Dec 24,2010

Another suddenly in our lives. Thursday morning at 2:30 am Judy's brother called to tell us that their mother had a heart attack and wasn't expected to live through the day. We immediately started putting things in order, packing and calling the airlines to find out how quick we could make it to KY. We said our goodbyes to all our staff and headed toward the PAP airport around 7am. We flew to Fort Lauderdale....PTL! there were 3 seats left on the plane. As we cleared customs and immigration there we received another phone call that she had experienced another heart attack. We switched airlines....Ft Lauderdale to Tampa, Tampa to Nashville. As we landed in Tampa we received word that she had taken her final flight to be with her Heavenly Father...Sad that we didn't get to see her one more time but rejoiciing that she was no longer in pain.
Our week before had been calm as the political factions decided to wait until after Christmas to do their manifesting. The mission team from New Work Fellowship in Hopkinsville, Ky voted to come on down any way knowing that they might spend Christmas in Haiti. Great group. They worked pouring well pump bases, repairing and installing pumps, cleaning out containers on the property, ministering in the Burn Clinic and packing over 500 back packs and sacks for Christmas. What fun to see the faces of the children as they received these backpacks filled with hygiene items, toys and candy.
David Jr. and Betsy arrived on Dec 15th. We had meetings with Samaritan's Purse leadership to map out the direction for both ministries in the coming year. It was great to have them there for a few days not knowing that only 4 days after they left we would be returning to KY.
Please pray for our entire family....the ones we left behind in Haiti and the ones here as we say our last goodbyes to my Mom.

Tuesday Dec 14, 2010

The airport has been closed since last Wednesday. Prayerfully it will open today. Eileen Brenize has been here with us for a week and flies out today....God willing. She continues to oversee a program called "Hope for Tomorrow" that she and Dave started when they lived in Haiti. It is a wonderful outreach with Flannelgraph.
Much of the country was shutdown Wed, Thurs. and Fri of last week. People began to move out and get supplies on Saturday. Some of our staff went to the grocery and stood in line to check out for and hour and fifteen minutes. By days end the shelves were empty....just like announcing a snowstorm in the US.
Saturday Franklin Graham, his daughter, Sarah Palin and family and Greta VanSusteran and husband all arrived on the GO compound. They immediately took vehicles and headed north to see the cholera clinic and pass out Christmas boxes at an orphanage. On Sunday morning they arrived back on compound for breakfast and a service with all the ex-pats on the property. Had at least a 100 or more in the service.
Monday we were told that more manifestations would occur in town but the Lord sent RAIN...it is rare to have rain in Dec. Praise the Lord traffic was able to move again and David and I were able to go into the bank. It is amazing how we take for granted things like shopping until it isn't possible.
Today American Airlines is flying again. David and Eileen are on their way to the airport. Going in a couple of hours early. We know there is a tremendous backlog of people who want to get out but people who are ticketed for today get first chance.
I know it is COLD where most of you live but this morning it was 73 degrees on our galleria. BURR...that is cold for here especially with the dampness from the rains yesterday. Everyone has on long sleeves this morning.

Thursday Dec 9, 2010

Monday the team gave out food to the "old people" before going over to paint the last permanent home in the village. David and I took Mark to the airport before going to pick up supplies for the next couple of weeks. Tuesday the team was able to get to airport to fly back to WI and David spent the next several hours looking for parts needed to hook up a new fuel tanker that we purchased a couple of weeks ago. We have to have more fuel storage on the property and a tanker seemed the easiest way to do this. The results for the presidential elections were announced Tuesday evening late. Most of the people were not happy with the results so since Tuesday evening very few vehicles have moved in the country. Lots of manifestations, burning tires, burning vehilces and road blocks in the most of the country. We are fine where we are and can move about 5 or 6 miles north and south if needed but NO public transportation is moving. Five of our staff can't get to work as they live in closer to town. The president announced last night that there had been an error in the count but don't know what that will mean to the people or the difference it will make. This is the second day of total shutdown for the country. Pray that rational minds will prevail and soon people can get back to work, the stores can open, the banks can open, schools can open and the airport can function again. No one is moving in or out of the country. PTL! our team was able to leave on Tuesday. We hear that over 700 people are stuck in Miami because AA can't fly in here.

Sunday Dec. 5, 2010

Tuesday our team arrived from Wisconsin. The plane was 1 1/2 hrs late so it was a pitch black dark when they arrived at the compound. Wednesday and a half of a day on Thursday they bagged over 400 "family" bags of clothes to give out. God willing we will give most of these out on Monday afternoon in Grand Chemin. Thursday afternoon and Friday they painted two of the permanent houses inside and out that we have built in TiTanyen. Saturday was their day out and they visited an orphanage about 50 miles up the road. On Thursday a gentleman from Tampa arrived to spend a few days here so he has joined their team. One man on the team and his 17 year old son have done a lot of mechanic work. Always a blessing.
Today David preached at Shekina Church... had 4 people saved. Tonight he preached at Second Baptist in town and 10 people accepted Jesus as their personal savior. PTL! This is why we are here. ...to share the Gospel.

Nov. 30, 2010

Elections went as expected. Lots of confusion, lots of fraud reported. Many unable to get to the polling stations. Ballots found out in the alleys and streets. The government report that all went well. 12 of the 19 candidates called to the elections to be nullified. Very little traffic on the roads yesterday and no schools were in session. This is Haiti.
Today David went into town to purchase much needed supplies and he said traffic was off at least 50%. This is good when you are having to drive. We have a team of 14 arriving today. They will be painting, sorting and sacking clothes for give away, etc. Friendships left and gave us a lot more clothes to give away.
Our son...David Jr....turned 46 today. Happy Birthday !!!!

Nov. 27, 2010

I'm sure many of you know of the cholera outbreak here in Haiti. Samaritan's Purse...located on our property...along with many other organizations have been battling this outbreak for over a month. Lots of medical teams are arriving in the country but the main problem is getting the meds they need out to the areas where the worse outbreaks are. Customs and the government are holding thousands of cases of the needed IV's. One distributor said they couldn't sell to organizations working in the province because they needed to keep the IV's in reserve in case there is a major flare up in PAP. Our nurses have been doing education in the schools, churches, etc. Some of our staff have been involved in helping other clinics keep their doors open around the clock. As of this weekend many of the clinics are seeing fewer new cases. As you can imagine there will always be an ebb and flow consistent with the living conditions here.
Always busy getting caught up after being gone for a few weeks. The schools are functioning well. This year with the help of Blessings in a Backpack and an NBA basketball star's foundation we have added lots of new items to our school feeding program. The teachers and students are thrilled. We started the new menus this week. The morning and afternoon schools are having meat four days each week and one day a boiled egg along with the rice/beans, corn/ spaghetti, etc. The Kindergarten has added eggs, hot dogs, chocolate milk and fresh juice to their usual snack time of bread, peanut butter, milk, juice and cookies.
Thanksgiving Day all our American staff gathered at our house for a lovely dinner. Everyone brought in goodies and we have a wonderful day of food, fellowship and sharing of the Word.
David and crew have spent hours and hours trying to get caught up with the breakdowns of vehicles. We've ordered parts from everywhere and had them shipped to teams coming in.
The Runk's with their two children have joined us for 90 days....he has mechanical and maintenance skills and they are being put to good use. They are seeking the Lord's will as to whether this is where He would have them serve full time. Please pray for them.
We have national elections tomorrow for Deputy Senate and President. Please pray for calm to reign. Travel will be limited tomorrow for the entire country.

Tuesday Nov 16, 2010

Another busy week getting items purchased and packed to come back to Haiti. We arrived back here last Saturday. We left KY Thursday morning early and headed to Nashville to prepare to load a 40 ft container on Friday. PTL! we had 42 people show up to help us sort, sack and load. Teams of people came from Bells Run Church , Walnut Memorial Church, Bellvue Church in Owensboro, KY, Paul Scott team from Orleans, IN, people from Louisville and Nashville. It looked impossible to sort all the clothes in Tommy Scott's warehouse but this crew "got it done." The container arrived about 2 hrs late so many of the team members who drove so far sacrificed their time and returned home very late. THANKS TO ALL WHO GAVE ITEMS FOR THIS CONTAINER AND THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME AND LOADED THE CONTAINER.
We arrived back to a country that is being ravaged by cholera. So many new cases and many dying for lack of knowledge on how to treat and reduce the spread of the disease. Our plane coming back to Haiti had at least 95% medical people coming to serve. Pray for the release of a plane load of IV's that is being held in customs ???? Why????. These are needed in the treatment of the cholera cases. Our nursing staff is doing education in the schools and churches here in our area and helping others man their clinics. It is 24 hr round the clock at all clinics and hospitals. PRAY PRAY PRAY

November 7, 2010

On the road for two weeks. No time for blog updates. THANK YOU for your prayers for Haiti during the hurricane. Our area was not hit hard and the devastation to the entire country was much less than expected. PRAYER WORKS!!! We need you to continue the prayers. We've heard from our staff in Haiti that there are more cases of cholera and that it is spreading closer to our compound. Several cases are being treated at the Haitian clinic next door to us and Susan... one of our nurses helped them through the night last night. All the missions in our area are meeting and working together to help educate the population and deal with this epedimic.
We had a team arrive in Haiti on Saturday from CO. Sheryl said it was a challenge to get to the airport. Lots of flooding on the roads. Praise the Lord they arrived back at the compound safely.
We were blessed to be in a 5 day Missions conference at Christ Church in Nashville. (Oct 27-31) This is an annual conference and it was great to see so many friends. It was exciting for us to see what a multi-culture church this has become.
Glen and Linda Erickson drove a rental truck from CO with their furniture and items to put on the container shipping out of Nashville. We will be loading the container this coming Friday. People are coming from KY and IN to help.
Global had their annual Missions conference and Fall Board meeting Nov. 4-6. We had 46 missionaries there for the conference. This is the most we've ever had at one time. What a joy to visit with them and hear how the Lord is working in countries around the world.

