Davis In Haiti: A Rainy update

I know there are some of you out there who are not on our mailing list, so I wanted to send this update to you, too. I have added a few photos that were not in the update, so you have a bit more then that.

Please remember to keep praying...as in 1 Thess. 5: 16-18

Blessings!!!

Greetings,

Very sad to say that the rains are continuing. We had thought maybe this was over, but guess not. Each day we have had some sunshine, though. That is an improvement. Don did manage to get a hole in the wall so we are not flooded here in our yard. Another improvement. But the situation all over this area is not good. People are coming every day with stories that break our hearts. Please pray for this whole situation the rains have caused.

An up side to this is that we had a family come for a visit. The six of them were able to fill 100 buckets in less than 4 days. And with this load of buckets, we had Vero help decide where to take them. Her heart was touch by many of those older people and large families who have nothing. This is where over 50 of those buckets went. The rest of them will be going out to some of Don's people who are in dire straights, and also to some of those who are really suffering from these muddy flood waters around here. We have a team coming from our home church in January and most of those buckets will be going out to the victims of these floods. So please keep praying that the Lord will work in all of these situations.

The family team we had here was awesome. Such a caring, loving family. And their hearts were in the right place. They were able to spend some time at the IDADEE orphanage and were able to help deliver those buckets that went out. But other than that, they didn't get to do much else. The rains have kept to a minimum where we can go and what we can do. But we are really praising God for the help this group has done. Abbie and Savanah were sorry to see them leave (along with us), because they made good friends. It isn't everyone the girls draw that close to in such a short time, but they sure did this time. We are praying blessings on this family as they continue to follow the Lord.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with our group. They left on Friday, and then Saturday we had our Thanksgiving meal for English Bible Fellowship. We had a great time there, too. Today is definitely a day of rest, then in the next couple of days the girls are anxiously waiting to start decorating for Christmas.

We are at an impasse with Savanah's passport. We found out yesterday from someone who has been talking with officials that Haiti doesn't have passport booklets, so they aren't being made at this time. We have no idea how/when/what will happen now with all of this. So that is a HUGE prayer request, that these booklets would arrive and things would progress quickly once they are here. (THAT is a HUGE request...something being done in the government quickly)!! Savanah had her heart set on being with Mommy, Daddy, Ruby, Lexi and Natalia by Christmas. I just keep telling her we have to wait until that passport comes. So, pray for her, for us, but definitely for that passport!!

I have included a picture of the family and the buckets they worked on. Please pray that these buckets, with God's word in them, will touch lives and draw people to Him, through them.

For now, blessing to everyone and keep praying. A little song we learned just after we turned our lives over is one that keeps coming to mind now....

Put your hands in the Hands of the Man who stilled the waters,

Put your hands in the Hand of the Man who calmed the sea,

Take a look at yourself and you will look at others differently,

So put your hands in the Hands of the Man from Galilee.

I think this brings to my mind that by looking at ourselves, we need to change our lives to look more like Jesus, so others seeing us, will see HIM.

These are the extra photos I have put on. The first one is of them filling zip lock bags ready for buckets.