Prayer Needs

* Please pray for peaceful elections (19 candidates)--November 28th.
   The country desperately needs someone with wisdom, leadership and a vision
   and heart for the people.

* Cholera continues to spread in the country.

* Our grief process.
   Suetta's step-father (Wayne Darr) went to be with Jesus November 13th.

Gonaives-Nov. 9-16

A team from Lima, Ohio is arriving today (Nov 9) and will be going to Gonaives and working on constructing block homes with Sister Boudreaux.

November 11: 

Digging the footer.





Looking from the road up to work site.

 

Looking from the top down toward the road.

 

November 13:

Pouring the footer. (left & right)

 

"Chain Gang" passing cement to level the foundation to begin laying block.

"Tomas"--The Day After...

Tomas has passed and today will be spent assessing damage and beginning the clean up process.  Skies are a little overcast but the sun is shining and there is no rain in our area.  People are out  and about, traffic is picking up and the airport is open.  Our Haitian brothers and sisters are resilient and resolute people.  Lord, bless them, I pray.

Hurricane Tomas Has Passed

Just want to update everyone on how Art has fared... I talked with him on Skype this evening and he emailed me the following: 
     "It's about 5:30pm in Haiti and we thank the Lord for His protection.  The southern tip and the northern tip were hit hard with trees down and flooding.  Here near Port au Prince our intermittent moderate to heavy winds began last night and now we have mild winds.  The intermittent light to moderate rains began last night and currently we have sprinkles.  The river near Port is very high and rising which is an indication that the mountains received some heavy rains. Tomas is supposed to move off the north coast later tonight and there are trailing bands that will have varying degrees of wind and rain through tomorrow. Overall, we faired well given the outlook at the beginning of the week.  Thank you, Lord Jesus."
     Yes, "Thank you, Jesus"!! And, THANK YOU-- EVERYONE-- for praying and for your words of encouragement. We've been blessed by your outpouring of care and concern AND we've definitely felt the impact of your prayers!

Hurricane "Tomas"

The skies are gray and the wind is increasing hourly now.  Rain has not yet begun but a projected 5-15 inches is supposed to fall within the next 48 hours!  The rain alone will be devastating to many, let alone the winds. Pray that the storm will die down or be diverted from the course it's on. Pray too for the protection of so many still in tents and no place to go.

October 12-27

Missouri – New Jersey – Ohio

Ruben Schwieger just finished a two-week stay in Haiti, leading a different work-team each week. Both Ruben and Art were there to welcome the first team with persons from Cape Girardeau, Missouri and New Jersey. This team worked in the village of Dumay, completing 6 more homes, bringing the total to twelve families that are now off the ground and in a good home there.  Art then left Ruben and came to the states for a week.  The second week Ruben hosted a team from Wooster and Alliance, Ohio.  This team worked in St. Ard, helping to lay block on a school building.  Their work was cut short by a cholera outbreak just to the north of them.  Ruben returned to Croix des Bouquets with the group and they visited the village of Prospere and helped build a house at the “Rainbow Training Center” for Christian Veterinary Mission (where Art lives).  While things went a bit differently than originally planned, flexibility is the key--especially in an earthquake disaster zone. Things can change on a daily basis and sometimes even moment to moment!  THANK YOU Ruben and everyone for being “flexible”.

Here are two sites that Art uses to follow the cholera outbreak:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs107/en/index.html

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/content/outbreak-notice/haiti-cholera.aspx

Continue to pray for health, safety and progress.

Cholera Outbreak

From the news you've been hearing you may be wondering how we are doing...We are okay.  A work team was actually on the ground at the time of the outbreak but all did just fine. While there will undoubtedly be continued reports of deaths, precautions are being taken and hopefully the worst is over. We do covet your continued prayers for this "ravaged" country as yet, again, so many lives are being touched by another tragedy.