Our prayer is to be able to equip all of the 300 pastors and leaders under Phyllis’ care with this powerful resource. Would you prayerfully consider purchasing a Papyrus player to get this important message out to our brothers and sisters in Haiti? Thank you so much!
A fellow pilgrim,
Steve Coder, President
Hand to the Plow Ministries, Inc.
We are back from Haiti, and the Holy Spirit moved in powerful ways! We will be updating you on our trip, and hope to have a video presentation to you within the next week. Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. Phyllis is doing well, and the people of Haiti are standing strong and continuing to praise the Lord in their situation.
Young Man, Recently Saved Receiving The Word on Audio Player
"Oh Yes, I Love Jesus!"
This man sings, "The day the earthquake hit, everyone called on the name, Jesu!"
Phyllis Newby has asked for continued prayer. She is fatigued because of the many situations arising in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Here is a specific prayer need:
The spiritual warfare is great; Phyllis said this morning, “The devil has been unleashed in Guttion with all the people getting saved.”
Thanks for your continued prayers. God bless you all!
Click here to view the video of this interview:
Revival: A New Haiti Rising from the Rubble?
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – He is barely five feet tall but when he speaks people listen.
A large crowd gathered at Mission Evangelical Baptist Church to hear Haiti’s most well known evangelical leader. Pastor Chavannes Jeune’s message this morning: repent and prepare for revival.
“We have an opportunity here to come together and serve the people,” Pastor Jeune said.
“It is time for repentance, it is time for confession, and it is time for revival,” he said. “God is calling the church to put aside its differences and to unite in solidarity so that we can speak with one voice to the country.”
Rebuilding a City
Jeune unsuccessfully ran for president of Haiti in the last election and plans to run again. For now, he is focused on rebuilding his destroyed city.
“What has been the impact of the earthquake on the church in Haiti?” CBN News asked him.
“Many churches have been destroyed, many pastors are dead, many top Christian political and business leaders have also lost their lives,” he said. “The impact has been devastating, yet we see signs of hope springing up.”
On the streets and in the tent cities, Haitians are turning to God in unprecedented numbers. “In the past, before the earthquake, this would never happen, right?” CBN News asked.
“No, it wouldn’t. People are vulnerable,” Jeune replied. “They have seen and experienced a lot: 200,000-plus are dead. Tens of thousands are injured. Those who survived are thanking God and realizing that they have to take their faith more seriously.”
Building Bridges
Herode Guilomettre, a prominent Christian business leader, has seen dramatic changes in how leaders of different denominations are relating to one another since the earthquake.
“We have a new solidarity that was never there before,” he said. “Even among leaders from other countries. For example, there was tension between Haitian and Dominican Republic leaders. Now we are working together to help those who are suffering.”
But the most profound change is happening in the makeshift camps.
“There’s a kind of spiritual transformation unfolding,” Guilomettre explained. “In the entire tent camps and shelters people are spontaneously worshipping God, they are singing, they are praying. And this has been happening almost every night since the earthquake. It seems like this is part of a spiritual revival.”
Guilomettre is just one of many Haitian Christian businessmen who has opened his home and wallet to care for the suffering. With the help of friends from America, Guilomettre is running this clinic on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.
“The message of the church to our hurting nation is that God is able to take care of us and He is rebuilding a new Haiti,” he said.
A New Haiti
It starts with providing those made homeless by the earthquake with a temporary place to stay. So Jeune and pastors from 20 churches are putting their resources together to erect 100 shelters outside the city that will house 100 families each.”The shelters will provide families with food, medical care and spiritual counseling,” he said. “Then after three months, we’ll begin the next phase, which will be reconstruction. We are working with Christian NGO’s and friends around the world to begin rebuilding people’s homes.”
It’s one small step to get this nation back on its feet.
Phyllis phoned yesterday with this report.
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A ten minute word on rebuilding in Haiti, by Steve Coder.
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The nature of this message deals with God’s design for rebuilding based on the Old Testament word concerning Nehemiah.
As a part of that word, I mention the fact that as soon as Nehemiah started rebuilding from the rubble in Jerusalem, the enemies of God came out of the woodwork to hinder it. The same is true in Haiti. God has a plan for rebuilding Haiti and the enemy has a scheme to stop it.
We believe God has given us a plan to implement as it concerns the spiritual rebuilding of Haiti. Last year at this time, we were in Haiti with Dean Sherman for a pastors’ conference. Internationally, Brother Dean has been a tremendous force in the area of spiritual warfare teaching. He is the most gifted spiritual warfare teacher that I have ever met. He is a highly sought-after speaker and has spent the last 40 years teaching around the world. He has worked extensively with YWAM and with the Body of Christ at large. We had the privilege to record his teaching sessions while at the Haitian pastors’ conference.
The audio/video crew had just finished final production stateside before the earthquake hit Haiti in January. Just this week, we have learned that there is a new devise ready to carry that message throughout 
Haiti. It’s called the Papyrus (a sturdy MP3 like player which can be solar or battery powered) and it will play both the entire New Testament and Brother Dean’s message on spiritual warfare right in the Haitian villages and tent cities. As I said in “The Gap,” never has there been a more opportune time to get the word of God and the spiritual warfare message out to the people; and we can do it for $50 per unit.
To understand its power, you have to imagine the climate right now in Haiti. There is nearly two million displaced people in the open air and the Papyrus can get right into their hearts. The pastors can play a portion for the people and then review it with them. Along with the New Testament there is 18 hours of Brother Dean’s teaching which will give a solid spiritual foundation in this time of rebuilding.
We are not pulling away from the humanitarian need and effort by any means. You have helped us to give thousands of dollars in relief straight to the need and we are eager to continue this work. In tandem with this, we would urge you to consider being a part of helping rebuild the spiritual foundation of Haiti by sending Papyrus audio players to the pastors and villagers. If you would like to help, you can simply click the link below to give through our PayPal account. Thank you for helping rebuild Haiti on the Solid Rock!
A Fellow Pilgrim
Steve Coder
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The group of German doctors has returned to Germany and a new medical team from Indianapolis and Florida has arrived. With this team is a much-needed orthopedic surgeon and nurse anesthetist who speaks Creole. The few days between groups, our new German friends arranged for another German doctor to travel where she was stationed in Port Au Prince to work at the Saintard hospital for a day. Also during that interim time, a dentist/EMT and missionary Phyllis Newby were flown by German helicopter to a remote mountain village to provide medical care there.
Thirty military personnel from the United Nations, all hailing from Jamaica, are residing at the Saintard compound for several days. During the day, they travel to nearby villages to distribute food. There are many refugees throughout the area. The public buses are now free to the Haitians and many are being bussed out of Port Au Prince. Once they are out of Port Au Prince, many have nowhere to go, as their house and all of their belongings were destroyed in the earthquake. Local churches are helping these refugees, as they are able.
Missionaries and groups throughout Haiti are working together to share and distribute medicine, medical supplies, and food. People of various nationalities are working together to bring aid to the people of Haiti.
Please continue to pray for weary relief workers, safe travel, efficient distribution of relief supplies, and that the gospel of Jesus Christ will be spread during this relief effort. The needs will continue for a very long time.
