Kyle Dillard and the Church Band: Blog

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David Wilcox says the heart is designed to hold an enormous amount of fullness, but it leaves a lot of room for empty.  That it's the empty that keeps us looking until we find the fullness to fill all the space.  I can say that after 10 days in Haiti there is no room for empty in there right now.  My heart feels like a sponge that's been dipped in an ocean and there's no way I can absorb it all. I know it will slowly fade and the empty will come and then I'll be looking again for ways to fill it with God's greatness and glory, but in the mean time I'm worshipping from a heart that is full. That's the journey. Continuing to fill our hearts with the fullness of Christ!

When I first arrived at the hotel, after going through a gate guarded by a dude with a shotgun, they gave me a plastic arm band that allows me entrance to the hotel and 3 meals a day.  So without the armband, no room no food.  With the arm band, a bed and 3 meals a day. Just across the street from the hotel [...]

Feb 6,2011

Is the devil after you? Apparently he should be.

That was the sermon this morning at one of the Haitian churches we worshipped with. His message was simple. We are at war. It's a spiritual war and the devil is out to get you, the church, and your family if you are living for him. The good news? We've already won! Hallelujah! Christ is risen! Jesus is alive! Can you hear the excitement as everyone is yelling "AMEN! JZ is alive!" JZ is what it sounds like when you say Jesus in Creole. I first thought a different JZ was coming and we were going to break out in hip hop but then I figured it out.

After an unbelievable message, and I video taped the whole thing, we took communion together. I don't think communion has ever meant so much to me. When the pastor held up the bread and said "Christ body broken for you" I just about lost it. Those words coming from arguably the most broken people in our world was powerful to say the least. "Christ body broken for you, [...]

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Feb 5,2011

We had a day off yesterday and it was fun just hanging with the OCC staff. I laughed harder than I have laughed in long time with them. The OCC staff are some great people who love the Lord, their job, and the people they serve. I want to be more like them.

So here's the 2 highlights of today and one low light. I got sick. that's the low light. Something has been going around the staff and it hit me this morning and ran through me till this afternoon. I thought i was going to be able to go to the airport and help with the pickup but I only got as far as the GO base and asked them to leave me there and come pick me up on their way back through. I started feeling better and I went down to grab dinner with Pierre'. He's one of the SP staff here and a Haitian native. Very cool guy. I told you about him in one of my earlier blogs. Anyway, we sat down at this picnic table across form this kid to eat. He looked like he was about 22/23 years old. I asked him how [...]

Feb 2,2011

I don't have Cholera.... but i did visit a Cholera hospital yesterday.

We first left yesterday morning and went to SP's (Samaritan's Purse) GO Base. They have leased the property from Global Outreach, thus the name "GO". This is where all of their supplies come in and where the staff live. Most of the staff live in tents. The same tents they have built for so many other Haitians.

They have set up several tent villages and we visited one yesterday. Essentially 12'X12' boxes built out of 2X4's with a tin roof and blue plastic tarp covering the outside. They won't allow a tent village to grow more than a couple hundred people. They make sure the next village is placed at a distance away so that they are not just creating slums. At the one we visited, the village has elected officials, created laws, rules and even raised enough money to build a school. All the kids were in school when we were there dressed in school uniforms. Imagine a barn divided into 6 rooms [...]

Feb 1,2011

I feel unworthy. It's been such a humbling day. I lady from Samaritan's purse spoke tonight about the condition and heart of God for Haiti. I would describe her as a modern day Paul except she's a she. She has been living here in Haiti for a year....in a tent! Most of the Samaritan's purse staff live in the same tent homes they've been building for the Haitians. Unbelievable. She told one miracle God story after another and her theme was "God has not forgotten about Haiti." That's a bold statement. Especially when the question could be asked "why has God allowed this to happen to these people?" Why an earthquake? Why the devastation? Why 250,000 people died in the earthquake? Forgotten? Many on the outside say yes. But everyone here says "I've seen his hand. Jesus is a live and doing great things in Haiti! Forgotten? No way! Dead? Absolutely not. Alive? Yes to the power of ten!!!!

I've decided that if you want to see a miracle, you won't see it watching [...]