God's Blessings, Photos, and Planning
Will you pray for the churches and Christians in Haiti who so valiantly march on in the face of the unthinkable?
Jean Dial and I at Eglise Baptiste Solidarite in Port-au-Principe Sunday Morning January 24, 2010
Testimony after Testimony - All testified that at the moment of the earthquake they asked there Lord Jesus Christ to save them.
Jean Dial translated from French to Spanish. Most definitely the most moving testimonies of God's power, grace & mercy I have ever heard.
Over 100 in services (they normally run 300-400), I preached on Making the Impossible, Possible with God - Acts 12:1-19, Jer 32:17,27
7 came forward for Salvation
Tent cities are springing up all over the city.
Luis Manuel Regalado and Pastor Jean Dial giving medicine to the Dash clinic on Delmas #48
Standing in line after line, filling out application after application from the World Food Program, OSHA & various other organizations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's). According to the UN the process takes 3 to 4 days before we can see any food, hygiene kits, plastic sheeting, jerry cans ect. Wes and I know that there will be other Baptist works affected but we can only support (with God's help) 3000 IDP's . So at this time we are not looking for more churches. Initial evaluations of the churches we have had contact with over the last two weeks will begin today and needs to be completed by the end of the week so support personnel can be informed, organized and mobilized to meet the specific needs of these churches while at the same time gathering supplies from MFI & Missionary Aviation Fellowship. Sadly the Agape Plane went down a couple of days ago in Jacmel. Humbly, in my opinion an operation this size will take massive amounts of prayer, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, many months (if not years), outstanding coordination, great planning & blessed funding. Wesley identified the need for a warehouse from day 1 which is very important due to security purposes. We don't want the churches to become distribution points due to the chance of looting and death. IDP camps (10,000 in size) are currently being set up by the UN and they will become future distribution points for food, water, shelter ect. NPO's like ourselves are being encouraged to participate. While this may ensure food and shelter it would require around the clock management and lots of time and man power. I believe at this time the man power would be best served focusing on the support of national church and leadership reconstruction so the main thing (the preaching of God's Word - Acts 8:4) can continue.
Many many people still have not been recovered. My men from our church in the Dominican Republic while waiting on me to finish an errand here will go and find out a particular story of different site locations around where we are moving in and out of. Often they tell me the number of people the locals believe lie under a particular house or business. We have seen ladies with just hammers pounding large slabs so as to remove their children. It is an impossible task and I've told our men to comfort those we can but to keep moving forward and focus on the churches we are supporting.
There are so many pictures of destruction, I'm not sure of the value of showing them all. Missionary Leny Funtecha and I sat down for several hours last night and discussed what information needed to be included on our Initial evaluations of church/minstry locations. This is what we came up with and I will begin collecting the information on particular church & ministry locations today while balancing relief efforts. These evaluations will be available on our blog at www.dr4christ.blogspot.com and will include the following information:
Name of Evaluators:
Name of Church/Ministry:
Name of Pastor:
Name of Missionary (If Applicable):
Location in Creol:
GPS Coordinates:
Pre Earth Quake Attendance:
Post Earth Quake Attendance:
Number of Full Time Workers (including children):
Number of Full Time Workers (including children) living on site pre earthquake:
Structure Report of Full Time Workers Homes not living on site pre earthquake:
Number of Part Time Workers (including children):
Number of Part Time Workers (including children) living on site pre earthquake:
Deaths: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Injured: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Need Food: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Need Shelter: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Current Status of Church/Ministry:
Structure Report broken down into 4 categories
A. Needs Slight Repair
B. Needs Repair
C. Needs Major Repair
D. Destroyed/Condemned
Pictures of Current front so outside teams can easily locate site & damages incurred
Will you pray for the churches and Christians in Haiti who so valiantly march on in the face of the unthinkable? 
Jean Dial and I at Eglise Baptiste Solidarite in Port-au-Principe Sunday Morning January 24, 2010
Over 100 in services (they normally run 300-400), I preached on Making the Impossible, Possible with God - Acts 12:1-19, Jer 32:17,27
7 came forward for Salvation
Tent cities are springing up all over the city.
Luis Manuel Regalado and Pastor Jean Dial giving medicine to the Dash clinic on Delmas #48
Standing in line after line, filling out application after application from the World Food Program, OSHA & various other organizations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's). According to the UN the process takes 3 to 4 days before we can see any food, hygiene kits, plastic sheeting, jerry cans ect. Wes and I know that there will be other Baptist works affected but we can only support (with God's help) 3000 IDP's . So at this time we are not looking for more churches. Initial evaluations of the churches we have had contact with over the last two weeks will begin today and needs to be completed by the end of the week so support personnel can be informed, organized and mobilized to meet the specific needs of these churches while at the same time gathering supplies from MFI & Missionary Aviation Fellowship. Sadly the Agape Plane went down a couple of days ago in Jacmel. Humbly, in my opinion an operation this size will take massive amounts of prayer, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, many months (if not years), outstanding coordination, great planning & blessed funding. Wesley identified the need for a warehouse from day 1 which is very important due to security purposes. We don't want the churches to become distribution points due to the chance of looting and death. IDP camps (10,000 in size) are currently being set up by the UN and they will become future distribution points for food, water, shelter ect. NPO's like ourselves are being encouraged to participate. While this may ensure food and shelter it would require around the clock management and lots of time and man power. I believe at this time the man power would be best served focusing on the support of national church and leadership reconstruction so the main thing (the preaching of God's Word - Acts 8:4) can continue.
Many many people still have not been recovered. My men from our church in the Dominican Republic while waiting on me to finish an errand here will go and find out a particular story of different site locations around where we are moving in and out of. Often they tell me the number of people the locals believe lie under a particular house or business. We have seen ladies with just hammers pounding large slabs so as to remove their children. It is an impossible task and I've told our men to comfort those we can but to keep moving forward and focus on the churches we are supporting.
There are so many pictures of destruction, I'm not sure of the value of showing them all. Missionary Leny Funtecha and I sat down for several hours last night and discussed what information needed to be included on our Initial evaluations of church/minstry locations. This is what we came up with and I will begin collecting the information on particular church & ministry locations today while balancing relief efforts. These evaluations will be available on our blog at www.dr4christ.blogspot.com and will include the following information:
Name of Evaluators:
Name of Church/Ministry:
Name of Pastor:
Name of Missionary (If Applicable):
Location in Creol:
GPS Coordinates:
Pre Earth Quake Attendance:
Post Earth Quake Attendance:
Number of Full Time Workers (including children):
Number of Full Time Workers (including children) living on site pre earthquake:
Structure Report of Full Time Workers Homes not living on site pre earthquake:
Number of Part Time Workers (including children):
Number of Part Time Workers (including children) living on site pre earthquake:
Deaths: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Injured: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Need Food: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Need Shelter: (Percentage Estimate of Pre Earth Quake Attendance)
Current Status of Church/Ministry:
Structure Report broken down into 4 categories
A. Needs Slight Repair
B. Needs Repair
C. Needs Major Repair
D. Destroyed/Condemned
Pictures of Current front so outside teams can easily locate site & damages incurred
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