Bobby and I and our Haitian team are ready to go anywhere, anytime, whether it be food distribution, building earthquake housing in South Haiti, a Mobile Clinic, or anywhere else in Haiti where there is a need. But, the problems of travel in Haiti are unbelievably difficult. It is “killing us.” We can no longer get to the garbage dump, where hundreds of men, women, and children are digging through the garbage every day to find a piece of moldy bread. We cannot get to the “mud cookie” village, where we built a church, to give food and hold crusades. We cannot even get to the Port au Prince airport from Fond Parisien, which usually takes an hour. Much too dangerous because of the gangs.

For the last couple of years, we have had to drive across the border to the Dominican Republic to catch a plane if we have to go back to the States for a few days. When we take Jasson (Jackson) for check-ups, it takes about five or six hours, and then they have to spend the night in order to get him to the doctor the next morning.

Another problem we are having is “diesel fuel”… In the States, you get your electricity from the Electric Company. Not us. We have to use big diesel generators that cost a lot of money to maintain and a lot of fuel. And, speaking of fuel, can you imagine how hard it is to get a large fuel truck through “gang territory?” The one fuel truck company we usually use has had its men and fuel truck kidnapped. The owner does not want to come back to Fond Parisien again… The people who have the Tiano Fish Company down the road from us had one of their drivers kidnapped, took the truck, and kept the driver. He was just released a day ago.

We could not begin to tell you the day-to-day problems we face. We are thinking…

“Maybe we are putting God in a box when He is greater than our needs?”
“Maybe we are limiting God, to just trusting Him, to keep us safe from the gangs?’

We are going to “stretch our faith out” and believe in God for two things for our work in Haiti… (1) Solar for all our buildings at Love A Child and (2) A helicopter to get us back and forth from the Haiti Airport safely, or to us to the DR, or South Haiti, where we are working among other areas… Bobby and I have been thinking, “Maybe we have been praying for ‘just enough to get us by’ each day,” when the stress of the gangs has put wear and tear on us all. If we had complete solar for Love A Child, we would not need to hire fuel trucks to come out. And if we had a helicopter, we would only use it when it was necessary, to get someone to a hospital, or for us to get to and from the airport, or to the Dominican Republic for Jackson and other children.

These are two things we are praying about because with God, “all things are possible!” Thank you for your prayers and support in the past. Let’s believe in God for these two things because “nothing is too hard for God!”

Sherry