Thursday, January 14, 2010

What Kyrk and Chris' day is going to be like (we think)

I wanted to pass along what Kyrk and Chris' day looks like, to give you an idea of how to pray for them today.
They left at 8:30 this morning to go to the airport along with a driver and one man from Samaritan's Purse who arrived yesterday. As I mentioned earlier they are going to be distributing large pieces of plastic for people to use as temporary shelter. The first plane is planning to arrive around 10:45 with some people and some supplies. There will be 4 other flights coming in throughout the day also, with more people and supplies. Kyrk took some of our workers with him to help unload these planes and thanks to the generosity of MAF we are able to store the relief supplies in their hanger. This way we only have to bring the medical supplies up here and the relief supplies are closer to where they are going to be needed.
There are many press and communications people coming and the first and second flights. Kyrk and possibly Chris are going to take them around Port-au-Prince to see the devastation. Franklin Graham will be one of the people coming along with Greta van Sustren from Fox news. The doctor who arrived last night is really hoping that he can get Franklin Graham to come up to our hospital and see it first hand. He thinks that it is something that he needs to see, to really understand the huge impact of this and the work that we are trying to do with the limited supplies and staff that we have.

If all goes well Kyrk and the guys will return to the mission tonight around 7, since the last flight arrives around 5pm. They will be coming up with about 20 more people, so there are many things to pray for today.

1 - pray for safety
2 - pray that God would once again allow everything to come straight from the plane to our trucks without any trouble
3 - Pray for wisdom as they begin to distribute the plastic tarps
4 - Pray for wisdom and safety as they drive around Port-au-Prince and see the damage. I know this is going to be very hard to see all the destruction and hurting people.
5 - Pray that everyone and all the medical supplies will return to the mission tonight without any problems.

Thanks again for your prayers. God is answering and doing great things.

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