clear sailing through town.

The same was true of foot traffic.  Usually the streets are clogged also with people walking.  Today there were only a few and many of them dressed for church. The only place that there were traffic blocks was in front of several churches where the congregations had overflowed the buildings and the yards and moved out into the streets.

EVERYTHING was closed!  Not even one business or gas station open.

There were no intercity buses running.  Whereas the sidewalks are usually overflowing with millions of street vendors, only a few were scattered here and there.  The huge outdoor market near the wharf where thousands work each day and is spread out to cover most of the street, was EMPTY.

Where were all the people?  They were in churches and makeshift meeting sites. Every church except Jehovah Witnesses had services going on, always overflowing into the streets.  To the side of broken down churches, services were taking place outside.  In homeless camps, there were services.  Everywhere the nation was gathered to worship and pray.  There was not any voodoo, Islamic, or Buddhist services.  This scene was repeated in every town and hamlet that was passed during the day.

Pastor Ignace, asked, “Can people still say that Haiti is a voodoo country?”  What has been happening and is continuing to happen in Haiti did not happen because of the earthquake. It has been happening because the Haitian people know how to pray. This is a tremendous outpouring of God’s power as the result of prayer.

Twenty years ago I as a pastor started praying for the Gospel to change the Haitian culture.

I am seeing God do that work.

The only sadness that I feel today is for our United States.  While a nation that has long been under Satan’s domination is turning to God with total commitment, our nation, founded on God’s values has rejected God and is rapidly trying to forget that His name even exists.

Let us pray for revival. ”

DAYS of PRAYER-Cut and paste into your browser. The above was written from a Haitian pastor.

4-MIN VIDEO of Revival in Haiti