Thank you so much for your prayers for those affected by the accident in the market on Friday.
We praise God that several of those who were injured are recovering well.
This morning one of the workers, Celavy, came in and was very thankful for the ways that we were able to help him out on Friday and have a driver take his son to a hospital. His son was released from the hospital and is doing much better.
The reports from the other family members of workers are positive also, but their is still lots of healing that needs to take place.
Thank you once again for your prayers.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Accident in the Fermathe Market
This morning around 8:00 a small pick up truck (Tap Tap) lost it's brakes coming down the hill from Fort Jacques and ran into the market area at the bottom of the hill. The market area was very busy since it was market day and many people go to the market early in the morning.
This market area is located about a 5 minute walk from the mission.
Sadly several people were injured and some were killed. We treated some of the injured here at the mission hospital, but most of the injuries were transfered to other hospitals since they were severe injuries and we didn't have the staff to handle all the severe injuries.
Two of our drivers became Ambulance drivers and helped to transfer 2 worker's family members to hospitals in Port-au-Prince. We praise God that they were able to get them to the hospital where they could get emergency surgery if necessary (we can only handle scheduled surgeries here).
We don't have any further updates on those injured. As we hear more, I will try and update. One is Celavy's son and another is a family member of Gaston. Madame Boss also had a sister in law injured.
Thank you for your prayers. Your continued prayers for the families who lost loved ones and for the healing of those who were injured are greatly appreciated.
Kyrk took this picture when he went through the area around noon. In the middle of the picture behind the 2 motorcycles is the truck which flipped over on it's side when it crashed.
This market area is located about a 5 minute walk from the mission.
Sadly several people were injured and some were killed. We treated some of the injured here at the mission hospital, but most of the injuries were transfered to other hospitals since they were severe injuries and we didn't have the staff to handle all the severe injuries.
Two of our drivers became Ambulance drivers and helped to transfer 2 worker's family members to hospitals in Port-au-Prince. We praise God that they were able to get them to the hospital where they could get emergency surgery if necessary (we can only handle scheduled surgeries here).
We don't have any further updates on those injured. As we hear more, I will try and update. One is Celavy's son and another is a family member of Gaston. Madame Boss also had a sister in law injured.
Thank you for your prayers. Your continued prayers for the families who lost loved ones and for the healing of those who were injured are greatly appreciated.
Kyrk took this picture when he went through the area around noon. In the middle of the picture behind the 2 motorcycles is the truck which flipped over on it's side when it crashed.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Summer Bible Institute, Teams and Fun Pictures
Conference Center and Summer Bible Institute:
After about 2 weeks of very hard work, Kyrk finished building 3 classrooms and a dorm room on the second floor of the conference center. This was a large task and we were blessed with having several people come and help with the project. We were also very thankful for our very talented carpenters and painters who faithfully worked each day helping to get the project finished.
Summer Bible Institute classes began on July 6 and it was an answer to prayer that they were able to use the newly built classrooms.
This year Kyrk was asked to teach one of the classes for Summer Bible Institute. He is teaching a class on the doctrine of sin, salvation and man. It is a third year class and on Thursday (his first day of class) there were 6 students in his class. He teaches every Tuesday and Thursday morning for 2 hours. Pray that God uses Kyrk to clearly teach these doctrines and Bible truths and that the students would be able to clearly understand and apply what they are learning.
Teams:
Over the past few weeks we have been blessed with several work teams coming to visit and rebuild houses. This is always a delight and encouragement to the people in the communities that they are working in and also to us missionaries.
It has also presented some challenges for Kyrk to try and get all the building materials to the job sites while he was struggling with several mechanical problems with the trucks. Pray that God keeps our trucks working well.
Fun Family pictures:
I thought it was time to include a few fun pictures of the kids.
After about 2 weeks of very hard work, Kyrk finished building 3 classrooms and a dorm room on the second floor of the conference center. This was a large task and we were blessed with having several people come and help with the project. We were also very thankful for our very talented carpenters and painters who faithfully worked each day helping to get the project finished.
Summer Bible Institute classes began on July 6 and it was an answer to prayer that they were able to use the newly built classrooms.
This year Kyrk was asked to teach one of the classes for Summer Bible Institute. He is teaching a class on the doctrine of sin, salvation and man. It is a third year class and on Thursday (his first day of class) there were 6 students in his class. He teaches every Tuesday and Thursday morning for 2 hours. Pray that God uses Kyrk to clearly teach these doctrines and Bible truths and that the students would be able to clearly understand and apply what they are learning.
Teams:
Over the past few weeks we have been blessed with several work teams coming to visit and rebuild houses. This is always a delight and encouragement to the people in the communities that they are working in and also to us missionaries.
It has also presented some challenges for Kyrk to try and get all the building materials to the job sites while he was struggling with several mechanical problems with the trucks. Pray that God keeps our trucks working well.
Fun Family pictures:
I thought it was time to include a few fun pictures of the kids.
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| We had to count thousands of Aqua Tabs to be sent to the schools and Anna was "helping." Thanks Bri and Brooke for helping me with this huge task!! |
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| Anna was more interested in climbing in the boxes. |
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| Anna playing with glasses. |
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| Robert was gifted with a little pig from Ti Jean (one of our contractors) He named it Thomas and loved to go feed it each day. Sadly this pig died a week ago, but the next day Ti Jean brought another pig for Robert. The new pig is Lightning McQueen and so far it is doing well. |
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