Mark Driscoll is now in Haiti!

Here is a little about how this came together…

The pictures of dead bodies piled in the streets, parents carrying their limp children, and appendages stretching out from underneath rubble were everywhere. On every channel, every website, and every cardio machine at the gym. I know you saw them also. Suddenly, our lives seemed so simple and so blessed. Whatever had troubled us before we were haunted by Haiti suddenly shrank in significance as the reality of true pain and massive suffering pressed itself before our eyes and into our hearts.

On Thursday morning James MacDonald, who leads a wonderful church and Bible-preaching ministry, called me to brainstorm some ideas he had to get involved and help direct other pastors and churches to do the same. As our conversations, texts, and emails continued, by the day’s end we had decided to take a trip together to Haiti. He had secured transportation and an initial delivery of 1,000 pounds of relief supplies. From Mars Hill we gathered a small filmmaking crew and a Pulitzer Prize finalist photographer who has covered events in Kosovo, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Rwanda while working for Time magazine, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe, who volunteered to go with us.

We had also made contact with a number of other pastors in the US wanting to help out, as well as the president of World Concern, which shares a facility with one of our Mars Hill Campuses, and a handful of other ministries that are doing great work helping those in need and that could really use your help. We were stunned by the gracious provision of God as Jesus truly provided the resources for this mission in rapid succession, and we take no credit for it but are thankful to be on it. As an aside, you can also pray for Merry Fitzpatrick of Mars Hill Shoreline who is helping coordinate the field work in Haiti right now.

You can read the rest about this context, including a list of things to pray for HERE!

If you would like to keep up-to-date with Mark, the team, and their time in Haiti, you can follow him on Facebook, and get live updates, including photos…

For example, here is what I believe is a first photo…

Devastated Haitian church. More photos coming.

To give an even more realistic presentation of how things are transpiring in this nation… Here is Driscoll’s Second Photo…

The photo is rotted bodies in front of the Wesleyan church that was a
thousand people till destroyed

You can follow Mark Driscoll’s journey through this tragedy on Facebook HERE!

Let’s Play Our Part!!!

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