Connection or bonding, is a funny thing. There are a few groups of people and by extension, places, that I feel particularly connected to. In each case, the strength of the feeling is related to serving the community. The more I’m able to be of service; the more I’m able to give to, invest in and interact with a place or group of people, the more connected I feel. Burns is a town rich in service opportunities. There are many who live and work in this community who live and work to serve one another. This gets reinforced every day as we see each other in different contexts. If you’ve spent time in a small community like Burns, you’ve had experiences like these. And I love it! I love running into people I know. My friends have become my family, my sisters whom I feel I've known forever. We laugh together, we cry together and we got each other's backs ALWAYS. I love the serendipitous nature of the conversations that take place and the opportunities that arise simply because we bump into each other. It binds us together in a way that’s constantly being reinforced by these small interactions.
Our success is not measured by gear and progression but rather the strength of our social ties and the depths through which we will go through to enjoy our time together.
That is the heart of my community.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Haiti Foundation of Hope Update
We can’t thank you enough for partnering with us to help Haiti during this crisis caused by flooding during the hurricane season. Hundreds have been killed and thousands are in need. Supplies like fuel, water and medicine have to be brought north from Port-au-Prince which is difficult because of washed-out roads and bridges. The task ahead is overwhelming but Haiti Foundation of Hope is taking steps forward.
Already we have been able to purchase medicine for the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche. We have given money to help clinic staff and their families who lost everything. Food is being distributed.
Next week, Haiti Foundation of Hope board members and volunteers are teaming up with Medical Team International on a disaster relief team to Haiti. The Haiti Foundation of Hope medical team previously scheduled to go in October is still planning to go.
We’ll continue to update you with the latest in how we are helping and how you can be involved.
www.haitifoundationofhope.org
Already we have been able to purchase medicine for the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche. We have given money to help clinic staff and their families who lost everything. Food is being distributed.
Next week, Haiti Foundation of Hope board members and volunteers are teaming up with Medical Team International on a disaster relief team to Haiti. The Haiti Foundation of Hope medical team previously scheduled to go in October is still planning to go.
We’ll continue to update you with the latest in how we are helping and how you can be involved.
www.haitifoundationofhope.org
From a newspaper article
From the Sun-Sentinal Newspaper in Florida
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HAITI SLIPS DEEPER INTO THE FOOD CRISIS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Four tropical storms have wiped out most of Haiti's food crops and damaged irrigation systems and pumping stations, raising the specter of acute hunger for millions in the impoverished country.
"The system of agriculture has been destroyed," Agriculture Minister Joanas Gue said. Aid agencies and diplomats also say Haiti desperately needs help to avert mass hunger.
Emergency aid has flowed in to people directly affected by Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike — storms that triggered flooding and killed at least 425 people in less than a month, including 194 in the critical rice-growing Artibonite Valley.
But the United Nations has raised less than 2 percent of a critical $108 million fundraising appeal, said Stephanie Bunker, a spokeswoman for the world body's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Another $18 million has been pledged but not delivered.
And much, much more is needed, with farms damaged or destroyed across the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
"This will take billions of dollars. This is not something small," U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Henrietta Fore said.
Schools that were supposed to open in early September still are filled with refugees fighting over scraps of food aid. Much of Gonaives, the nation's fourth largest city, remains flooded and without electricity. Malaria and other diseases are beginning to spread.
"The scope of this is frankly unimaginable in many countries," U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson said. "A lot of the progress of the last couple of years has been swept away by these waters."
The U.S. government is sending $29 million in food aid and humanitarian assistance, and countries including Colombia have flown in food and clothing. U.N. agencies have delivered food to more than 240,000 people, aided by soldiers of its 9,000-strong peacekeeping force and military ships like the USS Kearsarge and Canada's HMCS St. John.
Haiti always struggled to feed its people. Now, it's getting to be impossible.
On a helicopter tour on Tuesday, Fore saw that flood waters still covered much of Haiti's rice-growing region. Crops were covered with brown mud or lay crushed in ruined fields stretching far as the eye could see.
Gue, the agriculture minister, estimates that 60 percent of this year's food harvest has been wiped out by the storms, which hit just as farmers were preparing to collect corn, plantains and yams from their fields. The fall rice harvest was lost as well.
