After 10 hours of riding in a bus, 4 of us arrived in St.Marc today. Ruthie and Andrew had to stay back in the DR to wait for their bags. We are anxious for their return to the team. The bus ride was a classic bumpy ride, filled with close calls of head on collisions. The roads in Haiti definitely need some work. We arrived around 1:30 pm and were greeted by the YWAM- staff here. The base is literally like a bee hive full of busyness, with people and volunteers from all over helping in so many different ways. In our bukhouse alone we have met people from Texas, Canada, Finland, Pennsylvania, etc...
Today we did some orientation, and had the opportunity to go and pick up bags of rice and beans from the UN post here in St.Marc. It is encouraging to see how YWAM has a working and trusting relationship with the UN here. Although we did not drive into the downtown of Port a Prince, we defintely saw much damage that the earthquake has done. It looks like we will be heading into Port a Prince on Sunday. There are many refugees from Port a Prince who left there homes and are now here on the YWAM base. YWAM has registered over 5,000 of them so far to try and help them do all the legal steps they need to do to get help. Along with that, the base has a make -shift hospital set up to aid those hurt in the earthquake. Tomorrow we will be getting our assignments on what areas we will begin to help in more. We are all doing well, but are very tired from the travel.
The Haitian people seem so happy despite the difficult times. We look forward to serving this nation in the upcoming weeks. Thank you all for your prayers, and you'll hear from us tomorrow.
- Tim
Hi Team, We are so proud to have you there. At church today Bruce talked about sending you out and we are all standing with you. Hope the luggage get located and Andrew and Ruthie can join up with the team. Thanks for keeping us in the loop. We love you all!!!
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