A quick peek...

I wanted to share what is happening now, here and in the states. The first two pictures are from Indiana, where they were loading our NEXT container. This one is on the way already. Stan, with a lot of help, finished loading that before he brought Gloria down here for this week. A lot of work goes into getting these wonderful supplies to us in Haiti. We are so thankful for everyone who helps in many ways to get these here. These pictures were taken at Seedline, the same place we get our scriptures for Haiti. This is where Stan loads the containers. Seedline is a blessing in so many ways. Also you will see some of the wonderful people who have donated the much needed supplies, like peanut butter and all the Christmas bags. A blessing in so many ways.

These next two pictures are just the start of what Stan and Gloria are doing to the dorm. They painted the whole inside of the dorm, with the help of some of "our kids". Now they are doing a whole redecorating job. This will be like a first class hotel when they finish. Gloria sure has the knack for the job. And she brought all of the wonderful "homey" things, too. I will wait a day or two to show you the finished product. Those of you who have been here before, won't believe the changes. We are moving up in the world!! Guess we will soon earn the old title some placed on the dorm of "The Haiti Hilton". You do realize these are the "before" pictures...with everything is confusion. But you will be pleasantly surprised by the wonders performed.

We have had rain, and rain and rain. This has somewhat put a damper on delivering food and supplies, but it is still moving out. And we are happy to get these delivered, since another container is on the way. God sure has been blessing us with the help needed to get things moving. And we do praise Him for it.

Stan brought down information and scale models for yet another new project. When we think we are at the limit, God expands us again. I'll have more to share on this with you in the future. But it's something looking good and would be a tremendous help for the people here if it works out the way it is set up.

For now, have a super day in the Lord. Let Him be your guide and keep your eyes and ears tuned to what He has to say to you. May you walk in the Lovelight of His blessings.

A quick update

Good morning,

I wanted to get a real quick update on here before I leave for the airport. Our team leaves today and it's a sad thing. They have done SOOOOOO much work and accomplished so much for us. We just can't express how amazed we are with what these 4 people have done. The first photo is of them standing with most of the buckets they filled. They almost reached the 100 mark. You have to realize that they didn't just fill the buckets. They bagged rice, beans, cornmeal, sanitary napkins, they bottled oil, folded socks bagged laundry soap and a whole lot more. After doing all of that, they started putting things in buckets. And we have a lot of things ready to put into buckets when we get more. You are looking at MANY, MANY weeks of work that Don and I would have had to do. They saved us so much valuable time. Now we can start delivering, instead of working on doing this work. After getting these buckets and a lot of boxes of beans, rice and napkins ready, they had to move them into the containers, so they are out of the way for our next teams. The second photo is them loading the truck to take it all over to the container. They handled these heavy buckets many times after all the work of getting them filled. Tomorrow and Saturday will be spent getting a lot of these delivered. What a blessing this team has been to us. On another note.... please keep our son and daughter in law in prayer. After thinking things were moving with the adoption papers...they have stagnated again. It's such a hard, frustrating time for them. They want their son home SOON.

We are praising God for holding off more rain, so the team was able to deliver some food and a few buckets. We have had nice weather while the team was here, except for one evening which kept them for travels. But they filled in by working here.

MFI continues to bring in much needed supplies. They have gone way beyond their limits in getting help to Haiti. The rest of the world forgets us, but MFI is still there, "Standing in the Gap". Praise God for them. Please keep them in prayer.

Off to the airport... have a super great day and think on the many things God has done for you. Keep Him in all you do today.

The work continues...

Today is another day of rejoicing in what God is doing. The team has worked SO hard getting things ready to distribute. Well, today they were able to load up the truck and make one delivery. We had rains last night, so can't make the trips we wanted, but they will be going to one school and getting food given out there. We are praying that by Wednesday the roads will have dried out some and they can go to another school to get supplies there. Yesterday Pastor Mark preached at English Bible Fellowship. He had a great message for everyone there. He challenged us to remember our calling. But also not to put the calling before the "Caller". It was a great encouragement and something we all needed to focus on. We got word this morning that our next container is loaded and ready to go. That is so good since we have almost distributed all that came on this last one. It's been such a blessing having this team here to help get things organized and ready to go. The needs are so great and our God is SOOO GOOD!!!

Just wanted to get this update out and let everyone know how God is working here. So many people to help and so many ways God is sending us to help them.

Isaiah 43:20b: ...because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen..." God IS our provider and He is working on the behalf of the people of Haiti!! We praise and thank God and we also thank the people He has used to help us. Have a VERY blessed day in the Lord!

