December 31, 2010 Friday – 5:59am (Eastern U.S. Time) – Cocoa, FL – Report submitted by Air Mobile Joe
I was awake very early this morning…praying. Checked the news and was quite distressed to find that the Cholera deaths have taken an alarming rise – the “official” death-toll is now 3,333. Yesterday was the highest single day of recorded deaths since the Cholera outbreak began in mid October. Haiti needs help!
Yet, things are extremely difficult in Haiti. The recent arrests of several missionary / aid workers causes many who want to help, to re-evaluate their plans and….understandably so. This is the time to really ask the Lord if Haiti is where He wants you to go. If the answer is “Yes” then go by all means. Just know, that working in Haiti, there are many risks and the situation is extremely unpredictable. PLEASE pray for the safety and protection of the thousands of relief workers / missionaries currently working in Haiti trying to make it a better place.
The Provisional Election Committee in conjunction with the International community of Election “Experts” are simply going to evaluate the methods used for the highly disputed “Recount”. They have stressed that they will not be doing the recount. They don’t want to touch that “hot potato”. Most are now saying that the “first round” election was so completely flawed that it should just be thrown out and the entire election be redone. It is said that if the U.N. and the International community allows this election to stand, all credibility will be lost. At any rate, the “Statemate” continues.
Now, with this recent alarming spike in the death-toll, international relief is more urgent than ever. The roads must be kept clear, the airlines must fly and relief supplies must be allowed into the country. If history repeats itself, all of the above will be stopped and hampered should election violence break out. Again, this is a matter for serious prayer. Haiti is “time-bomb”. Let’s ask our Lord to intervene!!
We had a wonderful day, though grueling and long, of moving. Many volunteers showed up and we continued the process of “squeezing 10 pounds of stuff into a 7 pound bag” so to speak. We have so much stuff and need our Lord’s wisdom to know what to keep and what to either give away or scrap. We are in the final stages now and again, PLEASE pray that we will have wisdom in this matter. So many volunteers have helped. We did get our container into place as Peter was helping Doug put the finishing touches on our new ramp.
As we close out 2010, I am thankful for so many that have stepped up and prayed, volunteered, traveled to Haiti with us, supported us financially and just simply stood by us as dear and precious friends. This has been one tough year. Our Lord has been with us each step of the way. We have seen so many miracles and break-throughs and so many heart-breaking situations.
To all of you who have stood with us, we at Air Mobile offer our most sincere THANKS!! We pray our Lord’s very richest blessings upon you in 2011. God Bless!!
Air Mobile Joe
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