Haiti Update

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Present Needs after the Quake

The massive exodus of the Port-au-Prince dwellers that escape from the quake fate has caused a tremendous burden on the mission. Most people in Haiti
are afraid to sleep under the concrete roof. They have seen the human
loss and tragedy caused by the quake when roofs caved in on them. They
sustain a constant fear of sleeping under a concrete roof.

Because of that the survivors in Port-au-Prince are either sleeping under the stars or leaving the city wandering for a safe haven. Many
ladies have been raped by the savage who have no fear of God or whose
only way of life is to hurt people regardless of circumstances. Families leave town in large numbers to find a safe place to stay.

Many of them came to us for lodging, food and treatment. An organization called ‘Adventures in Missions’ has given us chunks of food and water. World Vision has also eased our burden in giving us 40 mattresses. But we are far from getting there due to the increasing number of people. 

We are hosting those we never heard of before, people
who have come from the Port-au-Prince churches, neighboring people to
the mission facilities of Port-au-Prince, those who are acquainted with
friends and those who have heard of this campus and need help with food
and medicine. Fortunately the KAH (Food against Hunger) has a remaining portion that adds to the feeding solution of the problem. Thanks to God for donors.

The small health care unit is full beyond capacity with patients and outpatients.  Those
who are dismissed have no home to go to. They were sleeping under the
stars with a broken leg or arm or wound. We need to provide them with a
temporary place to stay. The only way out is to set up tents because
schoolrooms are full with people. But this poses a big question: where
can we find the tents?

Besides, those people have no food to eat or water to drink. The provisions made by Adventures in Missions are running down. We need to replenish the stock. So at this time, our pressing needs are:

– foods of all kinds mainly rice, beans, cooking oil, spaghetti,

– water,

– medicine like pain pills,

– vitamins,

– cough suppressant,

– antibiotics,

– antacid,

– blood pressure medicine,

– diabetic medicine and what have you.

We seriously need tents because we do not have rooms to lodge the people for recovery.

We need to make life a bit easy for the victims. Monetary gifts to buy food are welcome.
The stores are timidly opening their doors, but the debris are still
everywhere hindering traffic and displaying the somber memory of a very
dark moment in the Haitian history.

Hope
will be restored, we are sure as friends to stand by us. We are
overwhelmed but our faith is made stronger. As a matter of fact, we are more than conquerors because we realize that life is nothing without God.

We thank all those who support us and are thinking about supporting the mission in this time of despair and great loss. God will certainly bless you!

With the KINGDOM in mind, the best is yet to come.

Etienne Prophete

This is outside of the HCM clinic where patients wait to be seen in Fonds-Parisien, Haiti

This was just before the Port-Au-Prince survivors arrived

 

Doctors Update from Pastor Prophete

The first team of medical doctors and personnel left and another has arrived.  Both hospitals are full and ey treated about 1000 in two days! 



The
greatest need immediately is money to buy supplies, medicine, and
food.  In addition to treating all of the patients, we have to provide
food and water for them as well as all the workers and staff!

 About to make our first supply drop. The 2 cars on the left are HCM’s. We filled them up!

 

 Spirits were high on all sides as we connected with Pastor Prophete for the first time. What an amazing God who went before his people to prepare a place for help and healing.  May His provision continue in abundance and may it produce faith unshakable.

 

Thanks to Mitch Lathem for the photos!