The bucket project

Greetings to all,

We have some GREAT news to share. First let me explain a few things about what is happening right now. Yesterday we had a small team arrive. They are from Titusville, Florida. What willing and wonderful hands to come at this time. They not only came to help, they brought a lot of things for the "Bucket Project". So, we have combined some of the things from our newly arrived container, some of the things we have purchased with funds God's people have sent, and some of the things this team brought. They started working as soon as they arrived. They sorted, stacked and arranged things to begin work today. It's not even noon and they have a full day in already. We praise God for the people who have helped this project in so many ways, with finances, items, and hands on. What this team is accomplishing would take Don and I weeks to do ourselves. We are so blessed. And in turn, they will be blessing so many, many people.

This first picture is early this morning as they started to get the buckets ready for filling. This picture is just a few of the finished buckets. But they aren't closed yet because Don and Pastor Mark are out purchasing some corn meal to go in the buckets, also.
This picture shows most of what we are putting IN the buckets. First and foremost are the scriptures (John/Romans, and tracts), then there is rice, beans, oil, spaghetti, peanut butter, tomato paste, a bag with soaps/lotions/shampoos, socks, Malox, tooth brushes, small table cloth, necklaces, tennis balls, and women's sanitary napkins. Missing from this picture is the corn meal. Now, as things run out, they won't be included, but the rice, spaghetti, oil, tomato paste and most important, scriptures, will ALWAYS be there. I just wanted to share with you how the project is going. We will be delivering some of these in the next few days. I hope to get some photos of that to put here too. We really are so pleased to have these great people here with us. What a blessing for us and the Haitians to have such willing hands to help.

Till next post, share Jesus love with others.

A huge praise....

Hello to all,

Well, today we are rejoicing. As many days as we were "supposed" to get the container, it didn't come. Well, on Thursday morning, Don headed in with some of our guys to unload the overflow container and bring it home. When they inspect the containers, they move everything from one container to another. I had told them the last time that it would not fit into another one, and they found out it didn't. When Stan packs a container, there is not an inch left. And NO ONE can pack it like he does. So we end up with an extra one with the things that don't fit in the first one. Then that afternoon, the container arrived here. We are praising God for it's delivery. We spent Friday sorting and getting things ready for delivery. What a job, but what a joyful job it was. Don made deliveries yesterday and today will do more. We are so thankful it is finally here and food and supplies are moving out into the countryside.

This picture shows what fun inspection can be. They take every box out and this time they looked into each box. Then the guys have to re stack it in the second one. They really, really worked hard this time, to get it done in a timely fashion and get home. Those guys were totally exhausted when they got here for a meal.Then when the container got here over a week and a half later, they had their work cut out for them again. This time they had to put boxes in the right places for distribution. They worked hard and did an excellent job. Notice all the boxes from "Feed My Starving Children". These will feed so many, many people. One of the missionaries was here helping us out and we loaded up his truck to help with his orphanage and his feeding program for the poor house. So many need help and we praise God that He sends the supplies for us to help those out.Even after giving out quite a bit, Don still has a lot to distribute to the many he helps, plus the ones we are trying to help who are displaced or without any means to obtain food. A very hard ministry, but one worth taking on. Look at all the peanut butter that was donated. That is another really special blessing for us. And we praise God for the people who supplied it for us. It's a fantastic source of protein for the families.

Well, we have another praise to offer here. It seems our son and daughter-in-law's adoption process has started on the move again. Please, please keep it in prayer. They need to have their son home.

Someone (not positive of the company) has donated tents to MFI for the victims of the disaster here. We have a few coming to us to help the ones we are working with. These will be shelter for those who have nothing, another blessing from the Lord!!

It's time to close out and get back to work. Just wanted to share our praises with everyone and let you know things are finally moving in a positive way here again. Have a great day and keep Jesus at the front of all you do. Remember what He did for you, and serve Him in whatever way He directs.

Till next time, or until He returns... our love to you all.

A few pictures

Hello to all,

I thought I'd add a few photos here to let you see what Haiti is now looking like over a month after the storms have passed. It's so sad. These photos were taken by Haitians who went down for two different missions. The people who went were so saddened by what is still unlivable conditions. I'll explain what some of these are....

If you look close at this first picture, you can see the man evidently dug out the dishes for their home. The woman is washing them in that filthy water. Next to him, the dirty ones, next to her, the "clean" ones.
This next photo is amazing. That is a container turned upside down on that wall. That had to be HUGE force to do that!! Also note, the gates are standing, but the wall is about gone.
Now remember this is over a month AFTER the storms had finished with their destruction. This WAS a road...now a river with vehicles piled up.
You can see the path of destruction in this one...nothing left at all.
This WAS the only road to the north...simply gone.
You can see the need to pray is still very evident. The people will be a LONG time trying to rebuild what they lost, if they ever can. We praise God for the help we have received to help those we can. Some in Gonaives, some who are trying to relocate and find a new life.

