Thank you very much for your prayers and
the financial support that has been promised.
MNA has also sent out an appeal and so you can also
forward funds to:
MNA-Disaster Relief
1700 N. Brown Road, Ste 101
Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Memo: Haiti Flood Relief
The latest from Haiti.
Haiti airports are now closed due to the tropical storm
warning. Hurricane Ike is expected to bring more rain
to northern Haiti; this of course includes Gonaives.
Only one helicopter was able to leave the DR before the
warning was given. But once it landed, there were other
issues with the government not wanting the food to be
boarded. And then came the closure of the airport.
Dony and DouDou got to Gonaives at about 3:00pm
yesterday. A rented truck filled with water, followed
them into the city. The people were happy for the water
but were also looking for food which we hope would
have come today. Since the helicopters were being held
up, the next plan was to return to Port-au-Prince, rent
several trucks to drive the food back to Gonaives. But then
the weather began to change. So he and DouDou used
whatever funds they had and bought all the food they
could find in Gonaives, gave these to several church
leaders along with funds and began the journey back to
the south.
When asked how was the situation there, Dony's response
was to think of the worst that you can, and then think
Gonaives. He was driving through 2 feet of water in the
city. Some people were cleaning whatever was remaining
of their home and at the same time standing in knee deep
water. As he returns to Les Cayes in the south, he has
a passenger. He is a 12 year-old boy named Widly. Widly
was walking in the streets all by himself. When asked
why, he said because he had lost his family. He took
Dony and DouDou to what remained of his home. Widly
says that he has other family in Lester and so they will
drive him there to find them.
Tuesday night as the rain came pouring down, a pregnant
lady sought refuge on the second floor with the 250
orphans. There she gave birth to her child. Another
200 were in the medical clinic and are still there as
they have no where to go. Meanwhile, yesterday in Les
Cayes, Louis was giving out food and funds to people in
the community who had lost everything. Why give them
funds if you give them the food such as rice and beans?
Well, they now need to buy the charcoal to cook, oil to
cook, the pot to cook, etc.
This effort cannot be done alone. We are thankful for
ministry partners such as C3 Missions who are doing the
food coordination at this time and another partner who
have opened there warehouse for us to take food supply
to the people in Gonaives. However, due to the change
in weather and the expectations of more rain from
Hurricane Ike, Monday will be the return date to
Gonaives.
Have a blessed Lord's day tomorrow.
Attached is a photo Dony took on the way to Gonaives.
MNA Mission To
North America
Through the cooperative prayers and efforts of the Presbyterian Church
in America, we strive to ignite a powerful church planting and
vitalization movement, one that impacts all of North America with the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and transforms the heart and face of the PCA
churches and presbyteries.
more partners
Reach the Haitian community in Miami, Florida — 90.7 percent of whom are unchurched.
Develop ten additional Haitian PCA churches in major cities and counties of the US that will become central in a multiplying movement throughout North America.
Solidify ownership of church planting expansion among Haitian PCA leaders, lay persons, and churches
