Haiti Update #6

Greetings from Haiti,

Well our time here in Haiti (for at least this trip) has come to an end. We pack up and leave early tomorrow morning for the Dominican Republic. We will stay the night there and catch our flight out Monday morning.

Today was an amazing day. We headed out to a small fishing village about two hours outside of Port-au-Prince. There is probably a couple hundred people (including the children) living in this small village. We went there to distribute some of the rice that we were able to purchase through your support and prayers. What an awesome thing to think that the whole village went to bed tonight with a full stomach. Before we left we were able to visit a couple of huts and watch them cook some of the rice we gave them… wow that was an exciting thing to see.

While we were in the village we were able to provide some basic medical care for the people. We brought with us all the antibiotics, medications, and first aid supplies. It was quite a sight. There were so many needs. We treated everything from Herpes, Scabies, Abscesses, and infected wounds… and so much more. It was heartbreaking to see how little these people have. Even the basic healthcare needed to clean cuts and scrapes isn’t even there. One girl we saw had a cut on her ankle about the size of a silver dollar.

What happened was she fell and scrapped it on a rock (like any kid does) but due the lack of medical knowledge and basic first aid care her little cut turned into a massive sore. We were able to clean out the sore that was packed full of dirt and riddled with infection. As well as give her bandages, training on how to care for it (which we taught her mom), and antibiotics to help fight further infections. There will be a team coming out the beginning of next week that we will have head out to the village to check up on this girl and see how she is doing. If we wouldn’t have arrived when we did with the needed medications most likely she would have lost her foot. However, she is not out of the woods yet and needs a LOT of prayer.

While in the village we were also able to shoot pictures and take down all the kids’ information for Promise Child to create profile cards and get sponsors for each of the children. This was one of my favorite times because I was able to get down in the dirt and take all their pictures and teach them how to give a high five and knuckles (slam-it… for you hip people). There was lots of smiles and laughter.

My heart was truly filled with joy just hanging out in the baking sun with those kids. Each one of them is a beautiful creation of God and is so precious. Please pray for all of them. And if you are interested about sponsoring any of these children or any other children Promise Child has adopted please visit their website at www.promisechild.com or e-mail Pastor Brent at promisechild@mac.com.

All together this has been a wonderful trip and God has so much in store for this country. I want to thank you all for all you love, prayers, and support. When I get home I will be uploading all the videos that I have shot so you can get a better picture of life and ministry down here in Haiti. Meanwhile, I have been able to upload hundreds of pictures for you to view. You can access those at http://www.sgwm.com/newsblog/.

I look forward to connecting with you and further sharing with you what the Lord has laid on my heart and Pastor Brent’s heart for Haiti. We desire to continue providing ongoing medical and food relief for the people down here. Also, there is an amazing opportunity for discipleship of hundreds of pastors that are connected with Pastor Marcel and are hungry for discipleship.

So we are praying that in about 6 week we would be able to travel down here again and continue the work we started as well as put on a Pastors Conference (there are teams lined up almost back to back from now until then from various Calvary Chapels.).  In addition, we desire to organize a community building plan for the small fishing village we visited today. We are praying through a couple of things like a fish hatchery (they already run one out of makeshift cages), a boat and net project, agriculture, etc… Please pray with me as I seek the Lord for SGWM role for where God is calling us in Haiti.

If you feel the Lord is putting on your heart to travel down to Haiti and assist us in the ministry here I want to welcome you. Please contact me at mikethiemann@sgwm.com and let me know. We are also looking for medical, construction (i.e.; masonry), water purification, and other professionals. So if you know anyone that would be interested please forward our information on to them and I will get them plugged in on a team.

Once again thank you for all your prayers and you labor of love. Please continue to pray about supporting our efforts here in Haiti by donating through the Haiti Relief Fund on www.sgwm.com.

God Bless,

Mike

Director
Saving Grace World Missions

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