 Friday evening January 30, both the Calvary Chapel Old Bridge, and Costa Mesa teams arrived back home in the USA. Our teams left Jacmel Friday morning at 1200 AM for the drive back to Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It ended up being about a 15 hour journey. Although the road that connects Jacmel to Port Au Prince is open about, half of it is a small two lane road through the mountains. The earthquake and following aftershocks triggered a number of landslides that have been cleared enough to allow single vehicles to pass. Between the mountain pass and Port Au Prince lies the city of Leogane. Leogane was all but completely destroyed. We spoke to both Canadian and American troops we met that night who were stationed at two food storage sites. The death toll in Leogane alone was estimated at 20,000 to 30,000. Driving through Port Au Prince at night was both eerie and heartbreaking. The city lay in ruin with only the dim glow of an occasional street light. The streets were lined with the survivors, who either had no home left or were too afraid to sleep inside. Traffic lanes were blocked off with furniture and disabled vehicles to prevent the thousands that were sleeping in the streets from being run over by the occasional vehicle that passed by. At the Haitian/Dominican border there was a convoy of vehicles that must have been close to a mile long trying to get intoHaiti from the Dominican side. Our drive into Jacmel, from the DR a week earlier, had been a very difficult drive do to road conditions and traffic. We could only imagine what it was going to be like this day. A FEMA representative we met at the airport told us that things in Port Au Prince were still very chaotic. He said there was still little in the way of a centralize command, a lot of confusion, and no real plans for the future. Based on all we have seen we still believe that we could best serve the people of Haiti by setting up a command base in the city of Jacmel. The team from CC Ft Lauderdale has confirmed our original assessment and is looking to partnership with us. We have also been contacted by a number of Calvaries, and other ministries that are interested in working together on this endeavor. We are negotiating a lease on a piece of property and are preparing teams as well as gathering needed materials. We hope, by God’s grace, to have an operational base camp in Jacmel ASAP. Please continue to pray for the people of Haiti, that God would open their eyes and hearts to His boundless love for them. Then pray that He would send the laborers and resources we will need to impact this nation for Christ. Updates will continue to be posted on or website at www.parakletosinternational.com and on Facebook at “Parakletos International.”
Lord Bless Tim Wylie Parakletos International CCCM |
We can provied all the water the people need in Haiti.Exspecially in the camps and country side.
Please see Our Hope For Haiti at http://www.rain-catchers.net
We have some time to donate to train Hatians how to install.
These under ground cistern cost have been reduced by supplier as well and some shipping.
Haiti’s rainy season is coming and this could give them all the water they need and control mudslide.
Imagine a warm shower with solar and rain water.A small vilage or town would be free of plastic bottle and pots to get water. We can filter to drink as well.
Please help us help!
janice & Rcik Walker
Dear Janice & Rick,
Thank you for your desire to help Haiti. We appreciate you taking the time to email Parakletos International. Your information has been forwarded to the appropriate department for their respective attention. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and kindness. Someone will be contacting you shortly.
Lord Bless,
Amie
Parakletos International