“…Well”, the resort owner said with hesitation, “We do have one room, but it is not clean or prepared for guests. The people just left and the room won’t be ready till tomorrow. But”, He continued, “…if you don’t mind it, you can take that room and we’ll bring you clean sheets and towels.”

That night, the four of us took showers, watched a movie on TV, and laid across one bed side by side with our feet hanging off the edge. We rested perfectly.

“What do I owe you?” I asked Martin in the morning.

“There is no fee for staying in an unprepared room. Just glad we could help.” He answered.

When we got back to the dock we looked, and Aleph Tav was out there in the river standing upright. Somehow, the bilge pump was able to take more water out than the water flowing in, and once the high tide came in, She was raised out of her side.

During this time, I had no idea how I was going to feed my family, let alone be able to afford another trip to Haiti. We had no home to return to, there was no work available, (especially for Yankees), and in these he’a parts, no holy, purity, first, second, or third southern Baptist church received us as anything more then peculiar visitors.

“So… You’re a Jew?” Asked an Elder at the time the service was ending.

“I am…” I responded.

“Well… Let me ask a question then: do you believe’n Jaysus???” He asked.

“Yes; I’m a messianic Jewish Rabbi.” I answered.

“Alright now… Do YOU believe in Jaysus Christ as you’n persnal Lod’n Savia???”

“Well, of course.” I affirmed

“Being a Jew and believing He is the Savior shouldn’t be a stretch, considering the Bible says He is the King of the…?” I paused and motioned for him to finish the sentence.

“…of kings, Lord’o lords!” He answered.

“Yes, that to… But in particular, in reference to Jews, it says that He is the King of the…?” I waited again for him to finish.

“He’da King of the howl waaad world brother. Ya’ ain’t no Jew, yo,a Christian!!!” He said as if he figured out an amazing puzzle.

“Indeed He is the King of everything, and in particular the Bible says He is the King of the “Jews”. So what is peculiar is that all Jewish people don’t realize He is the King. But perhaps, when the church returns to it’s Jewish roots, and realizes it is grafted into Israel, then more of my Jewish brothers will recognize Yeshua is the King.”

“He ain’t no Jew, he a Christian. Praise Jaysus!” He informed another man as he walked off with his bible tucked under his arm.

Some churches did give us a love gift for which we were truly thankful and it did help us to get food for several weeks. I was even invited to speak, and thought everything went well until the pastor called Captain and told him, if he needed a comedian, he would have hired one…

Then there was the four week teaching on the festivals that I was asked to do for the woman’s prayer group. There were lots of tears, and amazed responses till the very end when a woman asked: “what about HELL! How come all this time you ain’t talk about HELL?…”

It was a most difficult and depressing time.

“Honey, we have to get out of here!” I mumbled to Lisa in the middle of another sleepless night. “There’s no one here who gives a flying care for what we were called to do spiritually, and there is no one secular person who will give me work…”

“I know… It’s so hard.” Agreed Lisa. Let’s just wait a little bit and see what happens.” She suggested.

“But who, if anyone at all, will get us out of this mess and back to the mission we were called to?…” I pondered, convinced such person did not exist.

Well… I know; I should know better. Yes, when you least expect it, from a source you would never dream of. At the risk of dating myself I’ll ask: Do you recall the Iran contra hearings…? Oliver North…? He had a pilot who flew the covert missions…? No…? Ok, how about the Giana tragedy…? “Don’t drink the kool aid”…? Jim Jones…? Well, Jim Jones, cousin, who incidentally was also the pilot for Oliver North’s Iran contra missions, is now retired “somewhere” in Florida. He needed a finish carpenter to work on one of his investment homes, and there you have it… There was G-d’s vessel sent to help us. “When can you start?” He asked

I now had the comfortable means to support my family, but still, what of our trip to Haiti?…

To be continued