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.