Today (Sunday) we had a very good service in English Bible Fellowship. Our speaker was Pastor Saint Ange Monestime. He is a dynamic Haitian pastor who shares his heart in his messages. He used 1 Peter 5:5-7. His two points were to develop an attitude of humility and develop an attitude of trust and faith. He expounded on these very clearly and it was a great encouragement for everyone. And through it all, he stressed we can count on a caring God.

One upscale thing that has happened. We checked our empty LP tanks and found one full. I think the Lord must have done that...we didn't have one. But we sure are praising God for it being there. Isn't He Good???

Well, time to shut down the generator and get some rest. You all have a super great week. spend some of it serving the Lord, okay?

Isaiah 49: 16 ""See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands: your walls are ever before me."

Our own flood

Hello to everyone,

Well, what a day it's been. Don left very early this AM to make some deliveries. And I thought it was going to be an easy day and try to catch up on some work here. Abbie sort of keeps the work down to a minimum, but I did do some of the "left behind" work that needed doing. Then this afternoon, our watchman, and yardman came over. I figured the yard man came for his pay, but the watchman I wasn't sure about. They were both very excited and I had a hard time understanding both of them talking at once. Finally, I figured out they were saying they heard water running in the dorm. I grabbed the keys and started running over there. Water was rushing out UNDER the door. I had a hard time getting it open and getting in. I was ankle deep in water and saw a fountain flowing from a pipe under the kitchen sink. It had thrown bottles of cleaner and all sorts of things into the dining room. I yelled for the watchman to run and turn off the water. Then just stood there. The kitchen, living room and dining room were all flooded big time. I made a quick call to Don to get home...he said maybe 2 hours and he'd be here. It ended up being almost 5 hours before he came. I called Vero and had her get one of our girls over to help. Both Toto (our watchman) and Pepe (our yardman) helped use brooms, cardboard boxes, and whatever we could find to push the water out the door. Leah, one of our workers, came right away and started working on it, too. Even Abbie helped, well, sort of. I praise God the water didn't go into the bedrooms, although we couldn't figure out why it didn't. We had a REAL mess to clean up. We ended up tipping up the stove, to get the water out from the inside, moved all the furniture, and kept sweeping for an hour and a half. Then the girls started mopping up what they could from that point on. It is still seeping out from under the cupboards. The living room furniture has wet bottoms. Tomorrow we will put some of the things outside to try and dry them out. Nope, pipe isn't fixed. Don got home too late. But praise God we had a shutoff valve for just the dorm. The yard looks almost as bad as when we had the heavy rains. Even some of the people that come, looked in and decided no way would they get help today. What a fun time!!!

Still waiting on word on the container. Our broker said this AM that he still thinks Monday is a go. We'll see. Keep praying.

I am going to try and figure out how to download some pictures from my phone here. I took a couple at the airport on Tuesday and we laughed and laughed. This was the second time we saw this, and I finally realized I did have the camera on the phone. (I'm not very technically literate, so don't use it). They ran out of fuel for running the things at the airport. Well, they got a 55 gallon drum. With a hose, transferred the fuel to 5 gallon cans. Then, using one of the cones they put around the planes (so you don't get too close), they turned that dirty thing over, put it in the gas tank and poured fuel into the holding tank. The remark, from another missionary, "Well, we're in Haiti!!"

I am going to close and try to accomplish some work yet tonight before power is off.

You all have a super great evening and day tomorrow. Keep Jesus at the front of all things!!

A super article on Haiti

Good morning,

Don came across an article this morning that is so well written and so true, he wanted to share it with anyone who has Internet access. It is much too long to put here, but it is a great article that puts things in the right perspective on Haiti. Please take the time to go there and read it. This gal did a fantastic job.

http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/1392

You may have to copy/paste it to your browser.

Don's been "under the weather" for a few days. Our doctor came in on the plane yesterday with his family. They stopped on the way home to see Don. He has dehydrated, so Steve has him on some re-hydrating drinks, but other than that, he is on the up swing now.

We've seen that fuel is coming in more and more, so we pray that situation is lessening. But propane gas has not made an appearance yet, and that is a very needed item for the mission community. Pray with us that it comes in very soon.

MFI had a good flight in yesterday and brought some needed supplies. They are flying two special flights today and tomorrow with relief supplies for Gonaives. We will also have our regular flight tomorrow. They are really working hard to help the storm victims...keep them in prayer, too.

With some money received yesterday, we were able to help 3 families last night with food. Two of the families are still in Gonaives and one has been displaced here in our area. The needs are so great!!! But God is working out help through some wonderful people. Thanks to all who have sent help!!!

Okay, back to work. Keep our son and daughter-in-law in prayer. There may be a breakthrough in their adoption process. We are praying there is and that it will be very soon.

Till we talk again. Keep your eyes on Jesus.