All in a day's work...

You never know what will be all in a day's work in Haiti. Prayer meeting starts at 4:30am and from there on out, anything can be expected. Shaina is gathering rocks with the neighborhood kids as we slowly clear the land, rock by rock as we prepare to move up hill towards the mountain at Carries. People gather in the most organized fashion that we could orchestrate for food distribution. Each person recieved a card as you see here. We had their name on a list and we checked their name and punched their card and handed it back to them for the next time.

Never know what might come up after prayer meeting. It was a little time consuming and even a little disconcerting as I had to clean goat feces off of this man's burn wound before I could properly clean and bandage it. He got burnt while burning the brush that we are clearing up the hill. I of course asked him why goat feces was the medicine of choice? He said that's just what they told me to do. Do you want to die, I asked? It was infected as you can imagine. He came twice a day for me to clean and dress it and after a week it is looking amazing and has great color.

We spent three days on a road trip to the Dominican Republic to try to get our hands on some food that had been promised to us for distribution. It was a loooooooooooong trip. In Haiti, the first rule you need to learn is EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER THAN IT TAKES! If you can keep this in perspective, you will survive. Well our experience crossing the Dominican Border seemed to stick to the same principles. I am sure you will get the idea of how we spent the majority of two days from looking at the pictures....that's right, waiting.

In spite of the pace, we are surrounded by people and children on a 24/7 basis. There are plenty of people to show the love of Christ through word and deed. We have been able to share the little food we have now with the many who are waiting for it. The distribution is an art in itself as we have learned from the harsh school of experience in the past. It has paid off. We have been able to share things with the people and keep them from fighting or just spoiling the whole operation. We thank you for your prayers. We thank you for the funds that you have sent to make it possible for us to share with so many. Continue to lift us in prayer as we strive to meet the challenge of meeting the needs of those around us that they might come to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior.

Serving Him,

Dee