Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Answered prayer

If I were to try to keep track of answered prayer over the course of this week, I know I'd be missing a ton. I know the guys are praying and many of you are praying for specific things that we may not have even thought of. So I'm going to keep track of answered prayer from the ones I have listed in previous posts. Please make comments/suggestions as to what you are praying for specifically.
So for today's answered prayer:
*the guys had no trouble getting across the border as a matter of fact, they were in Port-au-Prince much earlier than I anticipated
*safety in travel...they put on a ton of miles/time in travel yesterday and this morning
*a good day, enjoyed time with Good Samaritan kids

Today Jeff, Marv, Doug, and Matt had a reunion with our Good Samaritan angels as many call them. Those kids are so special. They are doing really well!
The guys were able to set up tents and tarps at Good Samaritan to provide some much needed shelter.
They also set some things up for Max and Margarette (pappa and momma) and a few neigbors of theirs.
Doug and Jeff made a trip to the airport and made a very successful contact with the UN. They were able to get 500 rations of food and a skid of water!
This evening, they are spending an enjoyable evening with the Good Samaritan kids. I wonder if they are getting pedicures???

Tomorrow may be a bit of a harder day emotionally for the guys. They will be traveling to Leogane to see the orphanage there. While making the hour and a half drive there, they will surely pass a lot of destruction. We knew the building in Leogane was majorly damaged, but Matt's description tonight after seeing a photo taken last week was that it is totally down to the ground. This was a big building. In Leogane 90% of the buildings were destroyed. A reminder that God has a plan for these children and there is a reason He put them in our path and kept them safe. The kids don't have any clothes to change into because their extra clothing are buried in the building. The guys will spend time setting up a tarp system and Margarette and some of the older Good Samarian girls will be bathing the 90 or so kids (can you picture that?). I'm not sure what, if anything, they will do about the dirty clothes the kids are wearing. If it were up to our son, he would shower then put the same clothes back on anyway.
This is the orphanage that we have been helping with food, medical treatment, and just spending time with kids who desperately need to be loved and held. They have won our hearts and we know they already were in great need. I can't imagine seeing what the guys will see tomorrow.

Please pray for:
*safe travel
*again, God's presence to be evident as they experience devastation
*That the kids at Leogane would feel totally loved
*God to show the Guys a need they should fulfill that they aren't aware of yet

thanks for your prayers!
~Deb

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