28Jan2010 - Ben Adkins is back in the U. S, David Heath will return this weekend for a few days, then back to Cap Haitian, Haiti for a couple of months

January 25th: On friday, Healing Hands Internatiional shipped out our first container of aid to Haiti. This container included items such as blankets, water filters, medical supplies, shoes and tents.
The team of Healing Hands representatives (Steve Church, Harry Hames, Lynn Griffith, and Greg Beeson) are on their way to Haiti today. Their efforts will be coordinated by Roberta Edwards of Son Light orphanage. HHI has made a commitment to drill 30 - 50 water wells in Haiti later this year. Nashville, Metro public schools and also Maury County, TN schools have begun an area wide food drive to collect rice and beans for Haiti. These items will be shipped through Healing Hands. This update taken from Healing Hands International website www.hhi.org.

Damou Christian Mission in Haiti
(Tina Eisenhower)
January 27, 2010

Today Dad and I went to the school and worked for a little while in the morning. Then we decided to go to town and visit the camps that people are staying at who lost their homes. I could not handle it. I kept looking away so Dad would not see me cry. People made little shelters out of cloth. People were begging Dad and I to help them. I just had a hard time seeing the children suffer. We watched them unload a food truck. Dad and I continued walking thru the camp and talking to people and I heard a little voice saying “Blan, Blan” (which means foreigner) I turned around and a little girl about 3 years old was running towards me with her hands out stretched and 2 little boys about the same age were right behind her. One smacked Dad on the rear. I bent down to talk to the children and one of the little boys placed his hand on my cheek and rubbed it gently. Both he and the little girl had the biggest smiles on their faces. I thought to myself if these children can be happy in their horrible circumstances I must not cry, I must find a way to help them. Dad and I then finished our tour and went to the second camp.

As Dad and I waked thru the camp I could hear some little children crying and others were running around playing. I was appalled at the conditions. This camp was worse than the other one. One lady begged me to take her 2 little children (3 yr old girl, and 5 yr old boy). She said her husband had been killed in the quake and they had lost everything but the clothes on their backs. Another family was letting them sleep under their make shift shelter. I thought that was amazing. I told her I couldn’t because she would never see her children again. She told me that if I didn’t take them they would die a slow death. She could not take care of them. I looked at the little boy and he had a nasty gash on his forehead. It needed stitches. She had no money to get him stitched up. I made sure he got the medical treatment he needed. She followed me to the jeep and kept begging me to take them. I told her she would have to sign before a judge and the mayor (thinking she would walk away) and she said let’s go. I told her to think about it and I would be back on Friday. I made sure she had food for her children.

Around 11:00 a.m. and Dad and I headed for a community in the mountains called Cape Rouge. We took food up to the mountain people. They were so appreciative and kept waving as we drove off and yelling Mesi, Mesi (thank you, thank you). I told Dad I had to return to the second camp again and show Mom and Linda. I also wanted to check on some of the people I had seen that morning. We took enough food to provide 2,160 meals. We also took empty rice sacks so the people could open them up and would not have to sleep directly on the ground. We also went and bought medicine for some of the people. They had seen Doctors who had come to the camp but they did not have all the medicine that they needed. Again, it was so overwhelming. I talked to one of the leaders over the camp and we are going to take cases of soap, tooth paste, tooth brushes, deodorant, and laundry soap to the camp tomorrow. I am so thankful my parents and Linda are here. Dad runs most of the errands with me while Mom and Linda take care of the children.

I have decided after talking with some people in the States and Haiti that we definitely are going to start “Damou Christian Mission Haitian Family Homes”. We will try and help as many children who have not only lost their parents but also who only have one parent and that parent is unable to take care of them. We will build small house and put 6-8 children in a home with a Christian Haitian Family. We are not doing any adoptions. Please pray about the land next to the mission house. I am going to ask the owners tomorrow if they will sell it to me. Even though it is not for sale. I know if God wants this project to work he will put it in the owners heart to sell it to me.

Well it is 11:00 p.m. so I think I will go to bed. I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow.

WFR Relief Ministries Food and water is being distributed daily and basic needs are being met. The people of Haiti are grateful for what you are doing.

