Note: For those unfamiliar with Missionary Wes Lane and ministry in Haiti, the following will a be a unique meeting. Wes has served in Haiti & now the Dominican Republic for many years. Missions in Haiti often means facing the poorest and often most dangerous situations imaginable. I have known Wes from Bible College and now for many years through his work in Haiti and he is well suited to this task. Pray for them as they work in Haiti --- Pastor Ben Feldott
Friends,
Sorry
for the nature of this message, but I still have limited connection and
internet time. We hooked up with some very good people from the
Canadian- Haitian chamber of commerce and that has been a big help with
connections, very important in getting things done. People
waiting in line behind a water truck to fill some jugs. People camping
in the street, some still waiting for medical care. We used our whole
supply of meds the first day. Melina helped deliver a baby or two.
Dentists and Veterinarians are treating people. Everyone is a doctor
now if they have a good education. We got some more meds from a closed
company here and some from the UN base. We checked the structural
integrity of two large buildings that the people are afraid to use as
clinics. The first one passed, second one is unsafe. Everyone with any
decent education is an engineer too.
Really hard getting fuel. We can't
get gasoline or bread or meat. Other foods are available though. The
electric is off and won't be back on any time soon. An angry mob killed a man right in front of us,
saying he was a thief. Thousands of prisoners have escaped into the
streets because the biggest prison in the country fell down. We
couldn't stop them as there were simply too many of them and we only
had limited ammo. There were
three cops with shotguns directing traffic three blocks away and they
ignored it.
We have an offer of more meds from a warehouse, but we have
to organise more aggressive security before we can go there and open
the warehouse or it will be looted. We will get some more armed men for
security and go get them. I have found a warehouse for us to use as a
base and will go there tomorrow to get it ready. Nearly every business
is closed. We hope some will begin to open Monday, including the banks.
I haven't got a cell phone yet because they are closed. I went to the
owner of the AVIS franchise's house yesterday and he said maybe we can
get a different vehicle Monday.
Our priority is to start moving relief
supplies to the warehouse for quick distribution to those who need it
while we quickly rebuild some churches and then we can use the church
buildings as distribution points. Thats all for now. Continue to pray.
Many churches are destroyed, many Christians are dead, in need,
homeless or have lost family. We are safe, so don't worry about us. We
will update this as we can. Thank you for the prayers.
Wes & Melina Lane
Posted on
Sun, January 17, 2010
by Ben Feldott