Hi from Haiti;

As busy as I was the first two weeks, seems I am getting busier every day....can't wait for November 3rd and that day off.

This morning we took a load of food, blankets and water to a small orphanage near us and they were so excited as they needed the help so badly.

We are having discussions with an organization that wants to partner with us to help rebuild the homes in our area. We are very excited about this. Pray that if this is God's will, it will happen.

Today was youth group, I stayed home to rest and I got a call that one of the boys coming to youth group was hit by a car. My son Claudy loaded him up, looked for medical help but could not find it. Claudy finally connected with a US army team and their doctor fixed him up and sent Claudy and the boy to a US hospital by the US Embassy. As I write this, they are enroute. Pray for the young boy, Bobby, who was hit by the car.

We continue to give aid daily to anywhere between 25-30 families who are so appreciative.

One shortcoming for me is that, because I am so busy, I have not connected with the 10 new ones and have not been a dad to the 22 old ones. I am starting to correct this as we speak, as I know I must be a dad to my own before I can do anything else.

They are still all sleeping outside, all but us crazy Americans who are inside. That includes me, 3 board members and the daughter of one husband-wife team.

Pre-quake, I told you we struck water with our well drillers on our mission land. However, the well we were drilling is now ruined so we are re-drilling at another spot on our property.

Much, much more is to be done in Haiti. As I have said, this is not a short fix but, instead, will be years. 90% of Haitian schools were destroyed so no one knows when school can resume. We can't legally have school unless the government says so. However, we can have "kids club" at our mission for our school kids AND we can teach them whatever we want.... so stay tuned, kids club is coming to a tent near you.

In case you lost count of names, here is the entourage God has me in the middle of:
The younger ones: Jony, 4, Peterson 5, Kaylye 5, Adrianno 6, Beverly 8, Robenson 8, Marckendy 10, Kimberly 8, Ricardo 12, Bony 10, Steven 13, Jay 1.

The 16-20 year olds: Shadrach, Matthew, Sonson, Claudy, Tito, Derson, Sonal, Maxim, Reggie, Berthony, Georgie, Louis, Edward, Jimy 1, Jimy 2, Toby, Kenel.

And staff: Roger, Altimay and Stephanie, and me. Seems like more but I think that is all the permanent ones, do ya get 33?

Great bunch, I am blessed, keep the prayers coming and, please don't forget we have a monthly budget we must meet--the quake relief is just for that. We still need 10 grand per month to run mission and do ministry in our 5 points of light.

Not sure if I told you this, yesterday my girls from the ministry team came to my house and made 100 rice and bean dinners. We then took them to the garbage dump where there were about 50 people. We gave them the meal and drinks, then drove up and down the road giving meals to stragglers. What a joy. Thanks for making this possible.
tominhaiti