A 13-member team leaves today, Jan. 17, for Haiti. This Wabash Conference/FOHO (Friends of Haiti Organization) team, under the leadership of Dan Dennis, will be involved with school construction.
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Recent rain storms in the Port-au-Prince area have caused the deaths of 23 people. Homes and temporary shelters have collapsed, bridges were washed away, and many roads are impassable. Pray for those affected by this storm. FMWM has received no reports of FM injuries or damage.
Praise God for the 22 people who were recently baptized at the Greffin FMC on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Pray for many more to come to faith.
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Reuters News Service reported yesterday that government officials and aid partners in earthquake and cholera ravaged Haiti are endeavoring to prepare crowded quake survivor camps and coastal towns for a possible hit by a hurricane later this week. Tropical Storm Tomas, which is heading westward across the eastern Caribbean sea, is expected to turn north towards Haiti and the Dominican Republic by the end of the week, and restrengthen as a hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Rick Ireland wrote Mon., Nov. 1: “We are closely watching weather reports. Please pray that the course of this storm will change! We dread the possibility of winds and heavy rains in the tent cities.”
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Update from Dr. Dan Snyder, Mon., Oct. 25
“Dee Ann and I just returned from Dessalines. We received 193 cases of cholera at the hospital from the onset Tuesday evening through Friday a.m. (the day we left). Dr. Jerry Rusher and Dr. Garrett Stanley will be at Dessalines Hospital until Nov. 9, working with three Haitian national doctors and the nursing staff. … The hospital is once again having to treat everyone for free. Jean Castel Joseph, hospital administrator, said on Friday: ‘How much more can Haiti suffer!’”
Update from BNO News, Mon., Oct. 25
“At least 250 people have died in Haiti and around 3,000 others are sick after having been infected with cholera as aid workers are struggling to contain what appears to be a widespread epidemic, local media reported on Monday. Most of the victims are from the rural areas of the Bas Artibonite region and in Saint Marc, located north of the Haitian capital Port-Au-Prince. Five cases were discovered in Port-au-Prince this weekend, which has caused concern that the disease could be spreading. The cases discovered in the capital were people who had traveled from the infected central region to the city. Officials believe the disease has not spread in the capital, but fears continue that the disease will spread sooner or later.”
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Update from Rick Ireland – Saturday, October 23
“I know the news is full of the cholera outbreak in the north part of Haiti. We have been expecting something like this long before now. I spoke with Dr. Dan (Snyder) yesterday who said that the key for us was to wash our hands a lot, be careful of what we eat and where it came from, and drink filtered water. These things have been standard operating procedure since I have been here. Do keep Haiti lifted up in prayer as many Haitian don’t have the resources that we do to protect ourselves.”
From CBC News
An outbreak of cholera is worsening in Haiti, and moving closer to the country’s earthquake-devastated capital, Port-au-Prince. As of the most recent reports on Saturday evening, the disease has killed at least 208 people and sickened another 2,674. The outbreak began in the rural Artibonite region, which hosts more than one million quake refugees. Health officials fear what could happen if the disease spreads to Port-au-Prince, where hundreds of thousands of quake survivors live in tarp camps.
Cholera is a waterborne bacterial infection spread through contaminated water. It causes severe diarrhea and vomiting that can lead to dehydration and death within hours.
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As of April 26, $1,547,555 has been received through the Bishop’s Famine and Relief Fund, Help Haiti Heal, Operation Hope, and ICCM.
Tents for Haiti: The rain and hurricane season is almost upon Haiti. Join with other North American Free Methodist churches for the common goal of providing bulk shipments of tents, offering immediate shelter for people in Haiti. For information to:
- buy a tent online
- donate cash
- donate tents (Give a Tent will cover 100% of the shipping costs)
Go to www.giveatent.org
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The rain and hurricane season is almost upon Haiti. Join with other North American Free Methodist churches for the common goal of providing bulk shipments of tents, offering immediate shelter for people in Haiti. Go to www.giveatent.org for information to:
- buy a tent online
- donate cash
- donate tents (Give a Tent will cover 100% of the shipping costs)
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Update Katie Zook, Jack Munos and Gerthy Desvariste
-January 27th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Author: admin Jan 27
Both Katie Zook and Jack Munos are out of ICU. Jack underwent surgery Tuesday, January 26, to close incisions in his leg. The prognosis for both Katie and Jack is for full recovery.
Gerthy Desvariste – Gerthy’s injured leg is progressing well, and medications are helping manage her pain. Miami Haitian churches are providing visits, clothing for Supt. Desvariste (who is staying with her) and food for both.
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from TheLedger.com
Bishop David Roller stood in front of the pile of rubble that was the Friends of Haiti guest house in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, four days after the killer quake that struck the city.
The flat roof of what had been a four-story building rested intact on top of the 12-foot pile.
…Two of those caught in the building’s collapse, Merle West and Gene Dufour, were winter residents of Light and Life Park, a Free Methodist retirement community in Lakeland.
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“Every missionary goes knowing he may not come back,” he said, “But they wanted their lives to be about something bigger than themselves. They understood the danger, but as followers of Jesus, they were agents of healing.”
The full story can be found at www.theledger.com
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