Parakletos International

JHarman — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:35:56 +0000

Tom Mullen and Ed Chiarelli load mattresses donated by World Bed into one of CCCM’s 40 foot containers. Along with the over 300 beds already donated, World Beds has offered to ship us another 1000 beds. We hope to have the containers fully loaded and ready to ship to CC Fort Luaderdale within the next 2 weeks.

Please continue to pray for Haiti.

Lord Bless: Tim Wylie

This is a heart-breaking story posted on Yahoo News today about the plight of many of Haiti’s children.

JHarman — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:02:58 +0000

Desperate parents abandon children in Haiti – Yahoo! News

JHarman — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:36:37 +0000

Weekly Report 4.25.10

Here is a copy of Dave Bird’s latest report out of Jacmel, Haiti. Dave and his wife Daryls are our in-field missionaries. This is their report on the activities and ministry going on in Jacmel. Haiti. Please take a moment to read and then pray for God’s wisdom and mery, for both our teams and the Nation of Haiti.

JHarman — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:48:50 +0000

Greetings everyone,

Below is a text and attached are photos Ron sent me from his cell phone
today. Ron called me during the puppet show for the children and held out
his phone so I could hear the laughter and joy exuding from the crowd of
children.

Ron has become quite attached to the people of Haiti. While they are working
on rebuilding, many of the people make a point to come to talk to him and
the team every day. He got choked up just telling me about the blessing of
helping these people and loving them. I am so fortunate to be married to
such a wonderful man!

Regards,

Karen

From: +19518182370
Sent: May 5, 2010 3:50 AM
Subject: Good Morning Honey.

Good Morning Honey. Well today we go back to the school and do a kids
program, finish some work at the school and head up into the mountains and
minister to a village and the over to the beach to chill for a couple of
hours and then home.

Haiti Update: Camp setup list.

JHarman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:32:37 +0000

Here’s our list of Resource Needs to set up the Jacmel Base Camp

If you can help with any of these items let us know.

Haiti Update: February 20, 2010

JHarman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:15:37 +0000

We are in Miami with a team of four which will be flying into Port Au Prince Haiti tomorrow, Sunday 2-21. The team will consist of Gary Le Blanc from Mercy Chefs, Ed Chiarelli from Vessel Of Love Ministries, a video/producer from CBN, and myself. We will be traveling to Croix-Des-Bouquets, Port-Au-Prince, Leogane, and onto Jacmel. Mercy Chefs is planning on building a kitchen in Croix-Des-Bouquets as well as a kitchen and bakery in Jacmel. Once in Jacmel we will meet with a team that Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale is flying down Saturday. Ed will be working with CCFL and Dave Bird from CC Chino Hills, to survey the property and inspect water and power options. As of this week the lease has been finalized. We are now committed to the property for 18 months with an additional 18 month lease option.

Stateside more Calvary Chapels are contacting us and asking to become involved. We are gathering up needed resources and making preparations to ship those to CCFL. From there we will have them shipped to Jacmel. CCFL has also rented a house and plans to begin outreach and medical programs as the camp is being readied.

Please pray that God would provide the needed materials to enable us to ready this camp for operations ASAP. A wish list will be posted with items we are asking the Lord to provide. Please join with us in prayer that we might reach the nation of Haiti with the Gospel before it is too late. Haiti is nation with a history of corruption, violence and desperate need. Voodoo is the predominant religion, and the voodoo priests are not at all happy to have Christians on their island. This land is truly a strong-hold of the enemy which has been brought to its’ knees in the wake of this earthquake. Please join with us as we seek to do the impossible; to Save Haiti!

Lord Bless

Tim Wylie

Haiti Presentation: Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa February 19th

JHarman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:14:19 +0000

Haiti Presentation:
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
February 19th
7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall

We will present the latest informaiton we have on Haiti, share our future plans, and answer questions. Please join with us as we pray and plan for our response to Haiti.

Haiti Update: Feb 5th, 2010

JHarman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:07:17 +0000

We are back on the ground in Ft Lauderdale. Yesterday’s trip into Haiti was a very quick, but extremely productive. We were able to meet with the mayor, begin the process of leasing land for a base camp, and the team located a house to rent, until the camp was up and running. Thanks to our missionary friends on the ground and more importantly our Lord’s provision we are moving ahead.

Haiti Update: Feb. 4th, 2010

JHarman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:03:37 +0000

Our team from CC Costa Mesa arrived in Florida this evening. Tomorrow we will be flying out with a team from CC Ft Lauderdale to Jacmel, Haiti. Our plans are to meet with the Mayor and offer him our assistance. We will then meet with Franatz to finalize an agreement for the land lease. Once we have a property we will need to acquire and ship the materials that will be needed to secure and build a base camp. This will be a huge undertaking in a country that was difficult to work in prior to this disaster.

Haiti Update

JHarman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:11:51 +0000

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

Walking through a Refugee Camp in Haiti

JHarman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:56 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY5Pjsma-Ok

A panoramic view of one of the hundreds of refugee camps occuring in Haiti as a result of the destruction and displacement of the earthquake which struck on January 12th, 2010.

