Haiti Pastor Rebuilds With 'Church in a Bathroom'

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Details: Written by Marcus Yoars

QUOTE: "Think of our new village here as the home of Jesus Christ, not the scene of a disaster. Life is not a disaster. Life is joy! You don’t have food? Nourish yourself with the Lord. You don’t have water? Drink in the spirit. … Here we start every day with what I call my 'cup of hot coffee service.' We don’t have the real beverage, of course. This is a prayer to wake us up and fortify us as we look ahead and think, 'What, oh what, next?' … A church in a bathroom, that’s what we are. For the moment." —Joseph Lejeune, one of the hundreds of pastors in Haiti whose church was completely destroyed by the earthquake, encouraging the newly homeless survivors gathered around him in a makeshift tent city in Port-au-Prince [nytimes.com, 1/18/10]

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0 #3 Dean Michael 2010-01-23 04:44

Some say Prayer is the answer, others say Money is the answer. FDR started a movement of throwing money at problems. The intent is that money with fix what is broken. Two problems with this is the plan is always to use someone else's money and the one handling the money probably won't use it to fix the problem. Maybe there is a resource greater than money. Too bad Washington DC doesn't have any of this to spend.

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0 #2 peggyle 2010-01-22 05:07

Keep praising God in all situations. What a blessing it is to see people coming together in a time where so many need to be encouraged and uplifted in the Lord. God bless all who are crying out to God.

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+1 #1 Sandra K Russell 2010-01-19 12:01

What a sweet savour offering this is to God!!
Such a testimony to the Almighty Grace of God. No blossoms on this fig tree, no fruit on the vine, the olives have failed and the fields yield no meat , the flock cut off from the fold and no herd in the stall YET JOY in the God of our salvation, because He is their strength, What a testimony to the glory of God. May we all raise a praise to the God of Hope., the God of Mercy,

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