Saturday Oct 9, 2010

Another busy week. Trying to get the drs. appts. over with...demotology, dentist, drs. Then it was off to buying items needed to ship to Haiti on the next container. We purchased tractor tires, large truck tires, washer, lawn mower, weed eaters, parts, etc. On Thursday we rented a 26 ft U-Haul and went to Louisville to pick up items that had been left from the last load. On Friday David, Larry Heady and Tony Isbill gathered up all the other materials...Jerry Cotton had 75 padded folding chairs his church had given and also some window a/c units....and they headed for Nashville. They unloaded at Tommy Scott's warehouse and returned to Owensboro.
On Nov12th we will be loading a 40ft container for Haiti. David and I will stay in Nashville that night and fly back to Haiti on the morning of the 13th.
I'm sure everyone has heard about the cholera outbreak in Haiti. As of today they are saying 203 have died and over 2,000 stricken. Three or four have died near our compound but had been infected visiting the area north of TiTanyen. Our ministry and Samaritan's Purse are being very pro-active in fighting the disease. SP has shut down all their other work in order to put all their energies toward the cure and prevention of the spread of the cholera. No one is coming on to the compound without going directly to the Conference Center showers and washing in a disinfecting solution. We feel that everyone there is safe for now. We did have a team of 5 from TN there this week. SP had talked with the Embassy and there was talk of shutting down the airport. We didn't want this team to get stranded so ...with an opportunity from SP who had a plane in PAP the team flew from PAP to Cap Haitian (north capital of Haiti)
and from there would be flying on a DC3 Missionary Flights International plane to West Palm Beach, FL. PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STAFF ON THE FIELD.

Oct 16, 2010

It has been a good week. Trying to get caught up on some dentist and doctors appts. Also met with some Samaritan's Purse leadership to work out arrangements for their future stay on the GO compound. Had a good visit from Bethany Johnson this week. (ministered with us in Haiti for 4 months in 2008) She just returned from 2 years in the Philippines with her Associates degree as a Midwife. She is now pursuing a RN degree. Many have asked about my Mom. She is doing very well but would love to be able to go back to her own home. She can only walk with a person on either side of her so right now going home is not an option. She will have her 93rd birthday on Oct 24th. God is good!!

Sunday 27, 2010

We had the opportunity to worship at our home church today. Always good to share with family and friends. Tonight David and I were at First Baptist Church Lewisport. They were so warm and receptive as we shared in video, testimonies and the Word. (Of course being Baptist...they had a spread of food after the service.)

Saturday Oct 9, 2010

God is so good. The service for Paul on Tuesday was truly a celebration of his life. Each and every person that was a part of the service shared how Paul had impacted their life and the lives of those around him. With estimates of 1,000 attending the service around 500 were policemen, firemen and sheriff departments . They lined the hall ways of the church as the family entered and left. As we drove to the gravesite every street was blocked off for the 20 miles with police, etc standing outside their cars saluting as the hearse passed. They did the same at the graveside along with bagpipes and a 21 gun salute. So many people came up to the family later telling story after story of how Paul had reached out in their time of need and ministered to them. We continue to get cards, letters, phone calls and emails from people we don't even know telling us stories of Paul. David's part in the service...he shared family memories and then shared the Gospel. His sharing has opened doors for the family to boldly share Jesus with so many.
David and I left immediately after the service and drove to Tupelo,MS. Missionary Orientation Training for five new couples started on Monday and we were able to teach all our sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We returned to KY on Friday night. Thank you for all your prayers.

Sunday Oct 3, 2010

So much has happened since I last wrote. Last Monday was a busy day as we were preparing to leave and come to the US on Tuesday. We were scheduled to be in MS for David to preach in a church in Tupelo this Sunday and then start Mission Orientation Training on Monday Oct 4th.
All our plans changed on Thursday morning at 10 am when we received a phone call from our son saying our grandson had been in an accident. About 30 mins. later after arriving at the hospital David Jr called and said Paul didn't make it. Paul was riding his bike and was struck by a car and killed. Paul was an 8 year veteran on the Louisville Metro Police Dept and had been training to join the bike patrol. He leaves a wife Ann and two daughters. We immediately packed and headed to Louisville to be with all the family. Visitation will be from noon until 7pm Monday at Pearson Ratterman Funeral Home and the funeral will be 10am Tuesday at Southeast Christian Church. We have truly experienced what a brotherhood the Faternal Order of police is. There has been such an outpouring of support for the family from them as well as friends of the family. We covet your prayers as David ministers in this service.

Sunday Sept 26, 2010

Saturday morning Brumley's had a team from one of their supporting churches in CO arrive in Haiti. This is an all male team and they've come to do construction on temporary shelters as well painting some of our permanent houses. David, Chris and Sheryl took the team over the mountain to give out lots of packages of macaroni...thanks Ragu..and also really nice ball caps that had been donated after the earthquake. What a fun time to also share scripture pamphlets.
This morning David preached at Shekina. What a sweet time of worship. The men's and women's choirs were both awesome. Six people prayed to receive Christ as their personal Savior.

Sunday Sept. 26, 2010

Another interesting week. Lots of meetings. Wednesday we met with leadership of Samaritan's Purse to discuss the future. On Thursday we visited with with Bill Neush, his father and wife Herman and Janet Neush and Janet's son Scott...all from Texas. It was a joy to show them the houses that they had been a part of building in the village of TiTanyen. We found out Thursday afternoon that we needed to make a meeting with Convention Baptiste' d Haiti in Cap Haitian. We took an in country flight there on Friday morning. Had a very productive meeting with CBH and we flew out at 3 pm coming back to Port-au-Prince. About 10 minutes before landing in PAP the pilot notified the passengers that there was bad weather in PAP and we were returning to Cap Haitian. After we landed the flight crew told us it would be 11:45 am Saturday morning. We had met a French business man on the plane so we suggested maybe we could rent a car and drive down together. ( this is a 6 hr drive...first 3 hours over very rough roads and by now it is 5pm) . After about 30 minutes of dealing with a rental car agency they decided that they would only let us rent if we used a chauffeur and the chauffeur couldn't leave until Sat. morning at 6 am. We could however pay a $1,600 deposit and they would let us take a car. We said "thanks but no thanks". There are two main commuter flights in Haiti...Tortug Air and Salsa...Tortug being the largest. We flew on Salsa. As we return to the airlines counter to find out some hotel phone numbers they told us that a Tortug flight had just arrived from Nassau and the pilot had agreed to take us on to PAP because the bad weather had cleared out. We said "when". The lady said "NOW". We gladly paid another one way ticket to arrive back in PAP at 5:30 pm. When we landed we found a lot of damage from the 60 mph winds and rain which produced a lot of flooding. We arrived back at the compound at 6:45pm after driving around a lot of downed trees, power lines and billboards.
Most of the town was blacked out and many areas of the tents cities were heavily damaged. The last we heard 5 people lost their lives. We thank God for His protection. We never take this for granted.

Tuesday Sept 21, 2010

Mechanic work, mechanic work, mechanic work. It is never ending. Too many old vehicles on roads that are too rough. David and Chris spent half of the day in town trying to find solid core doors and other supplies in order to finish the permanent homes we are constructing in the village. We have completed 17 and prayerfully we will continue to receive funds to do even more. Not only are they a blessing for those receiving them but for the men constructing them. PTL!! for jobs.
We started last week repairing all the school buildings to get ready for school to open Oct. 4th. This week we are cleaning and painting them. Our school directors have the material purchased and the uniforms made. This is the week they will purchase school books. Not as easy to find this year as so many places that printed and sold books went down in the earthquake. Still so much recovery needed.

Monday Sept 20, 2010

What a great week. Last Monday started with a 6 member team from NY. This group had put together 240 - 5 gallon buckets full of food (rice, beans, flour, sugar,oil, spaghetti, peanut butter, etc. ) and trucked them to Nashville,TN. last June. We put them on a container we were shipping in and the group came to give them out. What a blessing to so many families. I know the team thought it was worth all the effort they put into this project when they saw the faces of the recipients. The team also sorted and bagged around 100 family bags of clothing for us to give out. These bags of clothes will go to the mountain area where the need is great. So much of the relief effort is consentrated in the tent cities.
This team left on Thursday morning and two of our granddaughters with two of their friends arrived Thursday afternoon. This was a blessing as it was Christy's third trip down this year and Mary K's first. The ladies with them were with an organization called Blessings in a backpack. They were here to encourage an NBA player and his foundation to get involved with Haiti. It was fun to see the faces of everyone as they greeted these "big" men.

