{"id":154,"date":"2011-10-18T06:34:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T11:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=154"},"modified":"2012-06-24T12:19:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T17:19:22","slug":"10th-haiti-trip-vol-i-gods-provision-and-the-blessing-of-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Provision and the Blessing of Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"

10th Haiti Trip – Vol. I<\/h3>\n

Bill returned to Haiti on October 2nd. \u00a0Three friends of ours were due to come in on the 9th to help for two weeks and he needed to get prepared. \u00a0We had spent our time in the states contacting organizations trying to find someone to donate the cholera supplies needed to keep our clinics open as our main supplier could no longer help us. \u00a0The Lord provided and in that first week, Bill was able to visit Samaritan’s Purse, Medical Teams International, and Americares.<\/p>\n

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Washing donated cholera cots<\/p><\/div>\n

Samaritan’s Purse donated both cholera cots and cholera beds. \u00a0We are taking the cots up\u00a0the mountain on mules so the people in our clinics can get off the floor. The beds are going next door to the IFM clinic which was in great need of them. \u00a0So once again, the Lord used us to connect other people and provide needed things. \u00a0We love it when that happens. \u00a0MTI and Americares both donated medical and hygeine cholera supplies and we are SO GRATEFUL! \u00a0The cholera is picking up again so they were greatly needed.<\/p>\n

Bill also visited offices in PAP about getting the truck back, visiting a new official in an old office. \u00a0He was some encouraged. \u00a0Possibilities exist that maybe we can get it back sometime soon. \u00a0We are praying it is so. It was really difficult for Bill to get transportation to collect all the cholera supplies. \u00a0He finally had to pay $130 to rent a large tap-tap (taxi) truck.<\/p>\n

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Slim, Cristin, & Nick, a great help!<\/p><\/div>\n

On Oct. 9th, our friends, Jeromy Robbins, Nick Booker, and Cristin Senior arrived from\u00a0CA to help. \u00a0I will let them tell you in their own words about their experience the first week.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In our first week we have seen a broad swath of\u00a0Haiti.\u00a0 From the depravity and poverty of the\u00a0inner city\u00a0to the even deeper poverty and generosity of the mountain people.\u00a0 It has been a lot to take in.<\/em><\/p>\n

We have spent the most time with Yvrose and her 24 children getting their water hooked up and showers running.\u00a0 The kids were soon like our own.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jolius with his parents. This \u201cseventy year old couple\u201d are our hosts in the mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Two days we spent in the mountains amongst locals who slowed down a bit so we\u00a0<\/em>could keep up.\u00a0 We spent a night under the hospitality of a seventy year old couple.\u00a0 The father who happily climbed a thirty foot\u00a0avocado\u00a0tree to shake down fruit for us who’s seed is as large as our avocado.\u00a0 He still makes the almost daily trip down the mountain to tend his lower bean field.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0We have come in contact with death twice this week.\u00a0 The first was a taxi driver who had a head on with a truck.\u00a0 We are actually surprised it does not happen more often since the only real traffic law here is the law of aggression.\u00a0 The second was during our night on the mountain we were awakened about two in the morning by an unearthly wailing.\u00a0 Apparently a neighbor had died during the night.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0We are encouraged by those who genuinely want change in Haiti.\u00a0 From a simple mountain pastor to a man almost finished with his 15 year quest to become a doctor to his poor mountain community. We have another trip into the mountains planned for this week where educating people about the truth behind clean water is priority. \u00a0Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Cristin, Nick, & Jeromy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I have to tell you that when I called Yvrose to ask her about the showers, she was practically walking on air about it! \u00a0She said the first night after the guys got the showers hooked up, the children all jumped in with their clothes still on and danced and rejoiced at the blessing of running water!!! \u00a0Yvrose said when she took her first shower she felt like she had been transported back to the US and the LUXURY that a COLD shower is!!\u00a0 The electricity is also run to the well so as long as the sporadic electrical supply is on, the people coming can just turn on a spigot instead of hand pumping the water. It is all such a blessing!! \u00a0Thank you to all those who have helped make this dream be fulfilled for Yvrose and her family!<\/p>\n

Another item on our agenda: Education. \u00a0Oct. 2 marked the beginning of the Haitian school year. \u00a0It was time to buy books for the kids and that was going to cost $10\/student for the 190 students at our main mountain school plus the 140 students at Chapelle that some friends are going to keep open by paying the teachers. Last April, an 7 year old Joplin girl, Kamryn, decided she wanted to raise money for Haiti. \u00a0She held an event called “Hats for Haiti” and raised nearly $3000 for ministries in Haiti! \u00a0 Then the Joplin tornado happened and the check was delayed due to damage at the school administration building. \u00a0The day before Bill had to go buy books, a check arrived for $1400 from that one little girl’s efforts! \u00a0I told her mother that that money would buy the books for 140 children!! \u00a0We are so grateful for God’s provision on this matter.<\/p>\n

We are also researching how to incorporate more lessons into the school curriculum on the gospel and building Christian character which is desperately needed in Haiti. \u00a0If anyone has any suggestion, we would be glad to consider it. \u00a0 Whatever we use has to be simple and direct as everything will have to be translated into French or Creole. \u00a0We want this to be taught daily in the schools that we support.<\/p>\n

I was scheduled to fly into Haiti with Corina, Cristin’s wife, on the 17th but on Oct. 6th, I fell, severely spraining my ankle and receiving a wound in the process that has morphed into a serious hole in my foot so I am out of commission. \u00a0Yesterday, the guys picked up Corina at the airport and they are looking forward to this week in Haiti.<\/p>\n

One more thing to praise God for. \u00a0Bill called a few moments ago. \u00a0He had just met with President Martelly’s father-in-law. \u00a0He did some research and has determined that the insurance truck papers are valid. \u00a0(The custom’s office has been telling us they weren’t.) \u00a0This is the best possibility yet that we might get the truck back this week. \u00a0We pray there are no more glitches and that it happens!<\/p>\n

Only by the Lord’s provision through his people with prayers and support are we able to continue to work in Haiti seeking to bring God’s love to the people there. \u00a0Thank you for your prayers and your help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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