November 2010

It's now November 2010, into our fifth month in Haiti. We are working for CCH as the Directors of Outreach and the leaders of the Isaiah 61 house (team housing). Things are calm right now as their are no teams. We have worked hard to establish an order and gain the trust and respect of the staff. We have done everything from maintainance to writing job descriptions and contracts for staff.
We just dealt with Hurricane Tomas a few days ago. We asked our staff to stay at the Isaiah house if their homes were in any way questionable and bring their immediate family with them. We had 40+ people including a couple of girls from a nearby tent city and two men with physical disabilities. One of men Jean Robert has been in a wheelchair since the Earthquake in January. The earthquake broke his body but not his spirit. He is a very friendly person, everytime I saw him he was smiling. We exchanged phone numbers, I hope to get to talk to him soon. Thanks to God the hurricane wasn't bad. As always in Haiti, I heard of seven deaths due to flood waters, again Thankful for the low number.
As well as continuing on with CCH, we also are continuing the boys home, which is a sponsership program for boys from another town that come to Jacmel to go to school. We are also working with a group of deaf students buying Seaglass necklaces from them to sell as souveniers for teams.
The thing everyone wants to know is the status of the Pye Family. Danny is still being HELD, no charges just HELD sounds nicer than false imprisonment. Alot of people are praying for his release and alot of people are pushing the authorities to pressure the judge into releasing him. The affect is a judge who claims to be conducting an investigation, and doesn't want people to think he is being paid to release Danny. He prefers to hold a person for no reason, so it looks like he's being paid to keep him there, go figure. We were told that JIH dropped the complaint against Danny. Which why wouldn't they, they got everything they wanted from getting Danny thrown into jail, a distraught wife and family that would do anything to get her husband and their father released, including giving up the assets that were given to the Pyes because of their love for the Haitian people and what they are doing for the children, by people that support them not an organization.
As we continue to push forward, we pray that we can forgive our enemies, and keep focused on why we are here, to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Haiti. Please continue to pray for us as we travel down the road before us.