Posted by
dgarrett on
Feb 24th, 2010 |
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My apologies to everyone who checked in last week looking for updates on our team and what we were accomplishing. We never got a chance to post a blog. But now that we are back, I thought I’d add a new update just to let you know what we did.
First of all, it appears that we have made our last 6 hour journey through the Dominican Republic when arriving or departing. The Port-au-Prince...
Posted by
dgarrett on
Feb 14th, 2010 |
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The government of Haiti called for this weekend to be three days of prayer for Haiti. Between 2000 and 3000 people have been coming to our site for prayer and worship. People are coming to Jesus every day. Here are the words of Pastor Pierre Prinvil:
”Please, take a look at what we are
experiencing at the church & orphanage’s
site right now. all last month, people came
...
Posted by
dgarrett on
Feb 11th, 2010 |
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Allow me to give the most up-to-date, accurate answers to some of our most common questions.
What is your greatest need right now?
Right now our greatest need is monetary donations. Our Haiti Mission Project is fully funded by our Child Sponsorship Program, individual donors, and partnering churches. None of the money comes from the JBA annual budget. We are accepting our usual items for donation,...
Posted by
dgarrett on
Feb 5th, 2010 |
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When I wrote my last report, it was Monday and we were waiting on a U.S. military helicopter to bring supplies for the Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home to distribute to the community. Today it is Thursday, we are returning home and we are still waiting for the supplies. The last attempt was made on Wednesday by two huge Ospreys – aircraft that can fly like an airplane and also land and take...
Posted by
dgarrett on
Feb 1st, 2010 |
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The team arrived safely but tired exactly 24 hours after our journey began in Jacksonville on Thursday at 6:30am. Once we arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic we took a local taxi to a section of town known as Duarte. We had asked the taxi driver to help us secure a bus to Jimani, the border town between DR and Haiti. He evidently called ahead and warned them about the number of bags we had,...