The damage could be felt for years — mountain topsoil, already loosened by rampant deforestation, washed out to sea. Hundreds of irrigation basins, canals and pumping stations were damaged, and about 10,000 tons (9,000 metric tons) of discounted fertilizer distributed to farmers disappeared.
Altogether, Gue estimated the storms caused $180 million in damage to Haiti's agricultural
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HAITI SLIPS DEEPER INTO THE FOOD CRISIS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Four tropical storms have wiped out most of Haiti's food crops and damaged irrigation systems and pumping stations, raising the specter of acute hunger for millions in the impoverished country.
"The system of agriculture has been destroyed," Agriculture Minister Joanas Gue said. Aid agencies and diplomats also say Haiti desperately needs help to avert mass hunger.
Emergency aid has flowed in to people directly affected by Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike — storms that triggered flooding and killed at least 425 people in less than a month, including 194 in the critical rice-growing Artibonite Valley.
But the United Nations has raised less than 2 percent of a critical $108 million fundraising appeal, said Stephanie Bunker, a spokeswoman for the world body's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Another $18 million has been pledged but not delivered.
And much, much more is needed, with farms damaged or destroyed across the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
"This will take billions of dollars. This is not something small," U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Henrietta Fore said.
Schools that were supposed to open in early September still are filled with refugees fighting over scraps of food aid. Much of Gonaives, the nation's fourth largest city, remains flooded and without electricity. Malaria and other diseases are beginning to spread.
"The scope of this is frankly unimaginable in many countries," U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson said. "A lot of the progress of the last couple of years has been swept away by these waters."
The U.S. government is sending $29 million in food aid and humanitarian assistance, and countries including Colombia have flown in food and clothing. U.N. agencies have delivered food to more than 240,000 people, aided by soldiers of its 9,000-strong peacekeeping force and military ships like the USS Kearsarge and Canada's HMCS St. John.
Haiti always struggled to feed its people. Now, it's getting to be impossible.
On a helicopter tour on Tuesday, Fore saw that flood waters still covered much of Haiti's rice-growing region. Crops were covered with brown mud or lay crushed in ruined fields stretching far as the eye could see.
Gue, the agriculture minister, estimates that 60 percent of this year's food harvest has been wiped out by the storms, which hit just as farmers were preparing to collect corn, plantains and yams from their fields. The fall rice harvest was lost as well.
The damage could be felt for years — mountain topsoil, already loosened by rampant deforestation, washed out to sea. Hundreds of irrigation basins, canals and pumping stations were damaged, and about 10,000 tons (9,000 metric tons) of discounted fertilizer distributed to farmers disappeared.
Altogether, Gue estimated the storms caused $180 million in damage to Haiti's agricultural
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-COACH CARTER-
-COACH CARTER-
Packing
So in 4 days I will fly out and meet the 5 other disaster team members in Miami and we will all fly into PAP (Port Au Prince) Haiti together for 3 weeks. I am anxious to see all of the Clinic of Hope staff, Pastor Delamy, and even hopefully those we saw in June, like perhaps our little burn girl Mercile, but I'm very sad at the reason we have to go. I'm probably more nervous at being away from my husband and 2 kids for 3 weeks. This will be the longest I've been gone and it will be hardest on me I'm sure. My 8 yr old told me, "Momma we will be fine, those people need you guys. Please help them." It brought tears to my eyes cause not everyone has been supportive, and although I don't understand, I keep telling myself, That is ok.
I have to pack a carry on bag. That is all I can take my personal stuff in. UGH!! Linda, our team coordinator is having me take a box of team food as we have to haul all our team food in with us... Cheap, easy to fix and inexpensive. We will be living off instant oatmeal, granola bars and pb&j's.
My prayer is that the Lord will be our hands and feet this entire mission. I will try and keep everyone posted while I'm gone. Unsure if I'll have internet access at all.
Many Blessings,
~M
I have to pack a carry on bag. That is all I can take my personal stuff in. UGH!! Linda, our team coordinator is having me take a box of team food as we have to haul all our team food in with us... Cheap, easy to fix and inexpensive. We will be living off instant oatmeal, granola bars and pb&j's.
My prayer is that the Lord will be our hands and feet this entire mission. I will try and keep everyone posted while I'm gone. Unsure if I'll have internet access at all.
