HAITI HERE I COME!

• 80% living beneath the poverty line
  
• 54% in abject poverty

• 20 is the median age
  
• 60 is the average life expectancy


• 80 out of 1000 children die before the age of 5


• 120,000 living with AIDS (in 2007)


• 230,000 killed in January earthquake


• 2,000,000 homeless

Although the facts and statistics paint an extremely bleak and painfully depressing picture, somehow my heart for Haiti is one of deep expectation and hope. Haiti is actually taken from the Native American name for the nation - Ayiti - which means "mountainous". When I first discovered this I immediately thought of the time Jesus spoke about how faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains. Haiti is not only mountainous in geography, but the extreme height and vastness of the mountains of sickness, poverty, death, violence, corruption and devastation strikes fear and hopelessness into the hearts of most people. However, I believe the roots of these mountains are largely spiritual. Our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities in the heavenly realms. And we have been raised up together with Christ where he is seated at the right hand of the Father, far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which is to come (Eph 1:20-21). For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world, and this is the victory that conquers the world - our faith (1 John 5:4).

Our FAITH expressed in LOVE will MOVE MOUNTAINS.

This is what we will be doing in Haiti.

My team is not just another humanitarian aid group. Haiti has been overwhelmed with humanitarian aid and relief services. We are going in to pray and intercede. We are going in to worship and prophesy. We are going in encourage and unify the church. We are going in to teach and train the future leaders of the country. We are going in to preach good news to the poor and afflicted, to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the physical and spiritual captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes of those who are bound.

We want to give them an ornament of beauty instead of ashes. The oil of joy instead of mourning. To clothe them with a garment of praise instead of a heavy and burdened spirit. So that Haiti will be known as a place of righteousness and justice. A place of light and life. A dwelling place for the Lord. A place that glorifies and loves their Creator and Father.

Over the months of October, November and December we will be ministering in orphanages and tent cities. We will be loving on prositutes. We will be teaching in schools. Preaching in churches and on the streets. Worshipping and praying LOTS. Our team will be there during the presidential elections in November and we will be running a 200 hour burn of worship and intercession. One hour for every year the nation has lived (and died) under spiritual oppression and affliction. We envision the church of Haiti rising up in prayer and intercession for retribution and justice. Praying for a righteous man to finally rule. Crying out for revival and reformation.

Anything is possible. I have more expectation for this mission trip than I have ever experienced in previous expeditions. What a privelage and honour to partner with God in restoring Haiti! YOU ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS MISSION TOO! I want to encourage you that though my team may be on the "front lines" (as the saying goes) - the success of this mission and our ability to GO is vitally dependant and connected to YOU. Your prayer support and financial support is what will enable us to put action to every word I wrote above.

I would like to invite you to pray about participating and co-labouring with us through committing to pray and/or support us financially.

I personally need about $3000 within the next month to be able to fly there and live for three months. If you would like to join in supporting me you can do this through the ways listed below.

Thank you for your love and support! It means the world to me ;)

Love you heaps!
Kerri

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Call me Confucius

Here's some of my heavy revvy:

• Wonderful friends are like salt - they enhance every experience (Jess Harris for example)

• God is to my spirit as the sun is to my eyes - when I fix my gaze on him, his image is burned onto my retina and then everything else and everyone else I see bears his image.

• Hype, hysteria and religion is like spiritual McDonalds - it might satisfy your desires, but you're just gonna get fat, ugly and sick. I want it fresh and organic.

• Boldness is being willing to take the risk. Confidence is knowing that it's not a risk.

• There is a lot of injustice in the world just to point out the obvious. But the greatest injustice is that the very children the Father came in love to save and restore, rejected and scorned him. Justice = that the Lamb would recieve his full reward.

• Unbelief is often a protection mechanism because we are afraid of being disappointed if we do believe - that is not my revelation though. My revelation is that we WILL NOT be disappointed!

• We ARE the intercession for our generation. Our lives are a living prophecy, a living testimony of God's heart and God's will for our world.

