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Haiti Update

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All,

This is the little information I have.

Duane just talked with Rod… he said the hospital buildings are fine… the gate and fence are mostly down because of all the trees down. Sounds like most of the trees in the area are down. Building are still standing at camp but heavy damage. Rod hopes to get there in a couple days. Hearing heavy damage and loss of life in Cayes. Many missionary families have lost the roofs. Will pass info as I get it…

Quick Update and Prayer Request

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Hi All:

Just wanted to update you all on a couple quick items.

  1. We finished this round of treatment in Pittsburgh fairly well. The double treatment on Friday didn’t give me as much grief during and shortly after, so we made a run for home that evening, had pretty good travel and arrived home late that night with minimal aches and nausea (of course, on meds which help). Saturday started out well, but then the expected side effects caught up with me and the afternoon and evening were a bit more rough. As before, this is slowly subsiding and I am looking forward to continued improvement. Dr. Bartlett was encouraged with his reading of the CT scan and exam of my belly, but it is still under 6 months from the last marathon surgery, but pray that this good situation will be prolonged by the treatments and the Lord’s blessing through them.
  1. You all know about Hurricane Matthew bearing down on Haiti. It seems that our area, Les Cayes, the tongue of land stretching out  from Port au Prince, will catch the brunt of it. Rod Wray already informed us that they have boarded up the camp area and moved to the CSL compound for safety, as the hospital and surrounding ministries/missionary homes are on much higher ground. They will get a ton of the winds and a good amount of the predicted 40 inches of rain, but at least the water and mud slides will likely have less effect. Many of the poorer people in Cayes apparently are refusing to move for fear of losing what little belongings they have to looters that take advantage of the situation. It seems there literally is “no fear of God in their eyes.” However, hundreds of our poor brothers and sisters may suffer financial and possible bodily loss in the face of all the violent weather there even if they don’t live in the worst hit areas.
  1. Regardless of the above problems, cholera still remains a constant threat and things likely will ramp up with the living conditions that are likely to follow. There were significant gaps in sanitation before, this will get worse as people make do as best they can. This will also strain our hospital resources/staff, we have a small area dedicated to treating these patients to limit spread, but that could overfill rapidly, so appreciate your prayers for wisdom in treating those who need help after the storm.
  1. Fred (Brown the surgeon), Tom Failing and John Cushman had a good week and we are thankful they have arrived back home safely, especially in light of the inclement weather looming on the horizon.

Thanks, as always, for your prayers and support for our work and workers in Haiti.

Bill for the Haiti Team