Many Blessings,
~M
Off of the Haiti Foundation of Hope website
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
TEAMS ARE GOING
Sept. 19, 2008 | Foundation Report
We can’t thank you enough for partnering with us to help Haiti during this crisis caused by flooding during the hurricane season. Hundreds have been killed and thousands are in need. Supplies like fuel, water and medicine have to be brought north from Port-au-Prince which is difficult because of washed-out roads and bridges. The task ahead is overwhelming but Haiti Foundation of Hope is taking steps forward.
Already we have been able to purchase medicine for the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche. We have given money to help clinic staff and their families who lost everything. Food is being distributed.
Next week, Haiti Foundation of Hope board members and volunteers are teaming up with Medical Team International on a disaster relief team to Haiti. The Haiti Foundation of Hope medical team previously scheduled to go in October is still planning to go.
We’ll continue to update you with the latest in how we are helping and how you can be involved.
TEAMS ARE GOING
Sept. 19, 2008 | Foundation Report
We can’t thank you enough for partnering with us to help Haiti during this crisis caused by flooding during the hurricane season. Hundreds have been killed and thousands are in need. Supplies like fuel, water and medicine have to be brought north from Port-au-Prince which is difficult because of washed-out roads and bridges. The task ahead is overwhelming but Haiti Foundation of Hope is taking steps forward.
Already we have been able to purchase medicine for the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche. We have given money to help clinic staff and their families who lost everything. Food is being distributed.
Next week, Haiti Foundation of Hope board members and volunteers are teaming up with Medical Team International on a disaster relief team to Haiti. The Haiti Foundation of Hope medical team previously scheduled to go in October is still planning to go.
We’ll continue to update you with the latest in how we are helping and how you can be involved.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Haiti needs help (a news article I read today)
While most Americans have understandably been concerned about Ike’s assault on Texas, people in Haiti just a few hundred miles away are suffering an even worse fate.
More than a week after Ike assaulted Haiti, people in Gonaives, the country’s third-largest city, are still stranded on rooftops and trapped by rivers of mud. Others in remote areas remain huddled in schools and churches, their villages cut off from the capital by washed out bridges and roads.
At least 1,000 deaths have been reported, with more expected as the waters recede. Of those affected, 52% are estimated to be women and 36% children.
Haiti is not just on the brink of disaster, as Haitian President Rene Preval noted in his plea for international aid. It is over the brink.
Right now, Haiti needs all the help it can get, with food, drinking water, medical supplies and shelter being at the top of the list. Elderly people and pregnant women are among the most vulnerable needing care.
However, few medical facilities were able to remain open. Those that could are running critically low on supplies and can't replenish them because of the impassable roads. Add to that standing water, and there is a growing concern over water-borne diseases and festering injuries that could lead to a second wave of disaster.
A million people remain homeless. Crops and livestock have been wiped out, making an already chronically dire hunger situation worse.
More than a week after Ike assaulted Haiti, people in Gonaives, the country’s third-largest city, are still stranded on rooftops and trapped by rivers of mud. Others in remote areas remain huddled in schools and churches, their villages cut off from the capital by washed out bridges and roads.
At least 1,000 deaths have been reported, with more expected as the waters recede. Of those affected, 52% are estimated to be women and 36% children.
Haiti is not just on the brink of disaster, as Haitian President Rene Preval noted in his plea for international aid. It is over the brink.
Right now, Haiti needs all the help it can get, with food, drinking water, medical supplies and shelter being at the top of the list. Elderly people and pregnant women are among the most vulnerable needing care.
However, few medical facilities were able to remain open. Those that could are running critically low on supplies and can't replenish them because of the impassable roads. Add to that standing water, and there is a growing concern over water-borne diseases and festering injuries that could lead to a second wave of disaster.
A million people remain homeless. Crops and livestock have been wiped out, making an already chronically dire hunger situation worse.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Activated
So I am on the disaster response team and today got the phone call. Next week I will, along with other disaster response team members will be going to Haiti to give aid, medical care. Will post more later...
Many blessings,
Mel
Many blessings,
Mel
Thursday, September 11, 2008
From the HFH News site
We are learning more about the destruction caused by the recent tropical storms and hurricanes that struck Haiti in the past few weeks.
Homes have been demolished and many of those left standing are now filled with mud. Some of the staff who work at the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche have lost everything. Travel is nearly impossible, especially coming from Port-au-Prince north to Gonaives. Bridges on both routes have been destroyed. The United Nations reported today that more than 500 people were killed in the storms and as many as 800,000 people have been affected. Churches and schools have become places of refuge but are struggling to help all those in need.
