Dear Friends and Partners,

One of the brighter sides of my 3 trips to Haiti has been my interaction with NDI Alumni, Ambassador Lewis Lucke.  Because of his past deployment here as Ambassador, he was immediately redeployed here after the killer quake on January 12th.  And since we had come to Haiti together a little over a month prior to the earthquake, it was a timely redeployment for both of us to a country and people we both are passionate about.  In addition to overseeing the monumental tasks of rescue, relief and redevelopment, Lew has had to receive all of the US Government officials who have come down.  Members of Congress, Senators, Speaker of the House, Presidents Clinton and Bush.  Here is one that Lew shared with me of his greeting of President Bush on the tarmac when he recently visited Haiti.  These two men obviously have a warm relationship and great respect for each other.  If you will look back and look at my earlier reports on Lew, you will see a personal exchange between them on President Bush’s last day in office.

Ambassador Lucke passes the baton of leadership here on April 1st to other people.  He will return home to Austin, Texas, for some well deserved time with his wife, Joy.  They have been separated since the earthquake hit.  So pray for both of them that God would wonderfully restore the time that they were apart in some quality and quantity time together.

One thing for sure.  Both Lew and I have agreed that we will be back in Haiti together a number of more times in the months and years ahead!

In God’s Love for Haiti,