There is little new info coming our way, but today I received an update from Karen Davis. There are an estimated 150,000 refugees in the Cap Hatia area now. These are just the registered ones, and not the people who came to family and friends. Stan, who is trying to get food containers into the area surveyed the situation in ‘Cap’. They are out of rice. He found only one place not sold out, and could buy 8 – 100lb of rice. That will not go far.
The containers have the documents to be released now, and there are two waiting to be released. They will have to pay customs on them since they were shipped prior to the quake but the price is much better than the figure formerly quoted. That will get essential supplies into the hands of the people near Morne Rouge.
The missionaries are concerned for the MFI pilots who have worked long hours nonstop since the quake. Pray for them as they ferry people and supplies back and forth. May they get rest and encouragement. Also pray for the volunteers from the States and other countries that are working so hard. Our missionary friends see GOD working through this. He did not cause it but there is some good news as the churches are swelling and people are turning away from their voodoo practices.
Carolyn Wise, my brothr Jim’s widow is a nurse from NY. She is preparing to come down and head with me to Haiti for a month asap. There are some things like getting time off work ( the board meets tonight to decide if she can use all her days off , get pay or not, etc. She also needs a new passport. Pray it comes immediately.
We are getting snail mail from Alice now. The letters take about a week or so to get here, but at least we hear from them. They use a generator for email when there is no city power. The problem is that gasoline is nearing $30 a gal US. It also is hard to get, and the generator is needed to pump water from the well to supply the compound. It’s also rainy so the clouds are blocking the satellite making their internet connection unavailable.
Please keep praying for Allice and Kathy, and all the refugees and workers there in Cap Hatia.