The start of school has been postponed until Oct. 6. In Terre Blanche, where Haiti Foundation of Hope helps to support 800 students, text books and uniforms had already been given out. It's likely that many of those supplies were lost in the flooding and will need to be replaced.
Through it all, people are helping one another. The principal at the school in Terre Blanche walked from Gonaives to Terre Blanche to check on people. Pastors and relief workers are helping people as they can and making plans for greater assistance.
Homes have been demolished and many of those left standing are now filled with mud. Some of the staff who work at the Clinic of Hope in Terre Blanche have lost everything. Travel is nearly impossible, especially coming from Port-au-Prince north to Gonaives. Bridges on both routes have been destroyed. The United Nations reported today that more than 500 people were killed in the storms and as many as 800,000 people have been affected. Churches and schools have become places of refuge but are struggling to help all those in need.
The start of school has been postponed until Oct. 6. In Terre Blanche, where Haiti Foundation of Hope helps to support 800 students, text books and uniforms had already been given out. It's likely that many of those supplies were lost in the flooding and will need to be replaced.
Through it all, people are helping one another. The principal at the school in Terre Blanche walked from Gonaives to Terre Blanche to check on people. Pastors and relief workers are helping people as they can and making plans for greater assistance.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A man pulls the body of a person floating in floodwaters with a rope in Gonaives, Haiti, Monday. Four storms have killed more than 300 people in Haiti in less than a month.
People wait to cross in boat the "La Tombe" River after the bridge was destroyed by the flooded in Mirebalais some 60 kilometers north east of Port Au Prince on Sunday. With severe flooding, hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands lacking food and basic provisions, Haiti has been hit badly so far this hurricane season, with four severe storms in less than four weeks.
A man observes a flooded street at the Saint Marc City some 96 kilometers north of Port Au Prince on Monday.
People cross by boat the "La Tomba" river after it was destroyed by the flood in Mirebalais some 60 kilometers north east of Port Au Prince on Sunday.
People wait to cross in boat the "La Tombe" River after the bridge was destroyed by the flooded in Mirebalais some 60 kilometers north east of Port Au Prince on Sunday. With severe flooding, hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands lacking food and basic provisions, Haiti has been hit badly so far this hurricane season, with four severe storms in less than four weeks.
A man observes a flooded street at the Saint Marc City some 96 kilometers north of Port Au Prince on Monday.
People cross by boat the "La Tomba" river after it was destroyed by the flood in Mirebalais some 60 kilometers north east of Port Au Prince on Sunday.
From Pastor Delamy in Haiti
Dear Precious friends,
We greet you this morning in the precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus. He is our Lord and He will never give up on us.
The Lord allowed Elvire, Danica, Ricky and I to arrive in PAP. It was not easy since many trips from Miami to Haiti were cancelled.
I am in PAP and am very anxious to be with my poeple in Gonaives who are suffering very much there. The weather or Ike after Hanna does not want me to go yet. Ike was also very bad for poeple in Gonaives and for all Haiti. Elvire, Wilson (her brother) and I were in the road Sunday afternoon to Cabaret to see how the bridge was there. We had decided to go to Montruis, cross the river there, and take public transportation to Saint Marc and do our best to get to Gonaives. When we were almost to Route Neuf (the road to CITE SOLEIL) ,we were obliged to drive back to PAP because of too much water in the road. Yesterday, Pastor Devariste, Pastor Clovis and I got Montruis with Dr Daniel Snyder. M. Castel (hospital administrator at Dessalines) sent transportation to the oder side of the River. Dr Daniel is at Dessalines now.
At any cost, at any price, I will be in the way this morning to Gonaives to see my people at Terre Blanche, Finel, Dubedou to give them a hug and tell them, despite everything, the Lord Jesus loves them and encourage them to continue to stay under the power of His merci. I am already in touch with people in Anse Rouge. It is also very bad since this city depends completely on Gonaives.
I will sit with the pastors to find out a safe way to start transferring food, medication, water etc. from to PAP to Montruis and then to Gonaives. Please continue to cover us with your prayers. The Lord is always very good and I know that He is with me.