Sunday Sept. 12, 2010

David and crew took the new truck out that has a small crane on the back. It is perfect for installing new pumps and repairing old pumps. Sure saves on a lot of lifting and back pain. We completed another new water well in one of the tent cities...this was number #12 . It takes a crew many days a month just to keep up with pump repairs.
David preached at the TiTanyen Youth Conference Friday night. There were 5 decisions for Christ. He preached again this morning. What a wonderful spirit filled service. The worship was awesome and the preaching anointed.
Bible Study with the staff at 5pm tonight. Great to have the Brumley's back from their well deserved few weeks break.
Looks like we have a lot of "weather" headed our way. Pray that the rains won't be so heavy that they will create mudslides in this already devastated land.

Sept 8, 2010

David is off to the airport with the medical team. What a blessing they were as they ministered to over 400 patients each day in two clinics. This team was very flexible as we were short on American staff...Sheryl was on furlough and I was out with malaria. I'm feeling fine now. Praise the Lord for a good immune system. I've bounced back in a hurry.
Lots of mechanic work was also accomplished. We came close to not giving Dell...the mechanic...his passport back. Pray as David and our crew try to finish repairing all the breakdowns. Chris is bringing in some needed parts on Friday.

Friday 3, 2010

I'm doing better tonight. It's been a tough week but only low grade fever tonight. The medical team is doing fine. They have joined with NC Baptists who are here on our compound and are doing two medical clinics each day. They have seen lots of patients and their only complaint is that it is real hot. Yesterday was 106.7 here at the house. This is the first time in 28 years that I haven't been able to work with a team. A little humbling. Please pray for complete healing. The medical team also brought a mechanic with them so he is definitely an answer to prayer. He told David that he hadn't done mechanic work for 25 years. David told him that was fine because most of the vehicles we have that need work are about that old.!!! He has already fixed some things that other mechanics had given up on. God always knows what we need.

Wednesday Sept. 1.2010

Strangest thing....I don't remember getting a mosquito bite since I returned to Haiti?????

Wednesday Sept. 1.2010

The team from MS finished up their time on Friday. Took them on their day out. We always like for the teams to help out the economy buying souvenirs. The World Race team flew out on Saturday. WOW! a weekend without having to fix 3 meals a day.
Monday is always a little crazy. We have so many in the Burn Clinic right now and it is also the day for the "elderly people" feeding program. Not having any groups in made us a little short handed.
Linda, a couple from Friendships and I went to town on Tuesday to finally get a haircut and also to buy groceries. Of course it is an all day job. David called about 1:00pm and asked if we could help him unload a bunch of boxes coming out of customs for Agape. We stopped for lunch about 2pm. By the time I arrived home I was worn out....too much so for just a day out. Around 5 pm I had developed fever, chills, headache, aching muscles and diarrhea. I'm referred to in Haiti as "Iron Woman" because I am rarely sick but last night was different. I really thought I had Dengue Fever but this afternoon when the NC Baptist medical team arrived back on the property they tested me for Malaria. It is positive. NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE SICK David is picking up a 14 member medical team at the airport right now. Pray that all goes well with them. I'm starting on medicine tonight.

Tuesday Aug 24,2010

The team is painting the new permanent homes. Great to have so many hands. Some of the guys from MS decided to put the roof on one of the new homes. The others are painting them inside and out. The mayor of TiTanyen was here to visit me today and he was sharing how great it was for so many families to be able to move into the beautiful homes. We just purchased 12 more loads of material...sand/gravel..for the new homes. The driver just called to say he is delivering more right now and needs me to sign the receipt. Pray all of you have a good day in the Lord.

Monday Aug 23, 2010

Friday and Saturday were clean up days for all the destruction that happened with the high winds on Thursday evening. It was great to see GO staff, World Race team and Samaritan's Purse staff all come together to help Friend Ships pick up, move and store all tents and items that were under the "circus tent" that blew away. They were able to salvage the big tent. They took it apart, folded it and stored it on pallets until the boat arrives to take it back to the US for repair.
Saturday afternoon a team of 10 arrived from the Tupelo/Ponotoc, MS area. What a great group. They represent 4 churches. The pastor of Woodland Baptist preached in David's place at TiTanyen on Sunday. He was so funny. He told them he had never had the opportunity to speak to such a large congregation....over 1,000. Sunday afternoon we took them for a tour of PAP to show them area where the earthquake hit the hardest. Later Sunday afternoon we went to a village about 6 miles north of our compound. They gave out some soccer balls, did balloon animals and gave out sacks of candy. What a great area to do this....small and didn't get mobbed. As we were leaving the lady we went to see invited us into her home and insisted we stay for something to drink. I told her we had to be back for Bible Study but she told me she had already prepared something. When we all crowded into her home she served us cokes and packages of crackers. The team was humbled. Isn't God good??

Thursday Aug 19, 2010

Adventures of the Saints !!! That is the comment I heard tonight as we surveyed the damage from a storm that went through here around 7pm. The winds seemed like hurricane force. The large yellow and white tent that Friend Ships was using as their base blew away taking with it smaller tents that were set up inside, cots, food, all their cooking facilities, etc. The couple living here had just gone into a small trailer as the rain started. PTL! they were not inside the tent. The tent wrapped around some trucks of Samaritan's Purse that were parked in the field. Lots of damage. We have trees down all over the property. We've had lots of rain in the last two weeks and the ground was soft. The trees uprooted and then the wind broke off a lot of huge limbs. It really looks like a tornado hit the compound. None of our buildings sustained any damage and no one on the compound was hurt. Praise the Lord!!! A power line out in front of the property broke across the road so the entrance to the compound was blocked for a while. We have our work cut out for us for the next few days. We are blessed to have 9 World Racers still here...in fact we gained 2 more today. They will join us in the clean up.

Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010

David drove in the driveway with the new ...new to us.. utility truck with a crane on the back at 4 pm this afternoon. He had been at customs and assurance since 10 am. Nothing is ever simple or easy. Our broker had been working on papers for over a week and a half. Now we will wait on the plaques before we can start using it. This is the last of the three vehicles we shipped in. Glad to have them all here. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of blessing the mission with these much needed vehicles.
Meetings everyday. Trying to get school staff settled for the fall. We will be hiring a couple of new teachers and putting a new director in for the Morning and Afternoon Schools. We also met with Samaritan's Purse leadership to go over long term plans for their ministry in Haiti. They will be moving offices, etc to the lower part of the GO property. This will enable GO to open the Conference Center again early next year. NC Baptist Rescue 24 will also be staying here through August of 2011. It is great to see all the organizations working together.
I'm working in the Burn Clinic each day helping Susan while Sheryl is out for a few weeks. We've had several new burns this past week. We've had two toddlers come with burned hands. No one watching them close and they stuck their hands in hot pots of water. One 11 year old was carrying a pot of hot water and spilled it down the front of her. Pray that the parents will bringing these children for treatment everyday.

Monday Aug 16, 2010

The 40ft container that arrived on Friday is empty and the items are stored in our own containers. We had 9,000 more pounds of Ragu pasta in the container so today we gave some to the participants in the Elderly feeding program. They will receive a package each week along with their other food items for many weeks. They love it. We will be sharing some of this along with clothes, shoes, etc with orphanages, communities, etc.
David preached Sunday at Jim Cartright's church. There was a sweet spirit and a special anointing on the service. Eleven people prayed to receive Christ. PTL!
So many things broke down...tractors, generators, well rigs, trucks, lawnmowers, 4 wheelers....the list is never ending but David and crew continue to "peck away" at fixing each. We continue to pray for the Lord to send a mechanic.

August 15, 2010

Construction of New Permanent Homes

Retaining Walls & Franklin Graham

These videos are courtesy of Colby Gardner, a current resident of the Global Outreach Visitors Quarters. He is with the World Race. They are traveling to 11 countries in 11 months to live the life of the people and serve them with the Gospel, whatever that may look like. If you would like to see more of his videos, please visit his blog at colbygardner.theworldrace.org

Judy

Friday 13, 2010

Great week! The 7 young people from the World Race team have truly been a blessing to us. Guess we will let them stay their entire time in Haiti...Aug 28th!!!! They have been willing to do whatever....digging ditches, mixing concrete, working in the clinic, doing office work, sacking pills for clinic...the list goes on and on. Wednesday Danny Wilkerson, his son Devin and 5 other team members came and are staying with us while they are working at their mission compound about 7 miles. What a blessing to have former missionaries who are dear friends too come and be a part of our lives for a few days.
Another 40 ft container arrived today. What a blessing. We started unloading it this afternoon. Will finish tomorrow because the company will come and pick up the container on Monday. Don't have much time to unload this one.
Today David paid the customs on the third vehicle coming out of customs. Hopefully the truck will come out on Monday....God willing.
PTL! the van we shipped into Haiti that came out of customs two weeks ago ...came out with the front right fender pushed in. The passenger door wouldn't open. David and Danny just repaired it tonight so we can use this van on Sunday for the first time. HEY...everyone....we now have a van with air condition that works.

