1:30pm Eastern Time January 21st:
Corey and crew are in Jimani (border town DR/Haiti). All are safe and healthy.
This morning they arrived in Jimani not knowing what to expect. Last week our DR staff member Miguel Shaul has made contact with a pastor in Port-au-Prince who needed medical supplies and food. Since then we’ve been unable to contact him due to communication lines being down. They prayed. The team met up with Miguel in Jimani and were praying and discussing options when Miguel jumped from the car saying, “There is the pastor!”
The pastor was at a gas station, dropping off a wounded person, and headed back to Haiti. The team were able to immediately hand over ALL the supplies they had gathered in Gainesville – $2200 worth – and put it in the back of the pastor’s truck. The plan is tomorrow the pastor will return and the team will meet him with a load of food stuffs they can buy on the DR side.
They say the hospital is full, but the streets are “normal.” There are lots of aid workers there. They have been talking with two young mothers with young children who were from Port-au-Prince, had fled after the earthquake and were just sitting exhausted on the sidewalk. They seemed traumatized – every time a car went by they felt as if another earthquake was coming.
Depending on how things go they may go into a small town near another border that has gone from its normal population of 3000 to more than 20,000 – people are leaving Port-au-Prince in drives going wherever they can for help.
Please keep praying as they follow the Lord’s leading.
We continue to pray with you and for you as you represent Jesus to those in so much need. We pray that God will encourage you and give you great wisdom and discernment in all that you do.
I heard of an aftershock in Haiti today. I pray that everybody is OK, and the team can keep helping.
God bless!
Praying with a heavy heart for the people of Haiti, but with joy because our God is so much bigger than a 7.0 earthquake! May God keep Corey and all relief workers safe from ALL evils, and their families at home safe as well. Thank you so much for the updates!
glad to hear things are going well.
I expect no less of Miguel than to jump from a vehicle. Prayers are going up!