Beacon EFC team has arrived in Cayes, Haiti for their week of work. We're expecting hard work and changed lives! Pray! Beacon/Morency Partnership #rmihaiti
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Friday, November 04, 2016
Thursday, November 03, 2016
A Photo Update from RMI...
Tales of survival: The pastor of the Boyer church shared his family’s experience: “It was midnight when the hurricane winds started. I woke up and got out of bed. I heard the second floor of my house, the one that I use for school, fall down. After a couple minutes, I heard the roof of the church fall down and metal sheets blowing around everywhere outside. I didn’t know what to do but I kept crying out, “Jesus, I am in your hands”. It was very dark and I couldn’t see because there was no electricity. We were so scared, we even forgot where we put the flashlight. Because it was dark, and the winds were very high outside, we couldn’t go anywhere to take refuge. The scariest thing happened at 3 a.m. The ocean waters came into the house and start filling the parsonage. I became so afraid, I decided that we needed to leave the house to find shelter but the winds were really high. Finally, it was so dangerous in the house that we didn’t have a choice. My wife and I were obliged to go up the hill to a widow from the church and take refuge in her home. When I went home after the hurricane, I found everything flooded under the ocean water. However, even though we lost everything, the most important thing for me was that God saved us. We praise His name for that.”
Friday, October 21, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
A Photo Update from RMI...
This afternoon's good news comes from Les Irois, a village on the far western tip of the southern peninsula - an area especially hard hit by the hurricane. "We just got off the phone with Pastor Jean Sainprival in Les Irois. He tells us that by God's grace, even with all the destruction in the area, the solar system, right through the hurricane, continues to work perfectly well. It is currently THE charging station for the community, cell phones, laptops, tablets, portable lamps, flashlights and so on. God is good! Your investment is having a great impact!" This system was installed in May 2015 (the picture is from that installation). #hurricanematthew #rmihaiti #rmibridge #Cayes #rmi #haiti
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
A Photo Update from RMI...
Happening now....we were able to have a video conference between the Haiti staff and missionaries, Rob in NJ and Dan and Kim here in the Florida office this morning. It was amazing to get that much internet since access has been so limited (and will continue to be for a while). They had a good time of catching up to date on how everyone was holding up, what they were currently involved in as well as planning for the future. They are distributing food aid and relief supplies as best as they can. Fuel can be bought in Cayes, but is scarce or non-existent in the remote locations they need to get to so their trips are limited to where they can go one one tank of gas. Organizing rebuilding teams was also discussed since so many churches, parsonages and schools have either lost their roofs or been completely destroyed. We know that as reports come in, the next question that our C3 Partners will be asking is, "how soon can we come in to help with our partner church's reconstruction?" We're excited that the big organizations are finally arriving, including the US military as well as 500 trucks filled with supplies and aid coming from the Dominican Republic to the areas west of Cayes. Cholera is becoming a serious issue since so many of the wells, springs, and rivers have become contaminated. Many have said that this catastrophe is worse than the earthquake. The long term effect is not only confined to southern Haiti, but for the entire country. The south was the breadbasket of Haiti. It provided so much of Haiti's food...staple vegetables, rice, fruit and much more. This has ALL, as in 100%, been wiped out. Some crops had just been harvested - those are gone. Some were to be harvested in December - those are gone. Large trees like mango and breadfruit are gone or severely damaged and those, in particular, will take many years to come back and begin to produce again. 80% of livestock is gone. Some say that 90% of homes in the entire peninsula have been destroyed and those that weren't were damaged. Businesses were destroyed and the jobs that go with it. The places that people gathered to worship and go to school were destroyed. It's utter and complete devastation -- for millions of people in the western portion of Haiti. It's hard to wrap our minds around it. The Haitian people are resilient. They've been through many disasters and suffer an incredible amount on a daily basis. For the Christians, their hope is in the Lord. God has placed RMI and it's staff in a unique position to help in multiple ways and we are going to do our best to meet as many needs as possible. Please give what you can! http://ift.tt/2dVXzME #hurricanematthew #rmihaiti #rmibridge #Cayes #rmi #haiti
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
A Photo Update from RMI...
Here is a good map that shows the path of eye of Hurricane Matthew and the hurricane force winds field. Churches outside that area still could have sustained damage because of the huge amount of rain and high winds. Hopefully they fared better than those in the hurricane force winds area. Either way - continue to fervently pray for your C3 partner churches since they are undoubtedly facing serious challenges these days. #hurricanematthew #rmihaiti #rmibridge #Cayes #rmi #haiti
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
A Photo Update from RMI...
A fellow missionary, Kelly Crowdis, (not an RMI missionary) is traveling from Cayes to hopefully Tiburon or as far as she can get. Here is her post about Port Salut. You'll both be saddened yet feel the hope that she saw as she witnessed the people working at recovery on their own. "Past Port Salut is hard, hard, hard. Labei had 90-100 houses 4 are left standing. Went as far as les anglais, another team pushing through to open the road to tiburon. Samaritan's Purse is setting up a temporary cholera treatment center in chardonier and sent an advance team to Rondell. Doctors Without Borders had a few vehicles out. Cholera is everywhere! You cannot cross the river at port-a-piment with out help, the bridges are not safe. There is a lot ofsand on the road you need 4 wheel drive in places. The river at Les Anglais was still up over my pickup doors. Buses can get to Port-a-Piment. Things are worse than bad but there is still a sense of hope. Everyone still has a smile and can joke. The message this morning to everyone-don't block the roads help is coming and if you do they won't come back. And most important - we fell but we aren't down yet. Stand up and plant so we won't be hungry in January! People are making do with what they have. Selling the crops they had stored, making houses out of their roofs or whatever they can salvage. I saw three men planting rice and another hoeing to plant. Haiti needs help! But she is strong and will stand again!"
A Photo Update from RMI...
Perguens is on the road to check on the Ducis church. The assessments have begun! #hurricanematthew #rmihaiti #rmibridge #Cayes #rmi #haiti
Friday, October 07, 2016
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