Little boy on the move, God on the move

Life with Austin is just plain fun!!  In the last week he has suddenly begun to "dance" and he has discovered that books are for looking at instead of eating.  He spends long amounts of time just turning the pages of his books and making "reading" sounds.  It is so much fun to watch. 

Here's a video Anthony took of him one of the first times he started dancing.

Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On from Lori & Anthony on Vimeo.

And here he is reading his book at lunch time today.

He also loves to push things around, especially the chairs.  They glide on the wood floor so easily, and it looks like he's using a walker, hahaha!

On another subject completely - Haiti.  I know there has been lots of news everywhere about Haiti this past month.  There are so many desperate needs, and they are all over the media, as they should be.  But there's something else going on down there.  I have been following the blogs of a team who is there, and my heart is deeply stirred by what I am reading.  I am going to copy and paste bits and pieces of some of the things Seth Barnes has written.  If you want to read more,  go to sethbarnes.com. 

We arrived in time to witness something I've never seen before - the pastors of Haiti called for three days of prayer and fasting and the people responded.

 

Everywhere we went this morning, under tents, under trees, in the squares, in the rubble, were gatherings of people praying and singing. We drove to a gathering our translator estimated to be 6000 people.

 

A man was at the front talking. As he stopped and as the people began to sing and to wave their hands, we could feel the Spirit of God blow over the crowd and through our hearts. You talk to any one of them and they have lost someone. Maybe a wife, maybe a father or a sister. But here they were, worshipping. 

 

Something spiritually historic is underway. The cry of a desperate people is rising up to the heavens - calling out for mercy, crying out for God, shouting out for the arrival of the soon-coming king. And, today at least, God responded. His Spirit blew through the tents in ways that sent you to your knees in response. In 30 years of missions, I've never seen anything like it. It's the thing you read about it books. It's the thing you hope for but sometimes grow cynical about ever seeing. And it's happening here, now.  

 

And I'm wondering, "Is this in the news? It should be. Do people out there see what's going on here?" I've heard it referred to by Americans as a "national day of mourning." But that's not what's happening. On the heels of the greatest natural disaster of our time comes the greatest outpouring of God's Spirit that I've ever seen. I'm still trying to absorb it.
All you intercessors out there crying out for God's presence, all you seminary students learning how how to put people in touch with him, all you desperate people who feel abandoned by God, I have a suggestion: You need to get on a plane and come to Haiti.

You can go a lifetime and never see anything like this. We can sing "Rend the heavens and come down," but God already did - it's happening here in Port-au-Prince.

 

Don't let worries about security disuade you. We've not seen or heard of any threats. All we've seen is a massive outpouring of joy and praises.

 

So many people traveled to Lakeland, FL, Toronto, or Brownsville, seeking God. If God is what you want, get on a plane and come here. The kingdom is coming here in Haiti. You can go your whole lifetime and not see this. What's happening is the stuff of dreams.