MORE INFO ON BUCKETS OF HOPE

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Buckets of Hope for Haiti!!!

http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.5769247/k.E121/Instructions_on_How_to_Assemble_a_Bucket_of_Hope.htm

The link above has instructions on a project called Buckets of Hope for Haiti. If you want to participate in this, let me know ASAP. We will be delivering what buckets are provided to the Associational Office in Warsaw on March 14.

Let's do this!

Hurry Up & Wait

I grew up on Air Force bases all over the country, and if you have any experience with the military (or the government for that matter) then you are familiar with the phrase, "Hurry up and wait..." That phrase pretty much describes the military experience of preparedness, you get orders, that you are about to get orders.

That is where I sit right now.

The evening of the earthquake there was seismic activity in my heart. A groaning that I could not, and still cannot express, that defies all reason, that really in general just blows me away, and at once consumes me. "Something, you have to do something, God wants you to go..." and so I am ready, willing, able (and almost legal), to go. In the meantime?

Patience.

I am a fairly patient person, but this eking out of God's will can be quite burdensome. One piece of the puzzle at a time when what I want is the box top. But I will wait, and pray, and ask God for direction. Lord when, where, how, and who?

He knows. For now, I will hurry up... and wait.

The Toll (from CNN)

Here are some staggering figures that I just read on CNN.com this morning. Perhaps it will help the true magnitude of what has happened/is happening to sink in.

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THE TOLL
150,000: Latest estimate of the death toll, from the Haitian Health Ministry. The European Union and the Pan American Health Organization, which are coordinating the health-sector response, have estimated the quake killed 200,000 people.
194,000: Number of injured
134: Estimated number of people rescued by international search teams since the quake

THE EFFECT
9 million: Population of Haiti
3 million: Estimated number of people affected by the quake
1 million: Estimated number of displaced people
800,000 to 1 million: People who need temporary shelter
235,000: People who have left Port-au-Prince using free transportation provided by the government. The number who left by private means is undetermined.
At least 50: Aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or higher that have hit Haiti since the January 12 quake

THE CHILDREN
300,000: Children younger than 2 who need nutritional support
90: Percentage of schools in Port-au-Prince that have been destroyed
263: Haitian orphans who have been evacuated
THE RESPONSE IN DOLLARS
$1.12 billion: International aid pledges
$783 million: Funds received as of Tuesday
$317 million: U.S. assistance as of Monday

THE RESPONSE IN MANPOWER
17,000: U.S. military personnel in and around Haiti
8 million: Meals the World Food Programme has delivered to nearly 400,000 people
300: Aid distribution sites that are up and running
130 to 150: Flights arriving every day at the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport with aid

EFFECT ON FOREIGNERS
12,000: U.N. workers in the country at the time of the quake
53: U.N. workers still missing
At least 82: U.N. workers dead
27: U.N. workers injured or hospitalized
11,500: Americans and family members who have been evacuated
4,800: Americans unaccounted for

BGR Update 01/25/10

Haiti team charts relief needs, logistics
Jan. 25, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Southern Baptist joint assessment team in Haiti not only has been able to deliver much-needed relief supplies to ministry partners in Haiti, but also identified significant needs Southern Baptists can meet and established supply routes for relief supplies, said Jeff Palmer, executive director of Baptist Global Response.

The five-member team returned to the United States Jan. 25, Palmer said. The following day, they are planning to participate in a conference call with members of the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Network to chart out a strategy for short- and long-term projects in the island nation ravaged by the Jan. 12 earthquake.

“The team was able to deliver supplies to a clinic in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 22 and then connect with five pastors with the Haitian Baptist Convention to talk about needs those pastors were aware of in the area surrounding the city,” Palmer said. “On Jan. 24, they were back in the Dominican Republic to explore ministry options with Baptist leadership there.

“While in Haiti, the team was able to establish logistics for supply routes, meet with local Baptist partners and come up with response plans and coordinate with government and NGO groups for future collaboration,” Palmer said. “They also determined three or four possible locations for initial medical teams working through local church ministry partners. They also identified logistical concerns – like housing, transportation, translators and security – that will need to be provided for future volunteers.”

Jim Brown, a member of the assessment team and U.S. director for Baptist Global Response, said delivering supplies to the medical clinic was a powerful moment.

“The high point was the quick purchase and delivery of $12,000 worth of baby formula needs. What a huge blessing this was to those on the front lines, working desperately to save the lives of children,” Brown wrote in a Jan. 23 e-mail. “Many tears were shared with them when we showed up and later when we prayed with them.

“I would ask all of us to pray for a Dominican believer named Olmy, who is coordinating this medical clinic,” Brown added. “Her prayer is that not only will her ministry be a blessing to those dear little ones, but that it will also bring special healing amongst believers from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.”

The meeting with the Haitian pastors identified several specific needs Southern Baptists can help with, Brown noted.

“They shared with us the extent of damage they are aware of in greater Port-au-Prince area and shared with us needs that included temporary shelter for an orphanage with 40 children, medical clinics, re-establishing schools and church clean-up. We also discussed the need for trauma counseling. People are still sleeping outside and many are about to crack because of it.”

In the Haitian capital, the grim work of recovery continues. Haiti’s communications minister told reporters Jan. 24 that more than 150,000 bodies have been buried in mass graves north of Port-au-Prince, but thousands more are believed to have died in outlying areas such as the city of Jacmel.

At the same time, however, spirits were buoyed in the capital as work crews pulled a few more survivors from the rubble – even as rescue efforts were being halted. Wismond Exantus Jean-Pierre, a 22-year-old cashier at the Hotel Napoli, was pulled from the remains of the hotel Jan. 23 – 11 days after the earthquake struck the city. A day earlier, another 22-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman were found alive.

"I am here today because God wants it," the second 22-year-old man told a reporter.

Relief and reconstruction efforts will benefit from improvements being made in Haiti’s damaged infrastructure, Palmer noted.

“The main pier at Port-au-Prince and the airport are open and functioning, allowing much-needed aid to arrive,” Palmer said. “At the airport now, 150 planes can land per day and 250 containers can arrive per day at the seaport. New roads have been made to facilitate transportation and the best route for overland goods still seems to be from the Dominican Republic.”

The World Food Program is feeding 200,000 people per day, but in a city where an estimated 609,000 people are homeless, much more is needed, Palmer added.

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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.


Send Contributions to:

Haiti Missions
c/o First Baptist Church
209 E Jefferson
Clinton, MO 64735

Attention:
Haiti ministry
Maupin account
Vechicle account

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

Email:

maupins4haiti@fbcclintonmo.org

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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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Progress

Things have been progressing at a decent clip as far as making initial contacts. It appears as though going directly through the SBC at this time may be a bit challenging. I am lacking some of their training requirements (Disaster Relief or DR Certification) which means I have to look at other channels.

I have completed the first stage of getting my passport. Now for a little more paperwork.

I was sick most of Wednesday and all day Thursday so that slowed me down a little.

Keep an eye on the blog for more info. If you have a Google account, or a Blogger account you can subscribe to this blog and you will receive an e-mail anytime there is a posting. If you are interesting in joining any future team(s) this would be the easiest way to keep up.

In the meantime, please continue to pray for Jim Akers, for the Living Water drilling teams, and for the rest of our brothers and sisters in the field in Haiti. There is much to be done for both body and soul.