March 1, 2010

Manno and I were able to speak this morning after numerous attempts at getting a call to go through.
He and Prisca had just hosted a team from Colorado last week that comes each year to work in the medical clinic. He said they saw between 800-1000 patients and Pillatre and then also spent Thursday working in the village of Lory.

He shared how they are continuing the work on a portion of the wall that surrounds the property. Part of it had been leaning for quite some time. All of the rain they have received as of late and the aftershocks were not helping it any so they are now busy rebuilding it.

He said he received a call that the first container was going to arrive over the weekend. He was heading down to the port in Cap Haitian to check on it's arrival this morning. He will be arranging for delivery to the Pillatre complex.

For this shipment and others that are currently on their way, we actually purchased the container everything is shipped in so that they will have a safe place to store it at Pillatre. He said he'd take a lot of pictures as they begin to unload and distribute it.

Please be praying that they can establish an orderly and safe way to share these supplies with those in need. Also, they continue to have very strong aftershocks. They had a 6.4 aftershock just this past Tuesday. Please pray that God will continue to protect them.

All for now,
Shelley