We have a friend who is a surgeon, who flew in from America to help with the earthquake victims in Camp-Perrin, Les Cayes. These words are from him this morning. “The power of an earthquake is remarkable. It moved a portion of a mountain, changed the course of a river, created landslides that buried hundreds, and destroyed all the hillside homes in the area. It’s hard to put into words what I saw…”
Please pray for these people and all those affected by the earthquake. Really need your prayers. Casimi, our container driver, is at the port, loading our 40-container with rice. He will drive our semi-tractor and container through a “gang-infested” controlled area called Martissaint. I’m hearing that the gangs are letting smaller trucks with emergency food through, but everyone is worried about our large 40-foot container traveling through, without kidnapping Casimi and taking everything. We are not saying “what time” for security reasons. This is an urgent prayer request. Will keep you updated.
In the morning at the Port-Au-Prince port, they will be loading around 22 tons of rice, cooking oil, and condensed milk for the earthquake children, that we purchased. All will be heading to Jeremie, which from there, will go into different “hard-hit” provinces. Sherry and I will be there to help distribute through Mayor Yvrose and many, many local churches.
Also today, we are having beans and cooking oil being unloaded in Miragoine and taken to the distribution point. On Monday our food will be taken to La’isle, one of the “hardest hit” areas inside the epicenter. All this week rice, beans, cooking oil, water, and much more will be taken to many, many hard-hit areas.
We have sent food and emergency supplies to Les Cayes. Soon we will be having a container from our office in Fort Myers full of tarps, blankets, and other emergency supplies. We want to thank you for all your financial help and prayers. We are all doing this together. Without you, these wonderful things could not be done. Love is something you do!
Missionaries Bobby and Sherry Burnette
P.S. We are praying for the funds for 1,000 tents because families are desperate for shelter.
