Praying for Haiti

Along with the rest of the world we are praying for Haiti in the midst of great suffering after the terrible earthquake the other day. Dallas Seminary has relationships and presence all over the world. Haiti has become much closer to home as we have discussed and prayed for them in several of my classes this week:

Chapel: The seminary president, Dr. Mark Bailey, led us all in prayer. He informed us that there are eleven graduates currently in Haiti. There is also a seminary started by DTS graduates which collapsed during the earthquake. Two students from this school are still missing. The rest are accounted for and okay. The school is actively raising funds for relief efforts and has already raised $20,000.

Intro to World Missions: Our professor has each of us students picking a different country to pray for at the beginning of class. This week we prayed for Haiti. Dr. Pocock shared with us the news of a person in Haiti who is currently in the application process with the school. The admission counselors were able to get in touch with him and he is okay -- his wife and children narrowly escaped being crushed inside their car. Praise God. We have a text book for this class entitled Operation World that leads us in ways to pray for all nations of the world. It enriched my prayers for Haiti this week.

Trinitarianism: This is my new theology class. It is a study of the attributes of God. We prayed for Haiti. We talked about how difficult it is to see God's purpose in the midst of such tragedy. But we can pray that Christ is glorified in the midst of it. And that the people who are suffering may see His face. Because we know that God is sovereign and that God loves all His people.