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News on the Haiti Earthquake
March 9, 2010
God’s Opportune Time
When we stop and think about the earthquake that shocked Haiti on January 12, one would say –“Why did not God prevent the lost of so many lives and destruction?” It is not clear in my mind either why it happened. This is a logical human thinking. But God has seen beyond what happened. Several reasons may be stipulated:
The attention of the International Community is focused on Haiti at this moment. It is a great blessing that the congestive and corrupt Port-au-Prince could be decentralized. According to some people, it will take more than 10 years to rebuild PAP. In the meantime people are sleeping on the streets in the dust and battling with rain and mosquitoes. Some of those people are moving to the countryside rapidly. An epidemic may be on its way.
At Fonds-Parisien we are counting a great number of displaced people. Some resident families host more than 25 additions in their homes to feed and to lodge. Many families came to us for food to feed the extra guests. The Kid-Against-Hunger food has helped a lot along with what we receive from Christians, churches and other organizations that we did not even hear of before the quake.
Our mission has always been interested in deep structure instead of surface structure. The problems of Haiti need a deep treatment. This is why we thought moving away from PAP was something to look into. Now the time has come for that move. