Not Much New Information...

This update is a little later than usual because I have not really received much information from the team today.

It was raining in Petionville when they woke up this morning and a lot of the locals were at the church trying to get out of the rain. Fortunately the rain did not last long and now the sun is blazing again.

The group with the food made it back to Petionville from St. Marc, but it took longer than planned because of some car trouble with the vehicle Jeremy is driving. I do not have any details, but I cannot help but wonder if it might have something to do with the ride to the port yesterday. Although the Monteros have four wheel drive, they are actually street vehicles as opposed to off-road vehicles. They will probably never be the same after this week.

The food has now been handed out to the locals in Petionville. The team left a couple of boxes of food at the church for the orphans and church members, and you probably remember that two pallets worth of food went to Jacmel. The food distribution was a little crazy but there was no violence during the process. There had been some concern about violence since some of the other food distribution sites have experienced rioting. Fortunately that did not happen in Petionville today.

The medical clinic has been up and running today. The medical team consists of Dr. Jarrett, two EMTs (Brian and Jesse), and pharmacist Jim Beard. I also found out that Heath Kyle, one of the Birmingham team members, has been assisting the pharmacist. According Heath's wife, it is quite amazing that Heath is on the medical team because "he is not a 'needle person'". God can really take us out of our comfort zone, that's for sure. I heard that they have been treating a stroke victim, and were hoping to be able to get her up on some crutches today. Thank God for donated medical supplies!

I will try to update again tonight if I receive any new information. Please continue to pray for the following:

• Health of the team members (physical, emotional and spiritual)
• Unity among the team
• That the team can continue to show the love of Christ
• Clarity in the presentation of the gospel
• The Haitians whose sicknesses cannot be treated by our medical team at this time due to lack of medicine or equipment
• That the Haitian people will understand why our team is doing what they're doing.
• The families back home who may be worried about their loved ones