Greetings,
Well, I have gotten so many emails about the situation here,
but have not been able to answer many.
Our generator time is limited, with the fuel situation. But I thought I’d try to get something out to
let everyone know what is happening as far as we know.
Roads are still blocked.
But open for a bit now and then.
Not sure of the reasoning, but probably for people to be able to get
food supplies. I don’t honestly
know. Vero has been going out some, but
not very far. Our area here is not in as
much of an uproar as other places, for which we are very thankful. But those in our area are not traveling outside
of this area either. It’s been a week
and a half since this all started. And with
so many issues, I’m not sure when it will settle down. We’ve heard rumors galore but have no idea
what is going to happen in the future.
Is there a solution? We have no
idea about that either.
We stay out of politics and arguments. What we do know is that the Lord is on our
side, keeping us safe. Phone service has
been erratic, power of course being rare, so have gotten into doing some great
studies and lots of prayers.
One of the pastors and his wife stopped over a couple of
days ago. They also live out here in the
more quiet area. Like us, he avoids any
speculation of politics or events. He
said the best thing we can do is pray and let the Lord handle things. We spent time in prayer with them, and it was
wonderful. It is awesome to be able to
spend time in prayer with such strong Godly people.
Someone asked if we are afraid for our safety. Honestly?
We don’t feel we are in any danger ourselves. Yes, we do wonder what will happen in the
coming days, but as we wonder, we lift that up to the Lord. Many of the missionaries in different organizations
have left, or are planning on leaving Haiti until things calm down. And there are others who, like us, plan to
stay. I know of a few Haitians who have
visas who want to leave for now, too.
But I guess our thoughts on this are more toward different
thinking. When things get rough, we walk
away from here? That just doesn’t seem
right. Many years ago when there were
problems, almost all of the foreigners left, to avoid the problems. We stayed, and a few weeks later had some
Haitians come and tell us something that stuck with us. They said, “When things got rough and bad,
the missionaries left, when we needed them the most, but you stayed.” No, we probably didn’t make a huge difference
in anything, except to pray with and for people. And we felt the Lord didn’t tell us we wouldn’t
have problems, He said He’d be with us through the rough and troubled times.
So, yes, please keep Haiti in prayer, big time. I know several people have said it’s not even
on the news in the US about what is happening here. So put Haiti on your prayer chains and let
people be aware that this small country needs an abundance of prayer. Keep the Haitian people in prayer, for safety
and wisdom in all situations. And yes,
add us to those prayers, too, for safety and wisdom.
Lift up the pastors here who are preaching the true Gospel,
that they will refrain from getting into the political realm and just keep
people centered on the Lord and His word.
It is a very difficult time for all those here right now. Tension and strife are abundant. Prices have risen, but people can’t get to
places to buy anything, if or when they do have money. This is a time for
reaching out to the Lord and drawing closer to Him.
So, please, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, for God’s will and direction
for all those in this country. Thank
you!!
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