Buße in Haiti

Der Präsident Preval von Haiti hatte anstelle eines Festivals ein 3-tägiges Fasten ausgerufen, an dem die Haitianer Buße tun sollten – dieses Video zeigt die Reaktion der Bevölkerung.

Klicke hier für einen weiteren aufgeschriebenen Augenzeugenbericht aus Haiti (auf englisch)

Jerry Miel is a good friend and radio engineer who served as a missionary in Haiti with World Team mission when we lived there.
He worked with the Christian station, Radio Lumiere (Radio Light).
He has gone back to Haiti to help in the aftermath of the earthquake and makes these important observations. — Boxley

AN INCREDIBLE DAY in the HISTORY OF HAITI -by Jerry Miel (Feb 17).

I think that I will remember this day as one of the most significant in my life, not because of what I did, but for it’s meaning…

Today was the one month anniversary of the great Haitian earthquake.

About 3 days ago the Haitian President announced that there would be 3 days of holiday from work for the purpose of fasting and prayer. This is absolutely historic. If you have ever been in Haiti as a visitor or missionary, could you ever have imagined such a pronouncement? 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.

This was not “a minute of silence for the deceased” or something as equally insignificant. Whatever the President might have originally intended, this became a real commitment for the Haitian people. As I sit here this evening, I can hear the preaching coming from a nearby church. Services have been going on all day…

Let me tell you what I saw and felt today.

Peniel and I had planned an inspection trip up to the Artibonite Valley today. Right or wrong, I don’t really know, but since it was the only opportunity, we went ahead with the trip. As we left the guest house about 7:30 am, we 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 (tap taps), some UN and military vehicles, and a few private cars. We had 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 had moved out into the streets as well.

The next observation was that EVERYTHING was closed! We could not find even one business or gas station open. There were no intercity buses running. Whereas the sidewalks are usually overflowing with millions of street venders, we only saw a few 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 a JW church) had services going on, almost always overflowing into the streets. Beside broken down churches, services were taking place outside. In homeless camps, there were services. Everywhere the nation was gathered to worship and pray. No, I did not see any voodoo, Islamic, or Buddhist services. This scene was repeated in every town and hamlet that we passed during the day.

Tonight, Pastor Ignace, who is sharing the room with me, asked this question: “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 started praying for the Gospel to change the Haitian culture.
I think that I am seeing God do that work.

Gefunden durch ANZAC/Andrew Strom Newsletter

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3 Antworten auf Buße in Haiti

  1. Holger sagt:

    Wenn ich das Video sehe und mich drüber informiere, was passiert ist und noch passiert, muss ich weinen, weil ich Gott, der zu ehren und zu fürchten ist, danken muss. Es musste wohl erst so etwas krasses wie dieses Erdbeben passieren, in dem, so weit man das sagen kann, jeder 40. Bürger des Landes starb (230.000 Tote bei 9 Mio Einwohnern), daneben gab es viele Verletzte (Amputierte) und Obdachlose.
    Nach dem Erdbeben war ich erst sauer auf Gott, dass er das zugelassen hat, und ich murrte, wozu das denn gut sei und warum gerade ein Land, das eh schon arm dran ist, aber nachdem ich das Video gesehen hatte, musste ich Busse tun über mein Rechten-Wollen-Mit-Gott.

    Und es gibt Berichte, dass die Erweckung seit dem 12. Februar weiter geht und Menschen in Kirchen kommen, und sich bekehren. Hier nur ein Beispiel: http://www.bhm.org/bhm/lang-fr/haiti-earthquake-news-and-updates/45-earthquake/234-from-physical-to-spiritual-healing-haitis-revival.html

    Wir brauchen als Christen (ich eingeschlossen) den Mut, Wahrheit beim Namen zu nennen. Wenn auf der LoveParade 20 Menschen sterben, weil dort die Dämonen am Wirken sind und die Menschen sich ihnen hingeben, sagt/macht niemand in führenden Postionen soetwas wie der Präsident Preval. Im Wort zum Sonntag redete ein Pfarrer nur den üblichen beschwichtigenden Kram. Unsere neue Ministerpräsidentin trauert, alle sind bestürzt, aber niemand ruft auf zu Fasten und Buße auf, damit den restlichen Menschen nicht dasselbe passiert und sie sich bekehren. Gott erbarme dich über uns! Befreie uns von Menschenfurcht!

  2. Helm77 sagt:

    Danke für den Link, der ist gut!!! Lesen!

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