Haiti Update: My family and I received a phone call from Andrew earlier this evening and spoke with him for some time. He had quite a bit of information to update us on how things were going with him, his peers and the overall trip. Well, for starters, after being denied harborage, the ALERT guys were flown via helicopter to mainland Haiti to begin some work projects that needed completion. These projects mainly consist of digging trenches for water lines to repair those lines that were damaged or destroyed. According to Andrew, this will be very hard physically, but they (the ALERT guys) have been waiting, and were sent, for just such a purpose and mission.
Just some fun facts that may not have already been shared: Andrew has experienced real life sea-sickness (not a "fun" fact, but fact nontheless), he has jumped off the bow of the ship 23 feet into the water below, he went swimming in water 8,000 feet deep, and he also had a helicopter ride. Those are just a few, but not all, of the fun stuff he had experienced on this "expedition" as one of our younger friends called it.
Though I do not have their exact location, I do know that they are on the pennisula North of Port au Prince. They are sharing a compound with another ministry, Samaritan's Purse. The compound they are staying in has a medical clinic run by medical staff from Samaritan's Purse. When it was made known to these medical staff memebers that there was a group of paramedics coming in, they were happy to have some extra hands that have been trained in the medical field, to help with the daunting task of serving the native people in need of medical help. It is not unusual to have a long line of patients waiting to be seen all day, every day.
Andrew also had some prayer requests that he asked us to share with others. First off, pray for safety. Not only is Haiti still not completely safe, but there are little critters native to the island that could be cause for some concern (e.g. scorpions and tarantulas) They have been advised not to walk under trees as any one of this little critters could fall on them from above. Also, they have some unfriendly neighbors, one in particular, that has threatened to shoot any white person they see walking on their land. Not very friendly at all, that one. Also, be praying for them as they are begining to feel the magnitude of the evilness that dwells in a country regularly dedicated to Satan. Finally, pray that the Holy Spirit would be strong in each one of them, that they would not faint in time of adversity, that they would hang on tightly to the Lord and that they would put on the full armor of God daily, swinging the Sword of the Spirit boldly. Already, they have discovered the difficulty of communicating God's Word to a nation that hardly speaks any english. Please continue to lift this team up in your prayers. They need it now more than ever.
Well, that is all for now. Until next time...take care and God bless!
In Him,
Josh
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