God is Faithful!

The picture on the top above is what's left of our two story high school building. The first floor was completely crushed under the second floor. THANK THE LORD this occurred after school hours when all the teachers and children were gone! The other two photos are children treated for injuries from the quake. We still have patients coming into the med clinic. Now we are seeing injuries from people going into damaged buildings to retrieve their belongings, illness from tainted water, insufficient food and crowded living conditions. Many people who lost their homes are gathering in tent cities in fields.

Many people (including all the missionaries) are still sleeping outside since we are still have tremors and the buildings have not been inspected for safety. Above are pictures of our house. The picture on the top shows all the shattered glass from a glass block wall that fell. I was in the doorway of this room when it fell. If it had taken me a few more seconds to get to the doorway that wall and and all the sharp pieces of glass would have hit me. THANK THE LORD! We think we will eventually be able to move back into our home but would first have to remove the utility room on the side of the house - this area sustained the most damage. This is the section behind the door in the center picture.

We have started to get med supplies and food for the local people by truck and by helicopter. Our soccer field has become a landing field. Above shows Joe & I marking the field for landing and the other pic shows three helicopters bringing supplies. Many people in the States are working hard to raise funds get us supplies. THANK THE LORD! The food that comes in goes right out to our Haitian neighbors. We had one man comment that he was so happy we had not left for the States after this tragedy struck. He said he was so thankful that we had made his problem our problem. This is why we are here!

Ed and others are exploring many different sources for food, meds, etc. The military (US, Canadian and French) have sent troops to Leogane, a town about 15 minutes from us. Ed was there yesterday trying to get them to send food to Christianville. We have a private plane coming next week with 1500 pounds of beans and rice from a church in Maryland and a relief organization is getting 200 gallons of diesel fuel to us this weekend. Please pray that doors continue to open.

Because of the quake, the Haitian government is "fast tracking" any adoptions that were in progress. For this reason our guest house coordinators Amy & Doug were able to get a visa for their adopted son, Dor. They left with him yesterday. They were also able to get a little girl out whose new family was anxiously waiting for her in the States. THANK THE LORD!

With Doug & Amy gone and the English academy closed, I have changed from teacher to guest house coordinator. We don't have any visitors, but this is now temp housing for all the missionaries. I have to shop for food and plan meals, see that everyone has clean sheets and towels, etc. Just because we're sleeping on mattresses on the patio doesn't mean we can't have clean sheets ;-)

We want to thank all of you who have supported with financially and with your prayers. You have blessed us SO much.