• Requirements to change the world = in-filling of the Holy Spirit and obedience to his call. We don't have to wait till we're 40. We don't have to wait till we are qualified. We don't have to wait till we are wiser or stronger or have enough money. (Although these are all good and helpful things) We only have to wait to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

• There are are two things in life that must never be compromised: LOVE and HOLINESS

• There is no lid. Only you can limit yourself by not allowing God to be who he says he is.

Two weeks ago we had four days and nights of 24/7 prayer and worship. Praying specifically for our generation and for universities. There was an explosion of creativity - art, music, poems and writing. There was an explosion of passion as we caught God's heart and cried out to him. There was an explosion of praise - literally people swinging from the rafters. Haha! JOY! It culminated in the end in Thursday night corporate base meeting where I encountered the Lord and caught a glimpse of his beauty...flip.

This past week we have had a guy called Shawn Bolz who works mostly in LA and Hollywood. Champion. Spoke about living a supernatural life, shared amazing stories from his life and friends of his, encouraged, inspired us. Challenged us not to be religitards and charismaniacs. Keep it real and live in agreement with Godly reality.

Finally I would like to finish with a poem about something very close to my heart: VEGEMITE

Vegemite and butter on a hot piece of toast

Attracts disgust and ridicule from most

However I find that although it does reek

It never fails to put a rose in my cheek

Love, peace and goodwill to y'all

Kerri

SHABA!!!!

How do you describe two weeks of utter craziness and insanity getting my brain and heart impacted deeply and profoundly by the wonders of God and his love and his holiness? It's gonna be tough, but I'm gonna try!

It is now the beginning of the fourth week of my school (ah!) and the past two weeks have been fabulous. The second week we had a speaker called Aaron Walsh from New Zealand speaking on prayer and intercession and this past week we had Ray Hughes (from somewhere around the Appalachian Mountains in the deep south of the USA) the president and founder of Selah Ministries speaking on praise and worship.

I had a few chuckles quietly to myself during both weeks as both their accents were rather absurd. Just imagine going from a All-Black mad Kiwi speaking on "prur und untercussun' to a southern cowboy style moustache toting fella speaking on "Pah-raze and wahrsheeip". But mate, their teachings just about floored me with the wisdom and revelation that poured forth!

On week two I was deeply impacted by the revelation of God's heart for his children and the reality of that dreaded word "Hell". It's not PC to talk about it anymore, and it wasn't even a topic in the class but I was a mess for a while as my heart shattered at the grief of a world living in a Kingdom of death, going to an eternity of death when their Father has made a way and welcomes them into life, if only they will accept his gift. AGHHH! It is so painful. But so good.

On week three I regained an overwhelming sense of awe and wonder and excitement at this freaking amazing God we serve and get to worship and adore! Such a depth of understanding of why and how we worship God and the power of music, art and all creativity when it's breathed into being in heaven and then becomes reality on earth. Totally inspired me in my music and art and I feel like I gained a bit of insight into how these giftings tie into my future! I was also able to be a part of a memorial kinda thing of the work of God in Keith Green's life. Melody Green, his widow, has been here the last few weeks and she spoke. There was a time of prayer and it was super powerful as this mantle was passed on to the next generation. It felt very significant and honouring to be a part of that!

Ugh, I have sooooo much to say! I can hardly contain it.

Oh and HAITI!!!! I'm going to Haiti in September for 3 months. I know. Amazing. We will be working at a couple of locations. Some things we will be doing include teaching in a DTS, building and planting a church in Port Au Prince as well as living and working in an orphange. I feel like God wants do wonders in Haiti, to raise up a next generation of leaders there who will transform their society in the love and power of God. Woo! So stoked.

Ok, welllllll...there's more - but I'll restrain myself ;)

Prayer requests...just praise God for his glory and his blessings! I'm doing so well and have been blessed financially, physically doing so well and spiritually becoming more and more alive every day. Can I also ask you to pray for my friends in my school as finances are due this Friday for lecture phase and we are looking forward to some miracles ;)

Ok! Thanks! Let me know how you're going too xox

Love yas!
Kerri