God has been working in marvelous ways Haiti the last two weeks. The earthquake has created more need for a country already hurting and begging for help. If you have read the newspapers or watched the news you have seen a small tip of the horrific scenes Yves and the rest of the staff in Haiti have been living through. Thank you for your prayers, your concern and your gifts to help us meet the needs of those that we are able to touch. God has seen us through some tense situations and continues to provide for needs through the efforts of many people and groups. We still have many challenges in front of us and will need many more to step up as opportunities arise. We are still sorting out what our needs are and how we will be able to serve and help as many individuals as possible in Haiti but honestly things change every day and we are trusting God to lead us into partnerships and to those that we can help the most. Here are some of the things that are in process: • 12 Orphans were taken from Haiti to Miami to Oklahoma City where families from Cherokee Hills Christian Church are caring for them as adoptions are finalized. CHCC member Belinda Lechtenberg flew to Haiti and helped bring the children to America. Thanks Belinda! • There is a possibility more orphans will come to America. Yves is working to help it happen. • The Haitian Government at this point is only allowing out true orphans that have no other relatives and that have already started the adoption process. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING any other children out at this time. If this changes, GVCM will do everything we can to help find homes for the children that come under our care. • God blessed us by providing a quick exit from Haiti for two America mission teams that were in country when the earthquake hit. Thanks to Yves and to Mike Mularoni for their quick action. • Food has been received from numerous sources including the Dominican Republic. • This week we purchased an $8,000 generator to help keep food refrigerated at the orphanage and power for the necessities including communication technology needs. • We still need a 75kw ($50,000) generator to run the entire plant at the orphanage. • A doctor and EMT were able to reach the orphanage last week. • A group of nurses from the Portland area are flying this coming week to the Dominican Republic and then going by land to Fedja. Pray for their safety. • Many are trying to help and it is all appreciated. Please direct your inquires to the GVCM office and Tyler Wright, Director of Development for GVCM. He will answer or redirect your questions to the right people. • We are working on hosting a summit meeting with supporting churches and individuals to discuss some of the possibilities for helping in Haiti. Please stay in touch and when a few more details are worked out we will contact those on our mailing list and our supporters and friends. Please pray for Yves and the staff in Haiti as well as the people that are suffering there. The need is great and we can help so much by just giving our surplus, not to mention sacrificial gifts. Please encourage your friends and churches to make special gifts to GVCM and it will all be used to take care of hurting people. Below is a letter from one of the team members that arrived in Haiti the day of the earthquake. Her words remind us of God’s presence in our daily lives and how He protects us. Thank you so much for praying and giving to the Haitian people through GVCM, David Davolt, President GVCM Haiti the place where the earth shook and God was there in the midst of it all! The team was met, the luggage collected, and the supplies needed to be picked up in PAP and we would be ready to work. Two of the 3 vehicles went on ahead to Fedja to settle in. There were a few errands to run and I had not slept all night. So I was taken to a home for rest while they went to attend to necessary tasks. My place of rest was a home built into the hill with 2 stories below the street level and 2 stories above the street level. I was on a level below the street. I remember thinking "I feel a little dizzy" and then "Earthquake!" I bolted up, put on my shoes and tried to stand - it threw me one side and then the other, finally I was able to stand. As the rumble grew very loud I asked God "Am I going to die today or will you save me?" The sounds of cracking walls and breaking glass became overwhelming. Then I realized all the usual earthquake helps did not apply - ie: No bathtub to lay in - No frame in the doorways etc. I then said "Lord, I don't know what to do, tell me what to do!" I heard a soft voice say "Stand Still" so I did. The dust was too thick to see thru, I heard things falling and crashing, people screaming. As the quake subsided I found myself in the center of a space an arms length each direction from my body containing only me and the dust. It was amazing! Thank you God! The stairway was on the exterior of the house and covered with the crumbled house that had once stood next door. I climbed out and up, with help, to the street level. Only to discover the houses on all three sides of the house I was in were flattened to the ground, "Lord, I was in the red cord house!!!" We began to hug and pray with people, to help with injuries and to dig people out of the rubble. Sitting in the center of the street the entire evening the singing and the praying was wonderful! Very late in the night the singing became softer ~ and they began to sing "It is well" in French. I sat facing the house I had been in earlier. I looked up and the thick clouds opened a circular space. To my delight the Big Dipper appeared posed as if it were pouring it's contents onto the house. I was told as a small child by my Grandfather, If you miss me too much or are afraid, find the Big Dipper and know it's God pouring out his love on me! I smiled and said "Thank You God!" Watching the men dig and pull people out of the rubble was a sight I will never forget! My last moments on the street were hearing Ricardo call again for the sheet which meant the women they had worked so long to free was free. I watched him emerge with her in his arms and running with her to the safe place up the street ~ THANK You God! Please continue to pray for Haiti.