Haiti Log 2

Haiti Update Log 2
The conditions in Port Au Prince are like most major disasters. Very tuff! We travel at a snails pace at best with most roads impassable by fallen cinder blocks and pieces off concrete that were once a building or someone's house. Some roads show evidence of major earthquake damage with gaping cracks and uneven asphalt breaks which slows everyone down and backs traffic back for miles. Communication is sparse at best. I've been trying to blog for three days and only been able to make a few calls. Getting supplies whether medical or building, is an adventure in itself. It seems everything goes in slow motion except time which goes by so fast. I am leaving tomorrow and I am asking myself, "Have I made a difference. Have I helped the Haitians. Have a bettered God's Kingdom." I know this I have helped and gave my all this week to glorify God. I believe that the Christians of Haiti have the opportunity to transform this island and change it forever. Today the Christians of Haiti stopped everything they were doing and had all day prayer and praise services were ever they could. They started singing hymns outside are compound and every were we worked you could here Christians praying and praising. We heard and shared reports of salvations and ministry to the lost as teams came in to report every evening after diner. So far of the 11 days of disaster work their has been 6859 ministry contacts, 126 salvations, 72 ministry sights assessed. It's a start in the initial phase of recovery. If all christian organizations can get together I believe we can be a great asset to the churches and communities of Port Au Prince. I believe Port Au Prince will come back better than ever!

Haiti Disaster Relief

Haiti Recovery trip 1 Log1


I find it hard to express in to words what I have experienced in the past couple of days. The sights, smells, noises and feelings you go through will effect you for a lifetime. Pictures do not give it justice. One has to be here to realize this is a disaster of biblical proportions. The people of Haiti are still trying to come to gripes of what has happened to their Island. They stand in lines must of the day. There are food lines, medical lines, government assistant lines, faith based lines, and the list goes on and on. Change is coming but at almost a snails pace. Most of the dead are still entombed in collapsed buildings. Southern Baptist are doing assessments as fast as possible. SBC medical teams are literally seeing hundreds of patients a day. They are doing everything from delivering babies to amputating crushed limbs. They work long hours sometimes 13 hour days! Thousand more need to be seen during these desperate times in Haiti. A lot of water wells were damaged during the earthquake so good water is scarce. We have teams on the ground that I am working with that are purifying water and drilling by hand new wells. I am working with a team that has a drill that is the newest and easiest hand drill that will hopefully help Haitians get safe water economically and quickly. We started drilling today and drilled 16 ft. I feel certain tomorrow we will hit water and the people of this village will go to the church to receive not only fresh water but the Living Water, Jesus Christ. I hope I can report to you soon with more pics and stories.