1.) Protection for Kendra and her dad Marty Trepus as they drive 14 hours tomorrow to Port-au-Prince. Safety and health for their time in Haiti through Sept 6th.
2.) Encouragement for Samuel as he stays with the boys in the Dom Rep and helps the boys in the start of their new school year.
3.) Direction and wisdom for Kendra & Marty as they meet with the land owner and the camp leadership committee to determine what the next steps should be.
4.) Land to relocate the families in the camp. Kendra will try to schedule a meeting with the director of United Nations department of camp management. Pray for contacts with other organizations that have experience with this and may be able to partner with us in this transition.
5.) Pray for us as we learn about, and assist in the assembly of, the initial 2 styrofoam houses. This summer, we met Richard and Larry Orborne who have designed and shipped these foam pre-fab house parts from Florida for assembly in Port-au-Prince. We are excited about the potential these structures have to relieve Haiti's shelter crisis. They are relatively economical, light weight, heat insulated and wind resistant.
6.) Praise the Lord that the 225 mattresses for refugees (100 for Free Methodist needy families and 125 for the Delmas 6 refugee camp) are finally being delivered today! I have had this delivery set up 4 times since June and run into a snag each time - Thank the Lord - today, it is finally happening!
7.) Pray for Samuel as he follows up with the youth and leaders of the 6 Bison Clubs in Jarabacoa. On Saturday Aug 21, he led a camp with 110 kids and 15 adults of NET's (Nacion En Transformacion) Bison Clubs. They went to Santiago to the zoo and 2 museums. This was the first time many of these children had ever been out of our mountain town of Jarabacoa! What an adventure!