We passed through Cabaret yesterday. It is in a very bad situation and a lot of people died there. Thank you very much for all that you are doing to support us in this very difficult time. Thank you very much for your deep love. God bless you!!!
May the power of the Lord continue to envelope you!
In His service,
Delamy
We greet you this morning in the precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus. He is our Lord and He will never give up on us.
The Lord allowed Elvire, Danica, Ricky and I to arrive in PAP. It was not easy since many trips from Miami to Haiti were cancelled.
I am in PAP and am very anxious to be with my poeple in Gonaives who are suffering very much there. The weather or Ike after Hanna does not want me to go yet. Ike was also very bad for poeple in Gonaives and for all Haiti. Elvire, Wilson (her brother) and I were in the road Sunday afternoon to Cabaret to see how the bridge was there. We had decided to go to Montruis, cross the river there, and take public transportation to Saint Marc and do our best to get to Gonaives. When we were almost to Route Neuf (the road to CITE SOLEIL) ,we were obliged to drive back to PAP because of too much water in the road. Yesterday, Pastor Devariste, Pastor Clovis and I got Montruis with Dr Daniel Snyder. M. Castel (hospital administrator at Dessalines) sent transportation to the oder side of the River. Dr Daniel is at Dessalines now.
At any cost, at any price, I will be in the way this morning to Gonaives to see my people at Terre Blanche, Finel, Dubedou to give them a hug and tell them, despite everything, the Lord Jesus loves them and encourage them to continue to stay under the power of His merci. I am already in touch with people in Anse Rouge. It is also very bad since this city depends completely on Gonaives.
I will sit with the pastors to find out a safe way to start transferring food, medication, water etc. from to PAP to Montruis and then to Gonaives. Please continue to cover us with your prayers. The Lord is always very good and I know that He is with me.
We passed through Cabaret yesterday. It is in a very bad situation and a lot of people died there. Thank you very much for all that you are doing to support us in this very difficult time. Thank you very much for your deep love. God bless you!!!
May the power of the Lord continue to envelope you!
In His service,
Delamy
Monday, September 08, 2008
Devastation in Gonaives
Gonaives is located right near Terre Blanche, where our medical team was in June. Here's some pictures of the damage the town has had from the hurricanes. These were taken last week/weekend. And since then Haiti has been hit hard as well from Hurrican Ike.
An aerial view of Gonaives. Flooding everywhere
An aerial view of Gonaives. Flooding everywhere
Thursday, September 04, 2008
9/3 Haiti/Gustav Update from Linda
Dear Friends,
Delamy called this evening twice to give us an update. He talked to Pastor Borgelain and M. Joslien (a good friend from Gonaives). As many of you know Delamy has been in Florida with his family, planning to return to Haiti 8/27, and now after 2 cancelled planes, is scheduled to return sometimes next week. Please excuse my use of ‘bullets’ to cover everything he shared.
· The flooding is ‘everywhere, everywhere’ … from Saint Marc, across the Artobonite Valley through Gonaives, and all the villages north of Gonaives: Terre Blanche, Dubedou, Finel, Mapou – there is no way to get there to help.
· Although the rains have stopped, the North is completely cut off from the rest of the country. There is no road into this part of Haiti.
· President Preval tried to go by car, but it is impossible. …. The Lake that formed after the 2004 flood has returned and it is even worse due to the partially built bridge over this area. It is impassable. Several other lakes have formed in the Artobonite Valley.
· Part of the wall around Delamy’s home in Gonaives has collapsed.
· Pastor Borgelain reported that the clinic is OK, but the village of Terre Blanche is in desperate condition. Most of the homes along the road into TB have collapsed. No one knows about the homes near the river.
· Pastor Borgelain and Ti-Renney tried to go to the home of Francise to save her, but almost died while trying to get to her. Later she was brought to the area of Norther Gonaives called Gatro. She is safe at the moment.
· The area of Gonaives where M. Herold and Mme. Julberte live is destroyed and they have probably lost all.
· The small bridge about a mile from the turn off to TB has collapsed. This is the one where marchans sold mangoes and 2 rivers met at this point.
· Needless to say, there is no food available and the safe water is almost gone. Most homes in TB are destroyed. The books and uniforms for the new school year were distributed before Delamy left for Haiti and now they are probably destroyed.
Please join us in prayer….
