PICTURES OF DUMAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Stephen & crew unloading trucks.
Willem helping an elderly lady who received a full bag of rice for her family. The workers carried the sack if a family member was not present to help those recieving.

Looks of anticipation as they patiently wait for their turn.

2 lines that reached down the dirt path all the way to the road leading out of the village.

Every 5 children received a full bag of rice to share.

Every 4 adults received a full sack of rice to share.

Please see post below for a description of the Dumay Food Distribution that took place above.

DUMAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION

This morning by 5:00 Willem, Stephen & a crew from the Gramothe/Thomassin area were arriving in the village of Dumay with rice. The villagers were taken by surprise that food would be distributed so early in the morning.
As the people came out of their homes & tents, shivering from the morning cold, they were asked to form 2 lines & prepare to receive a 50 lb. bag of rice, one for every 4 persons to be shared & the very elderly would receive 1 full bag.
The lines began at the school & continued down the dirt path leading all the way to the raod.
After the rice was unloaded from the trucks into the MTM school building, the distribution began in a very orderly fashion. Once the lines were completed a new line was formed with children. There was enough rice remaining that every 5 children were allowed a full bag to share. Everyone in the village that came for distribution left with food. To this we are graeful & give thanks to God for his provisions.

Our apologies, due to difficulties with Blogger, we were not able to download pictures at this time. We will do so as soon as possible.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN GRAMOTHE

Today a dry food distribution was done in Gramothe. There was enough for each family to get a 100 lb. bag & the crowd remained calm. Praise God! Should be doing the same in Dumay in the next day or so.

SATURDAY UPDATE

Food distributions are well under way. Willem is helping to distribute in the outer lying areas of Port Au Prince as well as here in the immediate area. People are desperate & there have been a few close calls, but God has brought them through.

The last 10 days are beginning to catch up with us. Willem has been unable to sleep & is still moving. The task at hand is so great that it's hard to rest. But praise God, supplies are getting to the people.

Our school principals report that all of our teachers are safe. Many are asking about their students. It is not physically possible for us to reach each & every family at our Gramothe & Dumay schools. We have no way to know their status until school resumes. We have good reason to believe that though houses may have been lost, the earthquake came at a time that most families would not be in their homes. This gives us hope. The good news is the president of Haiti is encouraging schools that can, to reopen. We will let sponsors know as soon as possible about the status of their students. On behalf of our students & their families, thank you for your prayers & concerns.

If you have not yet listened to the prayercast link, please do so by scrolling to the previous blog. Feel free to share this with others.

We continue to encourage you to please pray. Pray for the people of Haiti, pray for Willem, pray for success of the food distributions, pray for MTM to be prepared for the ministry work yet ahead. Thank you, from the very depths of our hearts.

THURSDAY UPDATE

This prayer was recorded last summer when we were in Chicago. It was released just before the devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Pray along with Willem...

http://www.prayercast.com/haiti

Willem is highly engaged in helping relief supplies get to the people of Haiti. Yesterday there were meetings with the Minister of Commerce, the Prime Minister and President Preval.

Please pray for flow of relief aid to be opened.

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MONDAY UPDATE...

We did not give a Sunday update, we needed to make it a day of rest & worship to the Lord, although it was still an event filled day for all of us.
The morning air was filled with powerful worship coming from the Gramothe church as they sang, "How Great Thou Art", "Because He Lives", "I Surrender All".... Madame Stephen gave her full testimony before the congregation of how God enabled her to get up & walk out of the hospital & how she never dreamed to be in the Gramothe church again.

Today has been a very real, hard day for us. Our close friends have left for the Dominican Republic to continue onto the U.S. She was in her parents' house when it crumbled down around her. She is badly shaken & needs to go.
Stephen has heard from all of his friends but one. Everyone waits to hear from her, but the area where she lived was hard hit. All of his other classmates have already or are preparing to leave. David, too, waits to hear from all of his classmates. It's beginning to feel quite lonely here, but, God has given the people of Haiti a task & it must be accomplished...rebuild this land.

As Willem works to help others get distribution points set up, the boys & I are working hard on supplies to give. We have packaged meds, created health packs as well as organized & filled 10 large bags of medical supplies from the MTM clinic. This may not sound like much, but supplies are still in dire need.

It is so overwhelming here, but we are honored to be a part of rebuilding Haiti, one village at a time. Please, please pray for Haiti. We thank you from the depths of our hearts.

FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST...

Couldn't go to bed without writing a word to the Body of Christ.
God is in control in Haiti.
I questioned a local pastor at the market yesterday, "Is this God's hand of judgement on Haiti?!" I declare that his black skinned paled as he looked me in the eye intensely while removing his glasses. He proceeded to tell me how every governmental building in Port Au Prince is crushed & that hundreds of officials were in those buildings. We continued to discuss how the north of Haiti & other areas were totally unaffected & how blessed we are to have recieved mercy from God.
This morning I took time for devotions & was led to

Is 6:12-13, (NIV) "..until the Lord has sent everyone far away & the land is utterly forsaken. And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth & he oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."

Haiti is under God's judgement. Are you listening?