Haiti Music Needs

Many of you know that I recently went to Haiti with the 1013 Mission Team. At the One Family church, where we stayed, all of their worship music and sermons are LOUD. As in, very LOUD. And the services aren’t just Sunday mornings either. They take place at various times of the week. On the Friday night we were there, they started a service at around 10pm and it lasted until 3 am! Much of that church is open to the outside so you would definitely hear it in the compound, but also far out into the village. I discovered that there is a reason for that: advertisement and battle. They are tied together. You see, voodoo is very prevalent in Haiti. From my understanding, it carries with it a very dark, evil, sinister air to it. And from a distance on certain nights, you would hear the voodoo drums beating to the voodoo practices that would go on. Very chilling. And so, the church battles that with worship music played loud. So the people hear it. The music rises in the air against that which is dark and sinister. And you know what? The people come. Many new people every time. Lives and souls being saved. The spiritual warfare, in many ways, is fought through music. And that music is played through the sound gear and instruments available to the church. Many of them have fallen to disrepair. Some are simply broken. Some things they simply don’t have. Believe it or not, those items are like the swords and shields needed for battle. And we are going to help in that fight.

Attached below is a link to the items that they need at One Family. Think of the list as similar to a wedding registry: simply pick what you would want to buy (could be one or more items. For example, you only need order one of the 3 microphones listed – or you could order 2 or all 3) and then call Austin Bazaar who is working with us to provide the items in need. Jeff Ekblad will be handling all the orders.  You can check out their website (www.austinbazaar.com) but you have to call to get the special pricing and ordering. Here is what you do:

1)  Contact Austinbazaar at: 800-511-1322 ext 202 and ask for Jeff

                            OR

2)   Email Jeff:  jeff@austinbazaar.com

3)  Place your order and use reference number 38193 or just ask for Jeff and let him know you want to order something for Haiti, he will know what it is for. When we have a complete order it will be sent to me. I will, in turn, get it to the next Haiti 1013 Mission team that makes the trip (sometime in February) They will deliver it to the church.

Here is the list:

CODE	ITEMS	QTY.	PRICE (ea)
SHR-SM58LC	Shure SM58-LC Vocal Microphone	3	$99.00
GLX-JX100	Gearlux Adjustable Height Boom Mic Stand - Black	3	$24.99
STA-MUSC5T	Stagg Orchestral Music Stand - Black	4	$39.99
STA-SG-50-BK	Stagg Tripod Folding Guitar Stand - Black	2	$24.99
IBA-STC20L	Ibanez STC20L 20-Foot Series STC Guitar Cable with Straight and Right Angle Plugs	4	$17.99
DUN-DEN1046	Dunlop DEN1046 EG-NKL Nickel Electric Guitar Strings - Medium	2	$3.99
ERN-P02832	Ernie Ball 2832 Regular Slinky Nickel Bass Strings (.050-.105)	2	$32.95
STA-SMC6	Stagg XLR-XLR Standard Microphone Cable - 20 Foot	8	$9.99
FEN-310760525	Squier by Fender Affinity Jazz Electric Bass Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard - Metallic Red	1	$179.99
zil-5awn	Zildjian 5A Wood Drumsticks, Single Pair - Natural	6	$10.95