Tuesday June 21, 2011

The team from CO was small but accomplished LOTS. Many people think you have to have a lot of people to make a difference but the small teams do a great job too. David preached Sunday at a church in Bon Reop called Light and Peace. He has preached there many times but not since the earthquake. WOW...what a change. They have done a lot of work on their building and their congregation has doubled. PTL! It was good to see all of the "Gran Moun" at the feeding program on Monday morning. They are really enjoying our new staff member Glen Erickson. He greets and hugs them all as he hands out the food. So many old people here do not receive this kind of attention and it is so appreciated.
Today David and I left for town about 8:15am....we went to the bank, had a tire repaired on the truck and then went by the hardware store to pick up some needed items. It is a distance of about 28 miles round trip. It took us 4 hrs and 45 mins. to accomplish these simple tasks. Nothing simple here.
David and crew will head to the airport at 2:30pm to pick up a team from New Work Fellowship Church in Hopkinsville, KY. There are 8 men and 3 women on the team. Most have been here before and are a great group of people. Pray for them as they work and minister....it is HOT here.

June 16, 2011

With the container loaded on Sat. June 4th we spent the night with the Scott's....went to Christ Church Sunday morning and then headed for Tupelo. Our GO duplexes were full with new missionaries so we spent the entire week at the home of David and Shay Hall while we were teaching at MOT. (Missionary Orientation Training) We saved on gas too as their home is only about 3 miles from the GO office. (Wonderful hospitality) Each year...the first full week of Feb, June and Oct...we, along with our GO Home Office staff, train new missionaries going to the field. David and I do a lot of practical teaching as to what to expect when they arrive at their new location. This was a great group. We had five couples and one single going to 3 countries. We stand in awe of how God continues to call out people in the country's economic downturn. Our God is not broke...AMEN! During the week David was also in many Leadership Team meetings. They were taking advantage of having David face to face and not on conference calling. We returned to KY late Friday night (10th) and spent Saturday trying to pack our suitcases for the trip back.
Many of you know I (Judy) broke a bone in the side of my hand. I went back to the doctor on Monday in hopes he would tell me I could do away with the cast but that didn't happen. He x- rayed it and said it was healing but I had to wear it another 3 full weeks. (do you know how hard it is to function without your right hand?) The Lord continues to teach me patience.
We finished our packing and flew out of Nashville on Wednesday morning. It was great to return but the weather here is about the same as in the US....HOT!!!
We have a team from CO here right now and many more teams on their way this summer. Pray for strength for our entire staff.

Tuesday June 7.2011

When I say people came to help.....they came from central Indiana, Louisville and Hopkinsville, KY, Tupelo. MS, Smyrna and Franklin, TN...many of them drove 3 1/2 to 4 hrs just to come and help. It was so hot up inside the container that we were thankful we had enough people to trade out teams and let them "cool off" every so often. Dave King and his son Josh....representatives for CAM...the organization we ship through....we so patient as it took much longer to load this container. We shipped 600 sheets of metal roofing plus about 40 pieces of large shelving that will be used in our warehouses in Haiti. We had 4 stations set up where teams of people were sorting and sacking clothes, shoes, etc.
What a joy to have so many be such a part of this. Our only regret is that we didn't put out a sheet of paper for everyone to sign....so many we didn't know....so that we could thank them personally by email or card. A huge' thank you' to all of them plus those from Danville who made a couple of trips to bring clothing they had collected. We are asking the Lord to richly bless you and your efforts.

Monday June 6, 2010

Friday...David was able to gather up all the items in Owensboro and put them on a 17 ft U Haul truck. We left around noon for Nashville. I followed in our van...loaded to continue on to Tupelo for a week of MOT. After unloading at the Scott's warehouse David and Tommy went to Franklin, TN. A man had offered to give us backpacks, blankets and canvas chairs for the container we were loading on Sat. They returned with a pickup loaded way above the cab.
Saturday morning...8 am.. it was time to load the 40 ft container. We knew we had a huge number of items to load. Thinking maybe we didn't have enough help we put out an SOS on Friday night. PTL! many responded. We are not really sure how many exactly showed up.....50 or 52...and I can tell you we needed every one of them. Some came for 2 hours, some for 4 and some stayed the entire 8 hrs it took to load. We had three stations set up sorting clothes while some of the men loaded 600 sheets of 15ft metal roofing.
OOPS...need to go teach a class. More later

June 2,2010 Urgent help needed

If you aren't busy on Sat June 4th...8 am... come and help us load a container that is shipping to Haiti from Madison, TN. The address of the warehouse is Anchor Electric. ..633 Old Hickory Blvd E. Madison, TN 37115. If you are interested call us at 502-396 1392. Need lots of strong backs as we have 600 sheets of 15ft metal roofing along with shelving, clothing and misc items. Also lots of sorting of clothes. We have rented a truck for Friday to take to Madison what items we are picking up in Owensboro. Many supplies have been shipped and delivered directly to the Scott's warehouse. As we say in KY...."come on down".