A Nice way to wake up in Haiti…..

JHarman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:26:33 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EoiytrMeZU

“Nothing better to wake up to in Haiti, then the sound of a C-130 bringing supplies.” -- Tim Wylie

Haiti Update – Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 3:53 PM

JHarman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:54:05 +0000

Today our group split into 3 teams. The medical team spent the day at one of the clinics, where our team’s doctor performed surgery on a woman with a large mass on her neck. Another team assisted the missionaries we are staying with, Cody and Maria, as they passed out food in some of the local villages. Our other team met the Canadian commander in charge of the airbase and leaders of another organization that are co-ordinating logistics among the numerous medical clinics that are overwhelmed at this time. We then met with Frans, the Mayor’s assistant. Frans showed us property that we could use for future operations and gave us a tour of the city, which included a walk around Jacmel’s destroyed hospital. Dozens of patients are being housed in temporary structures there. Some of the structures were nothing more then tarps strung between trees. Later in the day we checked on a remote clinic, which we found to be intact.

The more time we spend here, the larger the problem becomes. The desperate nature of this nation was only exacerbated by this disaster. As this day ends, we are convinced that the only hope for the people of Haiti is Jesus. We are discussing and praying that God would show us how we, as His ambassadors, are to respond to this disaster. Please join us in prayer as we seek God’s wisdom, His heart, and His mind in ths matter.

Lord Bless
Tim Wylie
Parakletos International

Haiti Update: Safe passage to Jacmel, Haiti

JHarman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:08:17 +0000

Today we drove from Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Jacmel, Haiti. The drive took us through Port Au Prince and took us almost 10 hours. The level of destruction coupled with the poverty we witnessed through Port Au Prince and out lying areas was beyond description. Although large portions of the city lay ruined, food seems to be making it’s way to the people. Once in Jacmel we contacted members of the Canadian army that had set up a field hospital next to the port. They assured us the port was open and operational. We then met with staff at the Hands and Feet orphanage. They told us that members of their staff were in the city passing out food with the mayor. We visited a soccer stadium which is currently home to over 3500 refugees and attended a meeting hosted by the Red Cross and UN. The meeting was to discus co-ordinating efforts to provide medical attention to the victims. Tomorrow morning I have a meeting, at the airport,
with the medical logistics director to discuss current and projected needs for medical supplies and personal. This is the second trip to Jacmel for one of our team members. On the last trip he met with the mayor’s assistant who offered him a piece of property to use for a base camp. We inspected that property today. It is about 2.5 acres and located just down the road from the airport. We will try and schedule an appointment with the Mayor to determine if this property is still available and see if we are in a position to assist his office, while serving the people of Jacmel. Along with the meetings, one team member, a doctor, will be heading off to assist at one of the hospitals, while other team members will either visit one of the refugee camps or assist ministries that are delivering food. We plan to prayerfully meet with as many officials, ministries and relief organizations as we can prior to the scheduled meeting with the team from CC Ft Lauderale on Thursday.
Please pray for God’s continued safety, His direction, and His hand of protection for our families as we continue to seek His will.

Lord Bless
Tim Wylie
Parakletos International

Update: Latest updates from the PI Envoy in Haiti

JHarman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:15:44 +0000

400 am DR for Jacmel with team of 8 guys from, CC Old Bridge, Cornerstone, Chino Hills, Costa Mesa, and Castlerock. We have reports the roads are open, so we’re going to drive. Expect it will take us 2 days. We will travel through Jimami, Port Au Prince, to Leogane and spend the night there. Tues we will drive to Jacmel, where we will meet with missions teams and the mayor. The Mayor has offered us a piece of land near the airport to build a base. We plan to inspect the property with a team from CC Ft Lauderdale that will be flying in on Thurs. There are reports of supplies reaching some of the larger communities. A Doctor with one of our teams reported things were beginning to stabilize with a number of medical people arriving in Jimani. Supplies are still needed like narcotic meds and orthopedic equipment. The Dominican Republic Navy has offered to move team members and supplies to Jacmel and a guy named Jonathan flew his airplane over from the states and is helping us ferry supplies and team members into Jacmel. Please pray for our teams safety and the Lord’s leading as we attempt to locate a base for future operations.

Haiti Update: We arrived in the Dominican Republic

JHarman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:25:09 +0000

Tim, Tom & Dave made it to the DR, and have been debriefed. 2morrow, they will be traveling via small plane, then naval vessel to Jacmel. Connecting w/ those already on ground, they hope to assess the area & determine the feasibility of setting up a long-term base camp. Thank U for your continued prayer support. Please pray for wisdom & discernment, & that by the Holy Spirit they can come alongside those in need.

Haiti: Pray for our future base of operations

JHarman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:40:18 +0000

Our vision is to build a base of operation as quickly as we can and begin moving supplies and workers into Haiti. The Lord has opened a numbers of doors and a number of Calvary Chapels are partnering in this outreach. Please pray the Lord would continue to guide and use His people to reach the lost of Haiti.

Tim Wylie
Parakletos International