Flood Update for September 9, 2008

Dear brothers and sisters,

Greetings to all of you in the name of Our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

We had a nice day yesterday. Today we have another nice one. It is even sunny. This brightens our faces. We can smile. We can laugh again.

The majority of the people have already left the city. Some went to Port-au-Prince, others went to Saint-Marc or Cap Haitian or a number of villages. Some vow that they will never set foot in this city again. Others confidently say they will start all over again. Others, with tears and broken hearts, do not know what they will do. They are watching the course of events.

I am glad to see my kids with zest and joy in spite of the many things they went through, and they are still going through. They smile because last Tuesday at this time they were looking at death and destruction. The flood water was raging and rolling. They saw that death claimed many lives. They saw that death caused crying and tears in many faces of babies, infants, young and old.

Thanks be to God, we are alive. There is a lot of work to do. We can sum up the work as feeding the hungry, giving drink to those who are thirsty, clothing the naked, rebuilding homes that are destroyed, restoring other homes and preaching the good news to everyone who has not known HIM yet.

You have been with us since the beginning. The present situation calls for us to stick together and strengthen our bonds to continue our work. The situation requires more team members to join the work so that together we may win. This morning we were at the campus of the school to assess the devastation. It is huge problem. We really do not know where to start, but we will start soon.

Tomorrow, Lord willing, several of us will go to Port-au-Prince. We hope to return with critically needed supplies. Things like water, food and anti-tetanous serum are desperately needed. We have a lot of people who are seriously cut: My dad (Pierre-Jules, Jude (constructor) and several other people need this shot badly.

Micah is leaving for the US on Thursday as schedule. I wish I could keep him, but his presence in the States will be a blessing for Living Water at large and for himself in particular.

I am able to send e-mail from my house because one of my priorities when the hurricane hit us was to get the generator and Internet equipment up to the second floor. This is why I can send e-mail. A gallon of gasoline cost 14 USD in Gonaives today but it’s worth it.

We are doing well.

In Christ,

Salonique Adolphe