Tuesday August 10,2010

David and Pete had a good visit with a lot of missionaries in Central America. Their last stop was Costa Rica. They had a great visit with the Turner's and Faulk's. They returned to the US on Sat. Went from Memphis back to Tupelo and on Monday had a Leadership team meeting. The Gibson's drove David back to Memphis Monday afternoon late. He was supposed to fly out of there and arrive in Haiti at 4 pm today. Franklin Graham was flying into Haiti today and wanted to meet with us to discuss the future of Samaritan's Purse staying on the GO compound. David needed to arrive in Haiti this morning to be at this meeting so he changed his flight and flew into Miami last night arriving at midnight and caught the early morning flight into Haiti. PTL! for flexibility.
Franklin met and shared encouraging words with our staff and all the other ministries located on the GO property. After this we spent the next 1 1/2 riding around the property discussing the possibilities of relocating the SP ministry to the west end of the property in order for GO to be able to return to its Conference Center ministry (pastors, youth groups, etc.)
I am certainly glad to have my husband back home after his three weeks of travel.

Thursday Aug. 5,2010

David and Pete are flying out of Honduras today and into Costa Rica. They have had a great time with all the missionaries.
You never know what a day will bring. Wednesday morning I received a call from Joshua...who is the grandson of one of GO's former Board members. Joshua is a part of a group called World Race. They will be in 11 countries in 11 months. They were in the Dominican Republic for July and headed to Haiti for August. Where they were supposed to stay and minister fell through. Joshua called home, got our phone numbers to call me and ask if we had a place for them. PTL! we did and we were able to accommodate all 7 of them in their team. I think there are 6 or 7 teams like them in Haiti right now. Four ladies and three young men. AH!!!!!!! lots of hands to work. After sleeping on the floor, etc for the last month and doing their own cooking they were sure happy to have beds, good showers and a good meal. So appreciative. (one young man leaned over and whispered in my ear after supper...."this is the first time I've been full in a month.") I'm excited to see how the Lord is going to use these young people here in the coming days.

Monday Aug 2, 2010

Friday the school graduates had a celebration with a big meal and gifts for each. The Kindergarten children received dolls and cars and the older graduates received Bibles. Had a hard time finding 40 Bibles. The place where we normally purchase Bibles has been out for some time. One of our teachers went downtown from vendor to vendor finding what we needed. We didn't have our normal 3 hours graduation program. After losing so much school time the teachers decided not to waste any time on preparing the kids for a graduation program and spend that time finishing their studies.
Our broker for the two vehicles we shipped in called and said he had the rest of the paper work and the license plates so I was able to go pick them up. PTL! for a van with A/C. I know the teams will be pleased. The new dump truck will be a big help too.
David is in Honduras this week. He and Pete traveling from one area to another. Several of the missionaries were able to come into one location and have a meeting and fellowship time with each other. Later in the week they will travel to Costa Rica.

Friday July 30,2010

It's been a great week. Lots accomplished. The volunteer quarters ice maker/laundry house is finished. The ice maker and washer moved in and functioning. What a joy to bless two of the ministries on the compound with ice. We forget what simple things we take for granted. Friendships ministry ...the ministry living in a large tent here on the compound...hasn't had any ice since they've been here. They were thrilled when the cooler of ice appeared at their tent.
Our schools finished up this week. The teachers are going to be in a teacher's conference all next week. It is amazing that schools were able to finally finish their classes this year. Schools won't start in Sept but will resume in Oct. Please pray we are able to find all the books and materials that we will need to start school.
David and Pete left Belize today. Had to fly through El Salvador on their way to Honduras. They had a 7 hour lay over in San Salvador but were blessed by such a nice airport. David was excited to have free internet. He was able to make lots of calls on SKYPE. Technology is amazing!!!!!

July 27, 2010

FLEXIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! That is what the Westport team was. They did mobile clinics, painted some of our permanent homes, built temporary shelters and many days did all three. Thanks to all.
Thursday David flew to the US. He and Pete Gibson from our GO Home office are in Central America for the next couple of weeks. Lots of visiting with our missionaries in all these countries. ..Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, etc.
Monday's are never dull. We were about 4 people short to do all the things that needed to be done this day.
We started two more permanent homes. Praise the Lord for those who gave toward these buildings. The families are thrilled to have a safe and secure place to live.
Our broker called and said the two vehicles we shipped about 6 weeks ago had arrived at the port and we needed to move them (Monday) from the shipper's lot. I took Chris and Saul in to be the drivers and to go to Assurance (Gov. Insurance) to verify motor #'s, etc. They arrived at the port at 9am and arrived home at 4pm. Nothing ever goes quick here. We had the insurance papers to drive the vehicles back to the compound...now we wait for the license plates. Who knows when we will get them?

Friday July 23. 2010

Global Outreach Haiti is in URGENT need of a maintenance/mechanic person . This could be a couple or a single man. They need to be able to diagnosis and repair vehicles and do light building maintenance. We will provide housing. For more information ...call the GO office 662-842-4615 or call David Heady at 859-400-0010 (this number is a stateside number that rings in Haiti.)

Thursday July 22, 2010

The team from Westport Rd. Baptist Church arrived on Saturday morning. Casey Dean left Sunday morning. She was, as always, a blessing to our lives. We have lots of new pictures of children who need to be sponsored. Any takers??
We all enjoyed the wonderful anointed Sunday service at TiTanyen. Kernyne, Pastor Kelly's 20 year old daughter lead worship and it was worship. Mme Pastor Kelly lead the prayer time it was a time of thanksgiving. Who even realized that the service was 3 1/2 hrs long? The spirit of the Lord was definitely in that place!!
The men have been constructing temporary shelters and the ladies have been doing mobile clinics and as well as construction. Fifteen new shelters were constructed in 4 days. We still have a 1/2 of a day to go. The ladies were truly touched by the orphanage where the clinic was held yesterday. The construction and the clinics have been done as we partnered with NC Baptist Rescue 24 ministry that is here on our property. It is a blessing to see so many work together to accomplish His purpose.

July 17, 2010

The team finished wiring the school yesterday. David left with them at 6:30am so they could tour downtown Port-au-Prince before heading to the airport. Nothing like taking one team to the airport and picking up another. The team of 12 from Westport Rd. Baptist Church arrives this morning at 8am. They will be painting some of the new permanent houses, constructing temporary shelters, working in mobile medical clinics, ministering in the Burn Clinic and repairing the satellite system so we can receive wireless at the Volunteer Quarters. So much to do and we appreciate all the hands that come to help.

July 15, 2010

Sent Ron Johnson's team back to the States this morning. What a great job they did in constructing the new metal shop. Really wanted to hide their passports and keep them longer. Sam Massey's team is working on putting electricity and lights in a new school in town. They will leave Saturday at noon. We have a team from Louisville arriving Saturday morning to work on construction, etc.
Casey and I took the Bruns girls, Josh and Ashley Johnson to work on Sponsorship at the Kindergarten yesterday. The compound is buzzing with activity. Lots of temporary shelters being assembled here to be set up in villages.

July 13, 2010

Long time since my last post. Lots going on. Update on David:
June 28th....did 3 different tests on David at the hospital
July 2.........tried to do barium swallow x-rays...had to reschedule for July 6th.
July 8th ... more tests on veins to stomach.
July 9th .. 4pm .results on tests say diverticulitis, diverticulosis and infection in the duodenum.
Doctor prescribed 10 days of two types of antibiotics.
July 9th 6pm.....had our tickets changed to leave for Haiti.
July 11th....Arrived in Haiti PTL!!!!!!!!! Casey Dean ...Becky Ivy's daughter met up with us in
Miami and will be with us for a week working on sponsorship

New 40ft x 60ft Metal shop building....erected in 6 days. Ron Johnson, 2 of his children and a friend came to erect this building. Ben Yantis, a GO Board member, flew in to help. We had a team of 10 men from Thaxton, MS arrive a couple of days later. All these skilled hands made the work go quickly. They not only erected the metal building but poured the concrete floor in it too. GREAT WORK GUYS.

Sunday 27, 2010

We met with a couple of organizations in Louisville on Thursday that are interested in Haiti. Please pray for God's direction as they seek Him for their involvement.
Today is the second day of David's preparation for the upper GI and colon scope tomorrow. Please pray for the Lord's hand to direct the surgeon as he does the procedures.
PRAISE THE LORD! Last Thursday the 20 ft container that was loaded and shipped out of Louisville arrived in Haiti. Thanks for all who were involved in making this possible.

June 22, 2010

PRAISE THE LORD! David was released from the hospital Saturday afternoon. On his release the doctors told him that he would be having another CT scan in about a week and a scope in about 3 to 4 weeks. On Monday David was able to see his surgeon. He changed his mind and has scheduled David for a scope on Monday. This is good news. We are anxious to find out for sure what is going on. The sooner we can find out and get the treatment the sooner we can return to Haiti.

June 19, 2010

It has been a long week. David is still in the hospital. Doctors (4) still are not 100% as to his problem. They still say there some type of blockage but cannot confirm without a scope. They want him to heal for several more weeks before trying a scope....concerned they may perforate something. The second diagnosis is leaning toward diverticulis. The doctors say normally this can be treated outpatient but his case it too severe. He thought he was coming home Thursday then Friday and now hopefully this afternoon. They wanted to keep him on IV antibiotics. Please continue to pray.

