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"Poverty-stricken as the Church is today in many things, she is most stricken here, in the place of prayer...Failing here, we fail everywhere."
Of all the "good-ideas" in the world, how many of them are birthed in the secret place of prayer?  Even response to tragedy, though fueled by good intentions, can sacrifice Great at the altar of good if not continually bathed in intercession with Heaven.  Even when I'm doing things birthed out of prayer - am I still praying my way through it!?  ...I am speaking to myself.


We woke up early... another somewhat sleepless night.  On certain days I feel the Spirit nudge me in the morning, and say "you need nourishment today".  Oh man, I have to get in the Word this morning...there's something different in the air today.  The pastor of the church, on who's roof we were camped, asked us to go to the service today from 7:30-12.  In all honesty, we wanted to bless him by attending, but as much as we would love to sit through a 5 our service in Creole on Justin and Jennifer's last day in Haiti, we weren't about to do that.

Thank goodness we have Sean.  Sean's the type of guy who could talk you into jumping into the ocean with a kayak full of camping supplies at midnight and paddling to an unoccupied boat dock 200 yards from shore, then at sunrise, upon seeing a whale half a mile out, convincing you to chase it til you're literally within feet of it (true story).  He sweet-talked them into releasing us to set up a clinic not far down the road.  Some of us would do that, some of us were going with Matt...