Greetings,
With so
much going on in the whole world, it seems a bit silly to send out a letter on
what we are doing here in Haiti. But
life goes on, with or without this awful virus.
To start, I am so thankful that at this point the cases of the virus
here in Haiti are minimal compared to the whole world. (17 cases as of April 1st) It brought to mind when we were to get hit with a
hurricane here in the north, the churches were open, people prayed day and
night, and the hurricane made a 90 degree turn north at the Haiti/ Dominican
border. Unheard of before. But I believe it was the prayers of the people
here that turned it. And I know they are
now praying just as fervently as they did then.
Are we busy, are
we keeping “social distance” here? To an
extent, yes to both. The busy I’ll
explain in a moment. To the other, well,
the police closed churches that did open, totally destroyed the main market and
sent people home, and I believe they are actively trying to keep things to a
minimum here. Yes, it seems they are
overdoing it. But in a country where
people live on a day to day basis, closing the main market is a disaster for
most. They have to sell some so they can
buy what they need for the day. Most
people here do not have any way to buy food for a week, much less for 2 weeks
or more. They really DO live day to
day. Is there a solution in a third
world country? I don’t know. But prayers are going up and we know the Lord
answers.
Now on to the busy
part. We have been blessed in the last
few months. We’ve had visitors and
really enjoyed the fellowship and being able to catch up with friends that were
missionaries here. But the virus brought
that to a halt. I’ve still been able to
help out with paperwork for a couple of missions, thanks to the internet. And then there is the children’s home. I was finally able to complete the chart I
created to get total information on each child.
And having the children here to be weighed and measured was an
experience for everyone.
And then our major
project right now. We were blessed when
a doctor friend sent the money to do 100 food buckets. With no flights now, we weren’t able to get a
lot of the “extras” we like to include, but we were able to get the food for
the buckets. The day Vero, Marco and
Leah went to buy the food was the day the police started tearing down the
market. We praise the Lord that they did
get all we needed, and were out before the chaos reached where they were. So, we’ve been working on filling zip lock
bags and getting things ready to fill buckets.
The buckets themselves were one of the hardest things to find. But, as of yesterday, we have 47 buckets
filled and ready to be delivered. And
work on the next group will start tomorrow.
Then the next blessing came. The
same doctor is sending the money to do another 100 buckets. We are praying we will have a cargo plane
next week so we’ll receive the funds to move on the next batch of buckets. Keep it in prayer, please, as we know the
needs are increasing daily.
Aside from helping
fill bags, Don has been trying to keep other things here going. The problems go from vehicles, to washing
machines to trees falling down. So, the
work never ends. But we are not only
thankful for what we can do, we are thankful for those who are helping us here. We have a fantastic Haitian “family” working
with us and
we know it’s the Lord who brought us together.
We are
praying for you, that the Lord will keep you safe and in His care through this
troubled time. Someone asked us if we
were afraid now, with this virus. Well,
that’s an easy answer. NO!! The Bible says 364 times (once for every day
of the year?) “fear NOT”!! Yes, we are
and will continue to take precautions, but no, we don’t have fear at all. The Lord walks with us and hangs onto us, so
why should we fear? He knows what is
happening and we trust Him totally!! We
pray you have that same peace in your life!!
I keep quoting
2 Chronicles 7: 14, but heard a message just a few days ago about that. He shared on what comes before that verse and
after it. So, I think we should all read
2 Chronicles 7: 13 through 15. Check it
out and praise the Lord with us on this.
Praises:
¨ That the Lord has blessed us with health.
¨ That He had surrounded us with great “family”, both here
and in the states.
¨ That the Lord is walking before us, after us and next to us
in all we do.
Prayers:
¨ For the Lord to keep His hands on this ministry to guide
and direct.
¨ For the Lord to protect us and all those who work with us
here.
¨ For His Word to spread and touch hearts and minds
throughout the world in this stressful time.
¨ For heartfelt peace for all of His children!
Our love and
prayers go out to you all! In Jesus
Precious Name,
