Greetings PRAYING friends –

Well, it has been 8 days since the 7.0 earthquake and this morning a 6.1  hit about 35 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince.  The only news we have had today is the following message I received from Adony -

Good morning Nancy.  Let me update you as my family woke up to a 6.1 aftershock this morning.  Ossemine called, still pleased and grateful that someone else added minutes to the family’s phones, and reassured me that they’re fine as they sleep outside.  Dad pulled out that tent you told me about to refuge the family in it.  I asked him about funeral ceremonies conducted, he said it is difficult as Haitian authorities (I wonder where they’ve been) forbid individual burials.  Otherwise they have to be done symbolically as all recovered bodies are being buried in mass graves.  My mom and my sister, both suffering from chronic sinusitis, are in great need of nose masks.  For now, they pray and they wait.

Many of you have been asking me about the school and Project Child children you sponsor at Riviere Froid.  We have had no word about them but promise to let you know when we do.

Praise the Lord for the 53’ tractor trailer filled with pallets of food, medical supplies, toiletries and linens that arrived at MFI (Missionary Flights International) in Fort Peirce this afternoon from the Barefoot Community Church, North Myrtle Beach, SC.  Jim Evans, Barefoots CARE pastor and former director of GMTH along with Clay Nesmith, LEAD pastor at Barefoot set things in motion as soon as they heard word of the earthquake and people from far and wide got involved donating items, money and time.  These items have been designated for Carrefour where Pastor Beril lives.

Now some of you may be wondering how will the things get to him.  That’s the part we don’t have a definite answer for and that’s where we ask you to PRAY.  (I forgot to mention that Jim and his wife Joan – who was my roommate at Lancaster Bible College and long-time friend – flew into Ft Lauderdale today and are staying with us till next Wednesday.)  Tomorrow morning we will be driving up to MFI. George and Jim will have backpack and passport in hand ready to fly stand-by.  Jim has brought with him letters from a SC senator and a US congressman asking ‘any assistance necessary’ be given to them to accomplish their mission of getting the supplies to Carrefour.  PRAY, dear friends, PRAY, and then PRAY some more that they will get on a plane tomorrow, safely arrive in Haiti and be given the escort needed to get them into Carrefour. 

This trip into Haiti will also help George to assess things to get an idea of future work and medical teams that will definitely be needed.  Bob Good, president of our GMTH board of directors asked George if I’m okay with him going.  Honestly, I really am.  When we married 33+ years ago we knew we were called to full-time Christian service and open to wherever the Lord led.  That has included Guam and Kosrae in the South Pacific, the Adirondacks in NY, the suburbs of Philadelphia and now south Florida and ministry in Haiti.  Am I concerned…..of course, but I know the True and Living God who is control of this whole situation and I rest in Him and His wisdom.