The human suffering of the Haitian people is unimaginable. Physical pain, hunger, grief, fear, hopelessness, helplessness are everyday realities....But God is using WRF Relief and others to bring hope, compassion, Christian love, food, and medical attention to many. Keep praying for the WFR Relief and Healing Hands Int'l

WFR Relief Ministries We are fine here. You can't even imagine. 50 Christians on delmas street are presumed to be dead beneath the rubble. The building is completely destroyed. The earthuakes sometimes just feel like you are off balance but there is nothing left to destroy in PAP.

WFR Relief Ministries Ben and David traveled back up to Cap Haitien where they are setting up the command center. The port is very valuable and the airport is far less busy than Port au Prince. Things are going very well. Food and medical supplies are priority one. Thanks for your giving and prayers. (Royce)

*January 20, 2010 -Report from Ben Adkins & David Heath, WFR Relief Damage Assessment Team:

Some things David wanted me to share:

Don, especially for you—he said that he has made coordination with the military, UNICEF, & USAID for Healing Hands at the airport in Port au Prince (PAP so that any church groups coming into PAP will have all the food & water, etc. for their missions that they need. It is set up so that Lucner Pierre, Jean Elmyra, and Debbie Vanderbeek know where to enter the airport and meet with these officials.

Sad news – the largest church of Christ in PAP has been crushed and there are a reported 50 buried bodies. He was able to speak with Lester Holt (NBC TV) today and implored him to move someone in to help that area.

Regarding the earthquake today – he felt something but thought it was a large truck going down the road.

In the short time he’s been in PAP he says it’s been both better and worse than can be imagined. Better in that he’s seen not a shred of violence of any kind (of course it’s there but it’s certainly not widespread) but worse devastation than you can even gain from watching the TV shows.

Take care and keep them in your prayers and even more keep the Haitian people in your prayers.

God bless,

Maxine Heath

WFR Relief Ministries The phones here at home base in West Monroe have been busy with generous people calling for any news and saying they are sending funds to help. In the field Ben and David are busy putting infrastructure in place for distribution of food and medical supplies and communications. They are loving the people, sharing the Word, and giving hope. Keep praying!( Royce )

Update from WRF on Haiti

Relief work in Haiti will be a long term effort. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up a control center, establish a distribution network, acquire goods and food stuffs, all in a place with no phones and where chaos has become the norm. Ben and David are bringing hope to the people there and doing everything ...humanly possible to get help to the hurting as quickly as possible.

New Update from David and Ben in Haiti

We visited the hospital tonight..........not a nice scene. One mother holding a twin whose brother was crushed and killed. A man getting a blood transfusion. a leg amputation........... there is no anesthesia or pain killer. limited bags of saline. terrible

Just in from Haiti

From Dave and Ben. We are doing very good and without problems so far. It is warm and humid. We are staying at a hotel that is nice and comfortable. We have electricity and internet most of the time. There are refugees starting to come into the city where we are and this will most likely cause future issues.

Update form Haiti

Call was received from Ben in Haiti this morning. They arrived safely at Cap Haitian where World Radio speaker Lucner Pierre met them. They were able to rent a 4 wheel drive truck and will be making their way to Port au Prince today.

To view our work on previous disastors go to mikesmissionupdates.blogspot.com

Ben and Dave boarding plane for Haiti



I am sure most of you have heard of the terrible disaster that has happen in Haiti. We would like to provide you a way to help these families get food and necessary supplies. We have had people who want to donate but want to make sure there funds are going to a mission that actually does disaster assistance work. So we decided to oversee this program. As of right now we are working with a congeration that has already sent two men there. Fortunately they were able to get on one of the few planes being allowed to land. They should be landing around noon today. Please pray for their safety. Their names are Ben Adkins and David Heath.

AID NEEDED IN HAITI CRISIS

Donations are needed for medical and basic supplies. We will oversee getting these supplies there thru the proper agencies.

The good news is there is no disaster work that we need to be doing at this time. We are taking this time to continue updating and adding to our email contact list and other administration work that nees to be done. You can visit our new web site at
www.disasterassistancecoc.com or for past mission works visit mikesmissionupdates.blogspot.com