Linda
Delamy called this evening twice to give us an update. He talked to Pastor Borgelain and M. Joslien (a good friend from Gonaives). As many of you know Delamy has been in Florida with his family, planning to return to Haiti 8/27, and now after 2 cancelled planes, is scheduled to return sometimes next week. Please excuse my use of ‘bullets’ to cover everything he shared.
· The flooding is ‘everywhere, everywhere’ … from Saint Marc, across the Artobonite Valley through Gonaives, and all the villages north of Gonaives: Terre Blanche, Dubedou, Finel, Mapou – there is no way to get there to help.
· Although the rains have stopped, the North is completely cut off from the rest of the country. There is no road into this part of Haiti.
· President Preval tried to go by car, but it is impossible. …. The Lake that formed after the 2004 flood has returned and it is even worse due to the partially built bridge over this area. It is impassable. Several other lakes have formed in the Artobonite Valley.
· Part of the wall around Delamy’s home in Gonaives has collapsed.
· Pastor Borgelain reported that the clinic is OK, but the village of Terre Blanche is in desperate condition. Most of the homes along the road into TB have collapsed. No one knows about the homes near the river.
· Pastor Borgelain and Ti-Renney tried to go to the home of Francise to save her, but almost died while trying to get to her. Later she was brought to the area of Norther Gonaives called Gatro. She is safe at the moment.
· The area of Gonaives where M. Herold and Mme. Julberte live is destroyed and they have probably lost all.
· The small bridge about a mile from the turn off to TB has collapsed. This is the one where marchans sold mangoes and 2 rivers met at this point.
· Needless to say, there is no food available and the safe water is almost gone. Most homes in TB are destroyed. The books and uniforms for the new school year were distributed before Delamy left for Haiti and now they are probably destroyed.
Please join us in prayer….
Linda
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
9/2 Gustav update from HFH
I received this on Tuesday from my friend Linda at Haiti Foundation of Hope. Interestingly enough there was a segment on the flooding in Gonaives Haiti on the news last nite.
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Delamy just called and said that there is no communication now with Gonaives (18 km from Terre Blanche) …. The flooding is more severe and extensive than in 2004. He doesn’t know anything now about the clinic. Cell phones cannot be charged in Gonaives and they are losing contact with the world. He said the area in Gonaives where our clinic administrator and nurse live is in grave danger. It is much too dangerous to try to get to the clinic. Twice today he talked with Pastor Barthelmé and he reported “My life is in great danger.” He talked with his sister-in-law in Port-au-Prince (PAP) and the rain has not stopped yet … PAP is dangerous, no one is going out.
I also just received the following from another Free Methodist missionary in Haiti:
> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 5:19PM
Dear Friends,
> The situation in Haiti is desperate. We just received a call from one
> of the pastors here in Port who was trying to keep up with the
> situation in Gonaives. He couldn't even remain on the phone. The
> pastors are calling to report that the rain is continuing; the floods
> are continuing; people are drowning; there is no food, no potable
> water, and due to not being able to charge phones, we are losing
> contact. The pastors are crying for prayer.
> Thank you.
> For His kingdom to fully come to Haiti and the world,
> Jeanne and Jack
> Pastor Jeanne
Love,
Linda
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Delamy just called and said that there is no communication now with Gonaives (18 km from Terre Blanche) …. The flooding is more severe and extensive than in 2004. He doesn’t know anything now about the clinic. Cell phones cannot be charged in Gonaives and they are losing contact with the world. He said the area in Gonaives where our clinic administrator and nurse live is in grave danger. It is much too dangerous to try to get to the clinic. Twice today he talked with Pastor Barthelmé and he reported “My life is in great danger.” He talked with his sister-in-law in Port-au-Prince (PAP) and the rain has not stopped yet … PAP is dangerous, no one is going out.
I also just received the following from another Free Methodist missionary in Haiti:
> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 5:19PM
Dear Friends,
> The situation in Haiti is desperate. We just received a call from one
> of the pastors here in Port who was trying to keep up with the
> situation in Gonaives. He couldn't even remain on the phone. The
> pastors are calling to report that the rain is continuing; the floods
> are continuing; people are drowning; there is no food, no potable
> water, and due to not being able to charge phones, we are losing
> contact. The pastors are crying for prayer.
> Thank you.
> For His kingdom to fully come to Haiti and the world,
> Jeanne and Jack
> Pastor Jeanne
Love,
Linda
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