We have been at the boat dock with Mayor Yvrose here in Jérémie. (You can see her picture with Sherry and me.) It has taken most of the afternoon yesterday… until 3:00 am, then back at the boat dock again, unloading food to the big trucks. These big trucks were rented so we can carry food from the docks.

Our main goal is to reach the “forgotten people” who are “way out in the middle of nowhere,” crying and waiting for help! A lot of this food will travel to those regions… and even further out.

In another area of Haiti, we have Jesse Ostrander working with our Love A Child people to distribute food to “rural areas” in the section of Nippes, Haiti. He is working with a wonderful partner named “Hubert.” This area suffered a “lot” from the earthquake. There are people in this area who are so far back in the mountains that it is difficult to reach them. In fact, when a team went in to rescue these people, a few allowed themselves to be rescued, but the rest would not go with them. We are told that some are “afraid to leave their area,” and others “are waiting for the leaf doctor in their area to come.” We can see that doctors are still needed in these “hard-to-reach” areas and we are thankful for those who have already come.

Jesse and other missionaries in rural areas have been telling us how houses everywhere have collapsed. Jesse Ostrander said it’s unbelievable how desperate people are for shelter who have lost everything.

This evening at 8:00 pm, I will put up a special post about the tents and how the Lord is moving. Every tent counts!

It is best to partner with other missionaries and outsiders when a tragedy happens, because one person, one organization, cannot do it all! We desperately need “one another.” Nothing can be done without the help of friends like you, who are reading this post right now. Thank you so much, friends and partners, who give “from the widow’s mite” to larger gifts! On behalf of the poor in Haiti who are suffering, thank you!!! Bobby and Sherry