June 18, 2010

Great teams.... June the 4th a team from Greeley, CO came to minister with our staff in Haiti. They had the privilege of constructing temporary housing, working at the Burn Clinic and doing multiple tasks around the compound. Not only did the Greeley team come but 4 days later a team from Hopkinsville, KY arrived. This team put together some sacks of goodies and distributed them in the mountains. The VQ was full. Our great staff worked tirelessly in helping these teams accomplish their ministries.

June 17, 2010

Take no thought for tomorrow...... Sunday night David had a rough night with pain and bloating in his stomach. On Monday he was able to get an appointment at 3pm and when the doctor examined him he ordered a CT scan of the stomach area immediately. It was around 9 pm when we had the results of the scan. The doctors said there was a partial blockage of the small intestine and wanted him to check into the hospital. His internist was sure they would be doing surgery. David begged of of checking in that late and asked to come back to the hospital on Tuesday morning. Reluctantly they let him come home.
He checked into the hospital on Tuesday. Several doctors examined him and decided to drop an NG tube down his nose into his stomach to give him some relief. For three days he has had only ice chips. After several consultations the doctors have decided that the blockage could be an infection. Wednesday morning late they put in an IV and started him on antibiotics. If these work he may be able to come home today or Friday. The doctors want him to stay on clear liquids this weekend and come back to see them on Monday.
He was supposed to do a wedding in Illinois on Saturday and we had to cancel. So sorry Noah and Johnson family. We are so disappointed we won't be able to be a part of this joyous celebration. We have our tickets to fly back to Haiti on Tuesday but that won't take place. Please pray for David's healing

June 12, 2010

We loaded a U Haul trailer in Tupelo with an organ and many other items for Haiti as we finished up MOT on Friday. David had a couple of meetings at the office so it was about 5:30pm when we left. We arrived in Nashville at Tommy and Becky Scott's home around 10 pm. We were up early and headed for the warehouse. PTL!!! LOTS of people showed up to help us sort, box and load the 40 ft container. Paul Scott came with 5 from the Indianapolis area, David Hall came with 5 from Tupelo and David Jr had gathered up 12 from the Louisville and Nashville area. It was a very hot day but we completed the loading by 1:30pm. As the Haitian proverb says...".a lot of hands make the load not heavy."

June 9, 2010

MOT is going very well. Seven great couples going to seven different countries. The staff in Haiti welcomed a team of 12 from Greeley, CO on Friday. I talked with Sheryl Brumley today and she said they are doing great...they had constructed 14 temporary homes and a community center in the area of Tapio in the mountains. Last night another team of 12 arrived from Hopkinsville, KY. They painted the clinic along with some other projects on the compound.
We are still trying to locate enough help to load the 40ft container in Nashville this Saturday. Let us know if you can help.

June 6, 2010`

David and I drove to Tupelo on Saturday. We shared in two churches today...Ecru and Thaxton Methodist. These churches are joining together to bring a team to Haiti in July. Tomorrow we start our MOT.. GO's Missionary Orientation Training...here in Tupelo for this entire week. We will have 14 new missionary candidates (7 couples) going to seven different countries in the world.
*NEED HELP LOADING A 40 ft CONTAINER IN NASHVILLE ON SATURDAY JUNE 12TH.
IF YOU CAN HELP CALL Judy at 502-396-1392 or David, Jr...502-558-7765

June 6, 2010

Many have asked about my mom. We have had to move her to a new facility in a more secure place for her. She seems to be very satisfied. The nice thing about where she is now is that Becky Ivy's ( our GO Sponsorship Director) mother and mother-in-law are in the same place and when I can't be there Becky checks on her every day and emails me about how she is doing. God is good.

June 4, 2010

OOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Travis...I goofed on the last name....it is Adkinson.
Opportunities.......... Our 53ft container arrived in Haiti with the new building. We need some skilled workers to help put it up. The dates are June 30 to July 15th. If you can work any of these days into your schedule and have some construction abilities please notify us at dhjheady@gmail.com

June 3, 2010

Saturday May 22 the team started painting the new permanant housing on the church property. The people were so excited. Lots of kids and of course everyone wanting to help. Sunday David preached at TiTanyen. Since church starts early...now 7am...they have resumed having Sunday School 6am to 7am...and we finish by 10:30 we decided to tour PAP with the team before eating lunch. It was good to see that some of the rubble had been cleaned up in the last few weeks. The filming crew took lots of pictures and video. Our entire staff and the team enjoyed Bible study Sunday night along with sandwiches and popcorn.
Monday was a busy day. The team had devotion and prayer time with all our Haitian male staff to start the day off. Then the team and film crew helped pass out food to the elderly and visited the Burn Clinic. We were able to spend about an hour at the Kindergarten and play with the kids during their recreation time. Time for lunch and then to the Afternoon School. Another day for painting houses too. Visited the Morning School. Everyone is glad to be back in school.
I took the film crew to visit some of the homes of our Haitian staff. We are repairing and in some cases completely rebuilding their homes damaged by the earthquake. We were able to hear some testimonies of how blessed they were that people from the US cared enough to send funds to rebuild for them. One of the ladies has worked for us for 13 years as a teacher's aid in the Kindergarten. We had to completely rebuild her home. She just couldn't stop smiling and as we started to leave she asked us to pray and dedicate her new home to the Lord. PTL!
The team painted four homes and had the privilege of dedicating one of them in memory of one of the team members business partner who passed away about two months ago.
JOY!!!!! The Lord has allowed us to experience so many things on the mission field but we had a first with this team from Louisville. One of the team members...Travis Green...had brought a beautiful diamond ring to Haiti with him. He had decided to propose to his girlfriend ...who was also on the team...in Haiti. Just to make it special David asked the pilot of Samaritan's Purse helicopter if he could possibly take them up and allow Travis to propose in flight. The pilot said he had a run to make so when he was ready to go he would take them up for a quick outing. David Jr told them they had been selected for the flight because they were "servants of the day". Travis's Mom, Dad and brother were all on the team so it was a real surprise for everyone as the helicopter landed and they announced their engagement. God is so good!!!!!!!!!!
Wed. back to the US. So hard for me to leave. It was so good to be home for a few days.

May 28, 2010

No, I did not fall off the side of a cliff. It seems I have had my plate full for the last month. I will try to give you bullet points to bring you up to date on what has been going on in the lives of the Heady's and the ministry in Haiti.
1.GO Board meeting...April 23,24 went very well. David and David, Jr were able to attend
2. David and I had the privilege of speaking to the Hancock Co Assn of Baptist Women...actually
there were several men present. Appreciate the opportunity to share our ministry
3. May 2nd...our children had an open house at church for our 50th Wedding Anniversary. It
was great to see everyone. The decorations were awesome. People came from TN, KY, IN, ILL and as far as FL. We received many cards and calls later of those who had intended on coming but were hindered by the storms and the major flooding in KY and TN. Thanks for all those who shared in this very special time for us. David and I left on Monday for a trip to Hawaii. We were able to see most of the islands. Very lovely.
4. David had some chest tightness during the week. We decided that we would have him checked out when we arrived back on the mainland.
5. Arrived back in KY on Tues. Wed we called his cardiologist in Nashville and they asked us to come straight down and check into the ER. After testing him they decided to keep him overnight and do a heart cath on Thursday.
6. The heart cath was done around noon Thursday. Right before going in for the cath we received a phone call that David's youngest brother Jimmy had been found dead at home. What a shock!
7. We returned to Owensboro by 7pm Thursday. Friday morning we met with the family and made funeral arrangements.
8. Saturday the 15th we had visitation and the funeral at 2pm. Please pray for all the family.
9. May 20th we were packed, traveled to Louisville to meet with a team of 11 headed up by David Jr and our granddaughter Christy Maser. Our plane was to fly at 2pm but was cancelled. Our plane had been hit by lightning and had to be recertified. We spent the night in Louisville and flew out on Friday. This time instead of the planned overnight stay in Miami the airlines rerouted us to fly Louisville to Dallas, Dallas to Miami and Miami to PAP all in the same day. That was great but 26 pieces of luggage didn't make it. PTL! they showed up the next day.
10. In Miami we met up with a team of four from City on a Hill. What a great team they are. This film production company came to Haiti to film our ministry as well as another ministry called Edge Outreach. We will be anxious to share with all of you when the DVD's are complete.
MORE LATER......

April 25, 2010

Wednesday night I received a phone call that my Mom was on her way to the Emergency Room. She fell out of her wheelchair and hit her head. They did a CT scan. Everything was okay except the huge "tennis ball" size knot on her head. Thursday morning she had a kingsize blackeye.
Thursday David drove to Louisville to look at a dump truck that we need in Haiti. He and David Jr. then headed for Tupelo to attend the Global Outreach Spring Board meeting. I didn't go with them. Felt I was needed here more to help with Mom.
Tragedy struck the GO Haiti ministry on Friday around noon. While delivering materials into TiTanyen for the permanent housing a nine year old boy trying to hang on to the dump truck for a ride....along with many others who like to do this...fell under the wheels of the truck. He was rushed to the University of Miami field hospital located at the airport. After two surgeries he was pronouced dead at 4:15pm. Needless our staff was crushed over this sudden death. Police reports were filed and found no one at fault. The funeral of the young boy was Saturday afternoon. Please pray for the family of the deceased and our entire Am staff as they cope with this tragedy.

