Gustav, Hannah & here comes Ike...

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Thomassin 46

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These were common scenes as I drove the boys home from school this past Tuesday as hurricane Hannah blew into our part of Haiti. Port Au Prince was calm, but the further I drove into the mountains towards home, the worse things became. Suddenly, all those scenes from t.v. newscasters standing in hurricane force winds reporting as debris flew past, came to life in my head!

Though we didn't recieve the rainfall that other places in Haiti did, we got wind like never before. The big difference that we can figure is that Hannah blew in from the north instead of the south, which is the usual path that most of the hurricanes follow. We'll be without electric for a while, however, we are quite blessed when we look at places like Gonaives that are under water, much like the floods of 2004 with hurrican Jeannie.

Gramothe is faring well. The people are able to get out & move about & mostly only the bannana & plantain crops have been harmed. We are still waiting for reports from Dumay, but know that they would have been threatened by the swelling river that is nearby. Schools in Haiti open September 8th, that's next Monday. Ike is forecasted to hit us Friday or Saturday. Rain is falling now, it looks like a wet week ahead.

Thank you in advance for your (continued) prayers for the people of Haiti.

Sincerely in Christ,

Willem & Beth