Greetings One and All,

The teams going to Haiti finally got on their way at 3:45a.m., only 15 minutes behind schedule.  We had over 60 pieces of luggage to load on a 50 passenger bus.  We had to put some luggage in the bus in order to get it all.

I have had my first report from Drs Cain and everything went smoothly in Orlando.  The luggage made it through TSA and there were no problems at the ticket counter.

I received a second call from Dr. Carolyn Cain at 10:07a.m. from Miami, FL, to let me know that all team members for all three teams (total of 35 people) where in their seats and ready for take off to Port au Prince Haiti.  I should be hearing from someone in Haiti later this afternoon.  I will try to send another e-mail when I hear from them.

HOUSTON, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED”.  Dr. Carolyn Cain called about 10 minutes ago to let me know that they had arrived not only in Haiti, but have made it all the way to Les Cayes, Haiti without any problems.  The Team will spend the night in Les Cayes tonight and then head for St. Martin tomorrow.

The Trinity and Wings teams have arrived in Port au Prince, Haiti and they are on their way to Gonaives, Haiti via bus on a very bad (full of pot holes) road. 

The trip will take 4-6 more hours.  It will be later tonight or tomorrow before we hear from them.  But they are safely in Haiti.  I will try to update you tomorrow on their progress if we can get through to Pastor Joshua in Gonaives.

Sleep tight everyone! All your loved ones are safe. PRAISE THE LORD!

God bless you, Danny

Greeting to you in the name of the Lord!

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT!

Tom Schmidt, director of Haiti Missions for Harvest International, called me last night at about 9:30p.m and informed me that he had heard from Nathaniel Kitchens, one of the Trinity team members.  Both teams (Trinity & Wings) arrived in Gonaives, Haiti after a very long afternoon of travel which included a flat tire.  There is no AAA in Haiti and getting a tire repaired on a bus is somewhat of a challenge.  However, the Lord provided what was needed and the teams are there.

The day will start with Church for all three teams and then lunch.  Cain team will travel to St. Martin today and will arrive mid to late afternoon.  They will set up where they will be spending the next 5 days and make plans for their first Mosquito Net deliveries.  They are “PRAYED UP” and ‘READY”.

The Trinity team will check to see the lumber that they have and formulate a plan for building 7 tables for the children of In His Hands Orphanage.  Tom Schmidt reported that some of the lumber that is available is “rough cut”.  I know what that means here in the U.S. but it Haiti it could be lumber with bark still on it.  Just kidding, I’m sure it will be a challenge but this team is prepared for whatever the challenges are.  They are “PRAYED UP” and “READY”.

The Wings team will get a tour of the hospital at Ebenezer missions today and will make plans for setting up for dental and medical clinics.   Tomorrow they will start seeing patients and praying for those who are sick.  The goal will be to minister to several hundred people over a 4 day period.  They are also scheduled to take a one day journey to a remote village and hold clinic there.  They are “PRAYED UP” and “READY”.

I have sent all this information to everyone so that you can be involved.  Although there are 3 different teams they are all ONE in the LORD.  I would ask that each of you that get this e-mail not only pray for the person that you know and the team they are with, but that you also pray for the other teams as well.  God knows who’s on what team, just pray for the other teams as well.

Thank you for your PRAYERS and participation.

Good Morning to all,

One of our board members received an e-mail from Gonaives early this morning but it was written yesterday.

“Hello Tom,

Thanks for your respond.  Always good to hear from you.

Yes, we have the teams with us at the mission.  Such a joy to see some of them I have met before.  They have been enjoying  themselves so far.  The church services This morning  and tonight have been very impressive and people really got touched.  This morning the team led by Cecil stay at the church at the farm where we live and the one led by Nathaniel went to be with past. Charlie's church. But tonight both teams went to worship in our church in the city. And your best translator in Gonaives has done a wonderful job translating in both services and assist in whatever way I can so far. And now they are getting ready to start the week tomorrow.”

Good morning everyone,

We received two reports yesterday and it looks like things are going well, Praise the Lord.

First Pastor Joshua, from Gonaives, called Tom Schmidt to let him know how the teams were doing.

Trinity worked at In His Hands orphanage building tables and other things and repairing things around the orphanage. Today the team will work on the building that will become the new home for Charlie’s Champions.  The women’s seminar is going very well and the number of women in attendance is more than expected.  Pastor Joshua is very excited about what the ladies are learning.

The Wings dental and medical teams are both very busy with very large crowds.   Both are very excited about being able to minister to so many people both physically and spiritually. 

Dr. John Cain called in last night at 8:48p.m to file his first report from St. Martin.  The team from Vanguard visited 40 homes and set up 80 mosquito nets during the day.  The doctors, with the help of the students, held a mini clinic and saw over 20 very sick patients in just a couple of hours.  The good, good, news is that 5 people received the Lord.

Well that’s it for now.  We hope to have our webpage updated today and will post all of the updates, in order, on the blog page. To get to that page just visit harvestinternational.org and click on “blogs” at the top right side of the home page.

God bless you, Danny