Living Water Update

Haitian Journal
January 23, 2010
ActsOne8 Missions

Dennis & Jennifer Maupin

To Our Supporters!

We live and work each day at the task God puts in front of us without fear because of your prayers! Daily God shows us that prayers are covering us.
Great things are being accomplished! Many people are praying around the clock and around the world.

Thank you for your great faith and desire to touch Haiti for Christ.

Thank you to our partners in missions who make the financial sacrifice to begin this ministry and are committed to its' desire to touch lives through God's love and His Word.


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Haiti Missions
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Clinton, MO 64735

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Dennis & Jennifer Maupin
314 E. Green
Clinton, MO 64735

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Everyone Who Thirsts, Come to the Waters!
Your abundant prayers have brought forth abundant water. Let those who thirst come!
Isaiah 55:1

This week we had a very busy drilling crew in search of clean water for Mission of Hope. The crew consist of Tim Hlavnicka from Montana, Kenny Wines, Kevin.., and Jon Williams from Texas, Jim Griffey, Bill Houk, and Robert St. George from Missouri.
Monday the crew hit water but couldn't cap it. Capping the hole means that they put a pipe down the hole to keep it from falling in. Tuesday the men redrilled a larger hole and was able to cap the well. An electric pump will be used to clean out the dirt and bring the clean water up to the surface. Praise God for His mercy and goodness!

Today, a few men from the crew will return home and a second crew; Russell Hendrick, Keith Ross, and Rick Cable from Clinton, Mo., entered into Haiti from Dominican Republic. They will buy and bring food supplies, the parts needed for the newer drill rig, along with an electric pump. This crew will begin a second well to insure that water will be always be available for Haitians in this community and to relief teams and missionaries bringing in Jesus' Living Water.

Where are You Father?

Thursday, Jon Williams and Jennifer Maupin went into the heavily damaged Port Au Prince, which was the old downtown with the the administration of DeAnita's Children, an orphanage of northern Haiti. The goal was to check on reports of children orphaned by the earthquake of January 12 and transport them into a safe and healthier enviroment. These are the children asking, "Where are you father/mommy?"
The drive in was "difficult" in all uses of this term. We know there have been images on the news of Port Au Prince's situation and many are shocked by it. In my heart I ask, "Where are you Heavenly Father?" I found God in the smile of a child we touch.
Let me share about the first stop to General Hospital. To our relief the hospital was heavily guarded by American troops. Inside the compound patients were lying on mats or beds outside the hospital buildings under tents, or make shift awnings. We entered the children's tent where we found "Johnny". A seven year old boy sitting at the end of a mat in a daze, while the girl on this mat was screaming because of her pain.
Johnny was dirty, naked, had a broken leg wrapped in dirty bandages, hungry and tired. He did not know his last name. When we told him that we were there to take him where he could get help he claimed that he must wait for his mommy. Other parents in the tent spoke up saying "No! He has no one! He has been here for eight days and no one has come for him."
Nurses and the doctor spoke to him and then told us to pick him up and take him. He did not fight nor did he cry as we loaded him into the truck. The nurses raised their hands in praise and farewell.
While in route back to Mission of Hope, I offered him a banana from my sack of food. It was gone in a blink! I gave him another. He swallowed it too. Then came a packaged of cookies and nuts. After the third banana I thought he would be done but he asked me for another banana! This is why our group nickname him "Johhny Fig". Fig is Creole for banana. At Mission of Hope we went to work with the soap, water and some clothes. He enjoyed the bath and begin to respond with a slight grin.


Johnny was the first orphan out of 200 that DeAnita's Children is rescuing. She works with Haitian children through sponsorships. Raising up children in Haiti to make a better Haiti. Pray for the little ones asking for their father or mother.

Up-date: I went to visit Johnny last night to check on his progress. Our doctors discovered that Johnny's banaged lower leg was not broken but his Femur bone above has a compound break in a slanted T formation. He will undergo surgery Saturday morning, Jan. 23, 8 a.m. As you see in his picture above he appears not to be in pain!
Jennifer will join Danita's team today and return to Port Au Prince in searth of more earthquake orphans.
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