HAITI UPDATE

RIGHT NOW PRAY FOR ORDER RATHER THAN CHAOS AS NEED INTENSIFIES AND NIGHT TIME APPROACHES. THE SAFETY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS IS IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THE PEOPLE.

PASTOR ROBERT IS IN THE USA BUT REPORTED OUR COMPOUND IN GONAIVES IS OK AND THE PEOPLE ARE FINE. THE CHILDREN THAT HAD BEEN RELOCATED TO A TEMPORARY FACILITY IN PORT AU PRINCE FROM THE NEWLY BUILT ORPHANAGE WHEN THE FLOOD HIT IN '08 HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELOCATED BACK TO THE RESTORED ORPHANAGE WERE ONCE AGAIN EVACUATED DUE TO DAMAGE TO THAT ORPHANAGE RESULTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. THANK GOD THEY WERE NOT IN PORT AU PRINCE. NO UPDATE AVAILABLE AS TO WHERE THEY WILL BE HOUSED NOW.

WE DID GET AN EMAIL FROM ARCHANGE. HE SAID HIS FAMILY IN GONAIVES IS WELL BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THE STATUS OF HIS FAMILY IN PORT AU PRINCE. HE SAID HE KNOWS GOD HAS A PLAN TO REBUILD HAITI AND THAT SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO REBUILD A HOUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE DOWN SOME PARTS OF IT BUT HIS HOPE IS IN GOD.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY NEWS OF OUR CONTACTS IN PORT AU PRINCE. ONE OF OUR YOUNG MEN, JEAN ELIE, WORKS AS A TEACHER IN PORT AU PRINCE. PASTOR ANTHONY HICKMAN FROM FLORIDA AND PASTOR RAY COTTRELL FROM ALABAMA HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A CHURCH IN PORT AU PRINCE AND REPORT NOT HAVING BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY NEWS FROM THERE AS TO THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.

WE NEED FUNDS RIGHT AWAY SO PLEASE REFER PEOPLE TO OUR HUMANITARIAN WEBSITE TO DONATE AS WE MONITOR AND DETERMINE OUR BEST RESPONSE. www.weihumanitarian.org