By Holly:
It has been a very eventful past few weeks in Haiti. I just want to thank you again for all of your
prayers! They mean more than you could know in this season of my life.
I want to update you on everything that has been going on and
ask for some specific prayer. Yesterday, we were able to visit my beloved
orphans at Pastor Emmanuel's. It ended up being one of the most heart breaking
moments of my life because many of the children were very ill. We were not
informed before arriving of the sickness that was going on and were not able to
treat them immediately. By the grace of God, good support, and praying friends
the kids were picked up and taken to receive treatment. All the results have
not some back, but there are some severe, possibly chronic illnesses being
blood tested currently. When I got to Pastor's yesterday many of the kids were
covered in open, oozing sores that looked to have started as a fungus. They
were complaining of being in so much pain and many were approaching us and
pointing to their wounds. My sweet little Santonio, who is about 2 years old
sat on my lap emotionless and slumped over with fever and what looked to be an
eye infection. Chelmie, a sweet little boy about 5 years old clung to me and
showed me his hand that was swollen two times its normal size because he had
gotten a severe insect bite. Those are just a few of the cases. It seemed that
at least half of the 32 kids had something pretty severe going on. Please be
praying for these children. The Pastor and his wife are truly doing all they
know to care for these 32 orphans and spill out their whole hearts of love over
them. They are just in need of practical necessities and are living on such
meager means. If the kids were not with them they would literally be on the
streets starving to death. Please join me in prayer for these ones. I know and
wholeheartedly believe that Jesus sees them and hears their cry. I believe that
He is provider, He is protector and He is healer. I believe that He will
care for the orphaned. That is who He says He is! Please pray that all God's
promises would come to pass over this orphanage! They need us to stand in the
gap for them. They need us. (I've included pictures of some of these kids and
details about them.)
On a lighter note, two weeks ago we had a team from San
Diego, CA for 10 days and they were absolutely amazing! We were able to host a
medical clinic and a 2 day VBS at two different churches. They both went
fantastic and we were able to minister and pour into so many people.
Unfortunately, during that week some of us found ourselves quit sick. I ended
up catching flu virus from the team that took a few days to recover from. On
top of the flu, 3 days after recovering I found out that I had contracted a
parasite. Thanks to Jesus we caught it early enough to treat and I am feeling
great now!
I have also had an amazing opportunity to get to know
several other missionaries over the past 3 weeks. They are currently living
with the American missionaries for World Orphans. Callie and Jessica are
interns, while Sandrea is the teacher for the missionary family. Its been
wonderful getting to know these girls and talk and pray with them through the
first few weeks of adjusting to Haiti. I have gotten to visit and learn about
other organizations here and we are hoping to make some more
connections as the weeks progress. We have also been so blessed to start a
bi-weekly worship and prayer small group that is Haitian/American mixed. Our
second meeting is this Saturday. Please be praying over us as we praise Jesus
and intercede for this nation and one another.
The next couple days are unplanned, but I am looking forward
to seeing what Jesus wants to lead us in. I will continue to send you all
updates and if anyone would like more details about my time in Haiti or needs
prayer themselves just send me an email! I would love talk with you!
