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.
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