April 21, 2010

Praise the Lord for the team from Danville, KY headed up by Ronnie Blackwell. David said it was one of the best teams we've ever had on the field. Twelve men...prepared and ready to work. They had such a sweet fellowship with each other and everyone on the field. Thanks guys!!!!!

April 20, 2010

Friday night I enjoyed having all the Kendall clan for an overnight visit. So much to catch up. The kids have grown so much even in a few short months. It was great to share with them and see how the Lord is working in their lives. They will be overseeing a camp in AL. They are well qualified for the task set before them.
Saturday afternoon I paid a quick visit to the Diamond Lake Jubilee Gospel concert. Part of the ticket proceeds are going to Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Thank you...Lampkin's for your vision and your hard work in putting on this concert. I had to leave early to pick up David in Nashville. What a blessing to be together again. He flew in to be at the GO Spring Board Meeting this weekend. Also we will be celebrating our 5oth wedding anniversary the first week of May. We appreciate all the staff filling in the gaps in Haiti. We know they are in overload.
Many have asked about my Mom. She is not doing well. Gone downhill fast. Hasn't known me for the last two days. I appreciate all your prayers.

April 13, 2010

David went in town to order fuel on Friday and was told that there wasn't any in country. The bureau said the fuel shipment had not arrived in country. With all the extra ministries on the compound you can imagine the fuel consumption is way up. The guy called David on Monday and promised he would dig into his reserves and send him half of his order by Wed. Pray this happens.
Ronnie Blackwell and a team of 12 men arrived in Haiti on Saturday.....NO luggage arrived. Remember always pack an extra set of clothes in your carry on. David preached on Sunday and then took all the men back to the airport. Praise the Lord all 24 pieces of luggage had arrived. While they were out they also had a tour of downtown PAP to give them an idea of the devastation from the earthquake. This week they are working to repair Schekina church. Our schools are functioning. Several in TiTanyen have not been able to open.
People and organizations continue to come for advice, needs etc. David said he was in meetings most of the day yesterday. Today he is changing out an electrical service on the property. So many more electrical needs and this one service wouldn't carry the load.
My Mom had a tough weekend and found out it was the pain medicine they were giving her. All went well on Monday and she was doing great. This morning it was a real disappointment to find that her speech was slurred and she was seeing double. She had a scheduled appointment with Dr. Milem...her surgeon. When he examined her he decided to call her internist. They agreed that she had suffered a TIA. Pray that these problems with speech and eyes will correct themselves.

April 7, 2010

Monday Sheryl Brumley had a meeting with all our teachers and parents to discuss opening school. Lots of questions about the safety of the buildings, what about graduation since they've missed almost 3 months of school...what the kids could wear, etc. Only 2 children lost their uniforms in the earthquake so that is a blessing. We have one school director and one teacher who have taken jobs with Samaritan's Purse so we've had to scramble to fill these positions. Sheryl has done a wonderful job covering for me (Judy) in dealing with all these problems. School started on Tuesday and about 50% of the students showed up. This is normal as it usually takes about a week to get all the students back into the classroom after any kind of vacation or time off. I'm sure that by next week the classrooms will be full again. Oh, do we need some kind of normalcy in the lives of the Haitian people.!
The Brun's family left today for a 6 weeks furlough. They will be missed but are getting a much needed break from all that they have been through in the past 3 months.
David is still searching for trucks for the well drilling program and a gently used late model 15 passenger van. If you have any info that would be helpful on locating these types of vehicles let us know.

Monday 5, 2010

PRAISE THE LORD!! Friday night was a wonderful time as David and Josh Brumley (15 year old MK) went to Second Baptist Church downtown PAP to show the Jesus film. Josh told David that he had been with him and his Dad many times to show the film but this was the best. The people were so attentive and at the end of the film when Pastor Kelly gave the invitation ....128 responded for salvation. He said he had never seen so many people respond. Isn't God good?
On Sunday morning...Resurrection Day.... David preached the morning service and he said the downstairs was packed with about 1500 people and many many people were standing outside. They can't use the balcony because part of the front towers of the church have fallen through the front part of the church roof. It is amazing that the people will enter the church. There were several decisions but David wasn't sure how many.
I went to church services with my brother and sister-in-law on Saturday night so that I could spend Sunday morning with my Mom. I went home around 10 am and I was blessed to be able to tune in and hear David preach on Internet. Such a blessing. I could imagine myself there and enjoyed singing along in French and Creole with the congregation Cindy, Mike, Amanda, David, Jr and Betsy came to the house and brought lunch. We also celebrated Amanda's 15th birthday. Can she be this old already? Where have these years gone?

April 2, 2010

GOOD FRIDAY.....David was privileged to preach the Good Friday service at Second Baptist Church in PAP. It was on the radio and Internet and I was blessed to be able to sit in Mom's room and listen by Internet. It was so good to hear David's voice and listen to him preach. This is something I've missed for the last few weeks. This afternoon David will return to the same church to show the Jesus film. I think Chris and other staff have shown the film several times this week. Yesterday the mission team from Second Baptist went out in their community and shared the Gospel and had 118 decisions for HIM> PTL!!!!

Last Tuesday night we moved my Mom to a Care and Rehab facility. She needs a lot more therapy and had to be moved from the hospitals TCU dept to an outside care and rehab for a longer stay. Fortunately the only room they had available was a private one so she is enjoying this.

If all goes well what schools can open will open on Tuesday next week. All of our schools are going to be ready. They've been cleaning the school rooms and getting prepared for the students all this week. It is almost like starting a new year. The schools have been closed since the earthquake on Jan 12th.

March 30,2010

David is preaching the spring conference at Second Baptist in downtown PAP. This conference is every year from Palm Sunday until Easter Sunday. The services are from 5pm to 7pm EDT and they are on the radio and Internet live. The Internet website is radiolumerie.org. You are welcome to join in each evening. This church is in downtown PAP where lots of devastation occurred. Many many people are coming to the services and phone lines are available for people to call in for prayer.
David also preached last Sunday morning at Shekinah. Four adults accepted Jesus as their personal Savior. PTL!
Please pray for David's strength especially this week as he has his regular ministry duties plus preaching each evening.

March 29, 2010

March 29, 2010

BIG day on Saturday. We loaded a container in Nashville. I was able to get someone to fill in for me with Mom. Milly Claypool road down with me. David Jr and Betsy brought a van load and a carload from Louisville Paul Scott also arrived with a load of supplies and 2 people from IN. At least 6 or 8 people from Christ Church were there and my nephew Rick, his wife and daughter also came to lend a hand. We had a total of 34. Great time of fellowship and accomplished lots of work. Not only did we load a 53ft container but sorted and boxed many other supplies that were in the warehouse. A BIG THANK YOU goes to Tommy and Becky Scott who allow us to use their facility to store and load items for the containers. They put in countless hours of labor to make all of this happen.
Sunday was my birthday. Cindy, Mike, Amanda, David Jr and Betsy were here in Owensboro to celebrate with me. Enjoyed a lovely lunch and all the presents. David Sr even joined in the party by having the kids purchase a gift for me.

March 24, 2010

David needed to go to the bank yesterday. When he arrived there were about 75 people in line. One guard pointed and motioned him to the end of the line. All at once he felt someone grab his arm and another guard pulled him on into the bank. As he entered the main area a teller motioned him into the private teller area He cashed his check and as he was leaving one of the tellers asked him if he had any more tents. (back in Feb when David, Jr. Betsy and I flew into Haiti we took in 3 tents as a part of our luggage. We had shared these tents with some of the bank staff. Most all of the staff had lost their homes. About 20 of them needed tents.) One of the men told David he had a pregnant wife and an 18 month old and they were sleeping on the ground with just sheets for cover. David told the guy that more tents had arrived on our container and if someone would follow him back out to our property (about 10 miles north) he would be happy to share some more relief items with them. They followed David back to the compound and he was able to share tents for the rest of the bank staff, cases of bottled water, many many packages of noodles and clothes. They were so appreciative. What a blessing to be able to share.
Mom broke her record for walking today.....54ft. Their goal for her was 50 ft. Yeah! Mom! Of course this is with two people helping her. She told them today that she was glad she had the best two therapy people in the hospital.

March 21, 2010

It has been a busy time on the GO compound this weekend. The US military is leaving and they gave us 200 pallets of bottled water. Do you realize how much bottled water that is?????
200 pallets at 72 cases for each pallet. Each case has 24 bottles. This is 1,728 9 oz bottles of water per pallet. There are 345,600 bottles of water on the 200 pallets. This is 194,000 lbs or 97.2 tons of water which equals 24,300 gallons of water. That's a LOT of WATER!!!!!!!!!!!
Trucks have been delivering for over 24 hours.
Samaritan's Purse had a barge come in that they are unloading as well as FriendShips has their boat at the dock to unload. It is a never ending parade of trucks night and day as they deliver items to the compound for distribution. As our staff says "our compound will never be the same." Praise the Lord we are providing a place to help these organizations facilitate meeting the needs of the Haitian people.