May 27, 2010

OOPS!.. The doctor informed me that it wasn't the lower bone in the little finger that it was the bone down the right side of my hand that was cracked. I asked if I could shorten the cast to about half and he said "no" it is that long for a reason. Well....I tried. It is amazing how limited you are with a cast on your right hand when you are right handed.!!!!

May 26, 2010

Long time...no write! We have been in the US since the end of April. We were able to attend the GO Board meeting in Tupelo, MS as well as David had several Leadership team meetings. We were blessed this past week to be able to take a real "vacation". A dear couple from GA made their condo in FL available to us. We rested, read, walked the beach, fished one day and basically did nothing. First time in years we've done this when we had no agenda. We returned to KY on Tuesday afternoon. We were unloading the vehicle and Judy was taking items upstairs to put away. She had her hands full and stumbled on the stairs...fell against the wall and hit her hand on the baseboard. She heard something crack. However those of you who know Judy ...decided she wouldn't go to the ER. About three hours later she called a doctor friend of ours and we went to his house for him to check out her hand. He said it wasn't broke but may be cracked. He suggested she come by his office the next day for an x-ray. She did and YES the outside of her little finger was cracked. She is in a cast covering 3 fingers and up half way up her arm.
Now we are back to reality. We are loading a container on June the 4th out of Nashville. Lots of items to get rounded up. After we finish the loading of the container we will be in Tupelo for a full week to train new missionaries. We will then return to Haiti.
Pray for all our staff in Haiti as they continue with all the ministries there.

21 April, 2011 Thursday

A FIRST....David has been preaching all this week at Second Baptist Church PAP. He and Pastor Kelly do this week long conference each year the week before Easter. This is always broad casted on radio and internet. They normally leave for town around 3:30pm. Yesterday....for the first time in 28 years...David had to cancel going a service due to problems in the country. David and Kelly couldn't get out of their driveways. David had made two trips into the airport yesterday morning and returned with no problems. Sheryl and Chris went to the bank and on their return realized about a block before turning into our driveway that the road was blocked. They were able to go off the road and down by our water fountain following the fence into our road. After this NOTHING passed north or south for 6 hours. The people of TiTanyen had blocked the main road north and south manifesting (demonstrating) to encourage the Cement plant to give them electricity. For about a year TiTanyen has had current for about 4 hrs a night. Since Jan. they haven't had any. This was their way of expressing their displeasure with the government. About 4 pm the "swat team" of the Haitian police showed up and started tear gasing the crowds. All afternoon there was lots of shooting. PTL! no one was injured. Lots of people were affected by the tear gas. Many were struggling with breathing and lots of sore throats and coughing.
TODAY....all is clear. Don't know what the outcome of all this manifesting will be. Please pray for all involved.

April 20, 2011 Wednesday

Today our two interns left. Ashley Johnson from IL had been here 5 weeks. She was a blessing but she is so excited to be going back home. On July 2nd she will be marrying an intern that was here in January....Jon Kling. Cody Guidry from Resurrection Church in Picayune, MS came for a two week internship. What a blessing he was to us and the Haitian people. He had such a willing spirit and would anything you asked him to do. Young people are such a vital part of our lives and ministry. April 7th a team of 13 came to work on the addition to the Burn Clinic. They were from Cornerstone Church in CA. They were working with an organization called ...Lazarian World Homes...that has a new construction system with Styrofoam block. They reinforce it with lots of rerod and pour the cylinders full of cement. They were able to get all the walls up and our guys will pour the roof. It is a blessing to meet so many new people that have a heart for Haiti and missions around the world.
Sam Massey, Ronald Houston, Chris and Kay Burgess came to "guest house" with us while working on their own project however as their project wrapped up they had time to completely wire our new warehouse. I told them David had saved that job just for them.

April 20, 2011 Wednesday

Busy month and lots of people. Fellowship team arrived and what a blessing they were. All of our houses had been painted on the outside but people were so excited to move inthey moved before we had a chance to paint the inside. The team helped the families move their furniture and set out to paint. They truly enjoyed trying to teach some of the kids to paint also. This team left on April 6th and the Richardson family arrived the same day. Andy,and Pat Richardson with their adult married children came to minister here for a week. What fun to see an entire family worked together. Andy, Robbie, Beth and Alissa worked putting roofs on three new permanent houses. Pat had purchased fabric to make new curtains and bedspreads for one of our team rooms plus Apt. #2. Linda Erickson, our newest missionary on the field, helped Pat sew every day after she finished clinic. Andy and Robbie has to rework all the curtain rods. PVC works great. So many people think they have no talents that can be used on the mission. ANY talent you have can be a blessing to the ministry.