March 20, 2010

It is amazing who the Lord sends our way. Someone wrote us an email and said they would be in Haiti and would like contact numbers for David. I emailed back and gave them all the info not really knowing who they were. It turns out that they couldn't find a hotel room....called David and he invited them to come out to our property. These were men from mission organization in FL that works with all kinds of water systems. One man is drilling wells in Guatemala and has gone all over the world teaching men how to run different types of well drilling rigs. It is always good to meet people who are working in the same areas as you and to be able to "pick their brains too."
Dave and Eileen Brenize arrived on Wed. They ministered with us on the GO compound from 1998 to 2004. It is great to have them in Haiti for a visit.
Lots of temporary housing is being erected in TiTanyen by Samaritan's Purse. The TiTanyen Baptsit Church furnished the land for these homes. They put up around 35 homes this past week. The structures are made of treated wood with a tine roof and the outside is wrapped with tarp material.
The doctor said my Mom is taking two steps forward and one back. Still haven't resolved the blood problem. The had to give her two more units of blood yesterday. I had to depend on other family yesterday and today for her care. I've had a 48 hr bug. Hopefully I can go back to sitting with her tomorrow.

March 15, 2010

Busy days. David traveled from PAP to Tupelo on Monday. He was in GO Leadership meetings all week and then a GO Executive Board meeting on Friday. Friday afternoon late he rented a car and drove 6 hours to KY. It was a very small car with no cruise control and he was exhausted when he arrived. (Dr. Hurley had planned for a private plane to fly him from Tupelo to Owensboro but bad weather problems cancelled this.) He had 48 hours to see me and visit with my Mom. Those hours went by too fast. This morning at 5:30am Larry Heady drove him to Nashville in order to fly back into Haiti. David said he didn't know how tired he was until he arrived here. Pray for his strength as he goes back into Haiti.
My mom is holding her own. She had been moved to the Transitional Care Unit. She will probable be there about 3 weeks. Pray for her as she goes through rehab. The doctor told me on Friday that we had "dodged a lot of bullets"....her progress is slow but he could see some.

March 10, 2010

Many of you have asked what you can do to help us as we minister in the aftermath of the earthquake. Listed below are some immediate needs to transport teams and facilitate our well drilling program.

* Gently used 12-15 passenger van
* Chevrolet Suburban
* 6 ton dump truck ( preferably diesel vehicles due to lower fuel costs)
* Funds to cover shipping and customs.

We have a small window of opportunity to get these vehicles into the country. Thank you for your faithful support to Global Outreach aswe minister to the people of Haiti.

March 10, 2010

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 40 ft container arrived yesterday afternoon and the staff spent today unloading it. We can't believe this container left Nashville, TN on Feb 16th and has already arrived in Haiti and is out of customs. Talk about a MIRACLE. So many of you collected medical supplies, water, clothes, food, tents, etc. What a blessing it will be to be able to share these items with our Haitian brothers and sisters. God is so good. Our only regret is that each of you that have had a part in this...are not there to give it out. May the Lord bless each of you.

March 8, 2010

Dr. Hurley team arrived in Haiti and David and David, Jr were able to pick them up at the airpor, get through the maze of people and take them to the hospital where they will be working and staying for the next two weeks. David, Jr's first time to drive in Haiti....he said he would rather drive than ride. For those of you who have been there you know it is always a matter of inches when meeting other vehicles.
David was able to give Christy an overall view of Haiti. I think they had a good time seeing the sights, sharing and meeting many of our staff, Haitian friends and family.
All four of them (David, David, Jr, Betsy and Christy) flew back to the US today. They were on three different planes at three different times. David, Sr. arrived in Tupelo about 9:15pm for meetings with the Leadership Team and the Executive Committee at the home office all week. He will fly back to Haiti the first of next week. Betsy and Christy are having to overnight in Chicago and will arrive in Louisville tomorrow noon. David, Jr was to arrive in Louisville at midnight tonight but is having to overnight in Dallas before heading to Louisville tomorrow. These are sure "long ways around" to get back to Louisville?????
Update on Mom....
She is holding her own. As her internist told me this morning...."she has a long way to go".
She really enjoyed all the family that visited yesterday....her stepson and his wife, grandchildren and their spouses, great grand children and especially her 8 month old great great granddaughter Kinsley. She told me last night that she was tired but the visitors sure lifted her spirits.
Please check out our new video on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhVwXO1oRLU

March 5, 2010

David has been making lots of airport runs lately. Have had lots of people going in and out. David Jr. arrived back in Haiti on Thursday and his wife Betsy and her daughter Christy arrived today. Christy has been heading up much of the Earthquake Relief in the Louisville area. This trip will give her some on sight experience to share with others.
My mother received two more units of blood yesterday. They have taken her off of her blood thinner for a couple of days and today her count was up. The problem with this is she needs the thinner because of the blood clot in her leg. Everything seems to be working against each other. Please continue to pray.
Becky Ivy and I met with Dr. Hurley's team last night. They are headed out to PAP tomorrow morning. About half the team is staying one week...the other half about two weeks. They will be working at the St Damiens hospital in PAP and also doing some mobile clinics.

March 2, 2010`

What a positive attitude! With all the complications she is dealing with right now my Mom has such a great outlook on life. She has kept her sense of humor through all the suffering. Several family members have sent flowers and she said "well, I would rather have them now to enjoy than after I'm gone." The doctors said tonight that they are hopeful that the bleeding has stopped. She has had a total of 11 units of blood. Tomorrow they are going to try to get her up again.
Talked with David several times today. He has had more meetings with Samaritan's Purse leadership on long range planning. SP is surveying land in TiTanyen in order to put up some temporary housing.

March 1, 2010

Not a good Sunday. Mom was in severe pain all day. The general surgeon tried to get the filter installed in the vein but was unable to do this. Seems Mom's routing system was not the norm. He said evidently she had been like this since birth and it had never been a problem until now. Added more blood thinners and pain meds. She had a very restless night. Dr. Hurley was still working with her at 9pm. PTL! for caring physicians. Today they found her blood count very low again and they put her back on a regular floor. She is out of rehab for now and on bedrest. About 2 pm today she was finally able to fall a sleep. They gave her two units of blood plasma and have given her two of the three units of blood needed.
Talked with David today. He is staying busy with daily ministry needs. We are real excited about the houses being constructed in TiTanyen. As soon as I can I will post pictures of the houses on the blog.

Feb 27, 2010

So much for a quiet day. I think David ended up having meetings until about 3pm today. The physical therapist came in Mom's room to evaluate her in order to start rehab. She touched a place on Mom's thigh and Mom told her it was real sore. After inspecting the site...and then an ultrasound it was found she had a large blood clot. Dr. Hurley was on call...PTL...he immediately called in a general surgeon to put in a filter. The surgeon arrived quickly but after looking over her lab work decided there was a problem in the kidneys and would need to flush them out before continuing. There will be more lab work tomorrow morning early and if all looks okay they will do the procedure tomorrow. We covet your prayers. Every procedure on a 92 year old is serious.

Feb 27,2010

Long week and little sleep. My mother is doing as well as can be expected. She was moved last night to the rehab floor of the hospital. They will do intensive rehab with her for the next two weeks. Pray for her strength and patience as she goes through this phase of her recovery. Not easy for a 92 year old.
David continues to deal with daily needs of the mission. Wednesday Kevin and Willis from Hopkinsville, Ky came to Haiti to see the Bruns ( their home church) and to do some filming of the devastation. On Friday David drove them down to the southwest to film some of the worse areas. That afternoon he picked up an assessment team of four men from VA that have been to Haiti many times and they are wanting to see what they can do to help.
Today David is trying to prepare for sharing God's Word tomorrow. Pray that he will have some quiet time to do this.

Feb. 24,2010

It's been a long three days since we have updated the blog. Monday afternoon I flew from PAP to Nashville. I had a scheduled 7 hr layover in Miami that turned into 9 hrs. I arrived in Nashville at 1:30 am Tuesday morning. Our friends...Hartsel and Rita...picked me up and brought me to Owensboro. I was in bed by 4:30 am and up and at the hospital at 7am and found my daughter Cindy standing in the hallway of ICU talking with Dr. Hurley. Great to see him. I appreciated him coming by to check on her. I stayed with my Mom most of the day. Dr. Milem...who did the surgery... had been in early to see Mom but was gracious enough to come back to ICU and talk with me later in the day. Mom had a restless afternoon but PTL she was able to sleep most of the night.
Wed. morning she was checked by all three doctors and they have her scheduled to go into a private room sometime today. I was there until 9 am this morning and my brother came. I will be spending the night with her tonight.
I talked with David and he has two men flying in this afternoon and 4 more on Friday. Pray for his continued strength to handle all that is being "put on his plate."

Feb 21, 2010

SUNDAY....great services. Our first service started at 6:15 am in town so we had to leave about 5:45am. Hundreds were outside the church and they were still coming at 8:15. David preached a wonderful message and 3 people made decisions for Christ. At 9:00 am we met Pastor Etienne and went to a new church near Croix-des-Bouquets. This church had just completed a 5 day crusade where 371 people were saved. Again David had to preach under the tarps. When he gave his invitation 4 more accepted the Lord. PTL! Peoples hearts are so open.
We received a call from our daughter Cindy after we returned home. She told us my 92 year old mother fell late last night and broke her hip and top bone in her leg. She is stable but they did not have any openings for surgery today. Looks like it will be done in the morning. When they arrived at the ER Cindy asked for Dr. Milem or Dr Hurley....these are the surgeons who were just at our compound a couple of weeks ago. Dr Milem was on call. He was very kind and explained to my brother and Cindy exactly what the breaks looked like and what he would have to do. I will be flying out to KY tomorrow. Please pray for my Mom and all the family as we minister to her needs.

Feb 20, 2010

Yesterday afternoon we had a visit from Wallace and Eleanor Turnbull. They are a couple who have lived and ministered in Haiti for 62 years. They had just flown in on American Airlines first flight since the earthquake. They had a meeting with someone at Samaritan's Purse and stayed and visited with us for a couple of hours. They are certainly a wealth of stories and information about Haiti.
This morning we needed to pack up the Kendall house and get things ready to ship out to them. We asked the young people from Friendship ships if they would help us. What workers !!!!!!! We had the house packed up and in the trailer waiting for the container to arrive in less than 5hrs. It is amazing what that many extra hands can accomplish.
We are leaving in the morning at 5:45 am for David to preach at Second Baptist Church in town. He will preach a second service in an area called Santos at 9:30am. Pray for his strength as he delivers the message the Lord has laid on his heart.

Feb 19,2010

The 40ft container that we purchased on Wednesday arrived today. PTL! It wasn't cheap but we were thrilled to find it so we would have a place to store some of the donated items when they arrive. We continue to try to help the other American organizations personnel adjust to this culture and answer their many many questions about living in Haiti.
The Burn Clinic is being used not only to minister to the medical needs of the people but also to the spiritual. The hearts of the people are open and as they sing, pray and share the Gospel each day during clinic hours many have accepted Jesus as their personal savior.

Feb 19,2010

Thursday we spent most of the day trying to meet and get to know the many different organizations on the compound. Two of the smaller organizations were wanting fresh vegetables and didn't know how or where to purchase them. I helped them make a list and then sent our buyer to purchase these items. Tomorrow I am going to take the lady that is cooking for the NC Baptist group to the TiTanyen market to show her how to buy there. Samaritan's Purse was finally able to unload the ship of supplies that had be waiting at the dock. Now they have a lot of tarps and building materials to work with. Many of our crew spent the day cleaning out our lower depot so we would have a place to store some of the steel and materials we purchased on Wed.

Feb 17, 2010

Yesterday while we were traveling around the city ....on Madi Gras Tuesday....we were so blessed to see that church services were replacing Rah Rah's everywhere. Haitians were were worshipping all day long. Friends of ours sent us pictures of the hundreds of thousands of Haitians that lifted their voices and hands to the Lord as they gathered in front of the destroyed National Palace on Feb 12...one month after the earthquake.
Today we spent most of the day trying to purchase sand, gravel, blocks, steel and lumber for construction of new houses for Haitians. We have not been able to find any tin roofing any where in the country. The factory was destroyed and they said they are hoping they can have some tin shipped in by next month. Our first construction of a home in the village of TiTanyen is finished all but the roofing and looks like that will have to wait. It may be that we will have to ship a container of tin roofing into Haiti. No quick fixes....

Feb 16, 2010

Nothing could prepare me for what I saw today as we drove through the capital. I had seen lots of film footage on TV. David had sent me pictures but NOTHING could prepare me for the devastation that I witnessed. The main street of PAP looks like it has been bombed and bombed again. Very few buildings standing and the ones that are standing will fall when they try to clean up the damaged ones.
It amazed me to see how the people continue to try to do commerce on top of the rubble. Please pray for their continued resilience in the midst of devastating circumstances.

Feb 15, 2010

Sunday David preached at TiTanyen church. No one is going back into the church buildings right now so the service was held outdoors ....actually in the yard of the kindergarten. It was full and outside the fenced area were approximately 700 more people. David gave an invitation and then turned the service over to Pastor Kelly. David had to leave to take Pete to Jacmel. Monday Kelly told David there were 168 first time decisions. Also on Monday the church had a class for the 400 new converts. (many of these saved during the three days of fasting and praying). They divided them up into groups of 30 and had a teacher for each group. They taught the book "All things new" explaining the complete plan of salvation and the new birth written by T.D. Hall and translated into Creole by Pastor Kelly many years ago

Feb 14, 2010

Yesterday I went to Louisville. I spent the night with David Jr and Betsy so we would be ready to leave for Haiti on Sunday. We flew commercially to Ft Lauderdale spent the night there. At 8:30 am we had "wheels up" on a Samaritan's Purse charter plane with 7 other passengers aboard. What a blessing to finally arrive "home". It was a wonderful reunion with David and the rest of our staff. So good to see all our Haitian staff too. They've been so busy since the quake with all the people on the compound. A lot of the Haitians from the village have been hired by all the organizations on the ground at our campus. This is so good since the village has been short on jobs for a long time.
David along with the Brumley's took Pete to Jacmel to catch the private plane back to Jamaica. After the ride there Pete told David he should have asked the pilot to pick him up in PAP. The mountain road was all to pieces with rock slides and in some places a third or the road was gone. the reason they wanted to go to Jacmel was to visit with Cody and Maria and see how they were doing.

Feb 13, 2010

Pete Gibson...Global Outreach's missionary personnel Director, arrived in Haiti yesterday. I know that he will be a blessing to David and the rest of our staff. David is also showing Pete the devastation that occurred during the earthquake.

Feb 12, 2010

What a way to start a day.! I had the pleasure of going to the open morning assembly of West Louisville Elementary School. The purpose of my visit was to receive a check for the earthquake relief fund. The kids had brought their coins into the school for several days and they presented it to me today. Yesterday I had an appointment to receive another large donation from Southern Oaks Elementary School but they didn't have school due to snow. Today two of the schools representatives came to the house and presented the check to me. They had made a large replica of the check and took pictures to show the kids on Monday just how much money they were able to raise. They did this by having a penny day, a nickel day, a dime day, a quarter day and a dollar day. A couple of weeks ago Country Heights had several fund raising events and they gathered a large amount of cash and medical supplies to be sent to Haiti. It is amazing how much can be accomplished by people with a vision.
WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY TEACHER, PARENT AND STUDENT FOR REACHING OUT AND HELPING THE PEOPLE OF HAITI. We are overwhelmed by the lives that have been touched. God bless each and everyone

Feb 11,.2010

Snow has slowed me down for things outside the home but has been very good for getting reports, etc ready to send into the GO Office. '
David continues to take care of the day to day operational problems. People continue to stop by and need a place to stay. He told me last week that it looked like maybe the Volunteer quarters would be empty for a few days. That has not happened. I think it has been full most nights. Several groups stopped by yesterday looking for a place to land....even with tents and food we don't have enough showers and bathrooms to accommodate any more. So much activity. Trying to get some food out to the community. So difficult with so many needs.
Today David called at 6 am saying they had a refrigerator and freezer go out so he needed to go in town and try to buy one of each. The main store where we purchase these types of items ...near the US Embassy...had damage and it was closed. Their downtown store amazingly was still standing and they had what he needed. PTL! The heat there is so hard on any type of refrigeration and refrigerators don't seem to last very long.
While I was talking with David this morning he had a knock on the door. It was Frankel....our boss mason...for many years. ( David had the privilege of leading Frankel to the Lord in the early 80"s) David had called him yesterday and asked him to come out to the compound because he had some work for him. David asked Frankel to come in and speak with me on the phone. So good to talk with him but so hard to hear that he had lost his home and that some of his family had cuts and bruises but praise the Lord they were all alive. The entire family is sleeping in a little tent outside the home and last night it rained. He said..."I was so cold." Rainy season is coming and the Haitians are sleeping out in the elements. Please pray that many more tents will be available for shelter.

Feb 9, 2010`

So many supplies needed but Silvadene (burn cream) and Coban always seem in short supply. We are so fortunate that one of the doctors here in Owensboro is willing to allow us to purchase these items through him at cost. I was able to purchase 80 jars and I sent some Silvadene in with David over a month ago. I asked the NC Baptist teams if I could ship some cream and coban to them and have their teams take it to our compound. They were willing so yesterday I shipped 30 jars and a case of coban. PTL! Now to figure out how to get the last 24 jars to Haiti.
At 6pm last night I was honored to be able to speak with a Women's group at Walnut Memorial Baptist Church . They had asked me to share my testimony. They were gracious enough to allow me to go first...even before the meal....because I had another appointment at 7pm. Becky and Jim Ivy invited me, Dr Hurley and wife and Dr Milem (he and his wife have 5 children so it was too difficult for her to come) to have dinner with them.. These are the surgeons that went to Haiti couple of weeks ago. It was great to hear their stories. ...some so tragic, some of great victories and of course a few funny things too. It is always amazing to me to see how Haiti effects peoples lives. David and I know and share with people that come....that once you've been to Haiti your life will never be the same. This is as true today as it was before the earthquake.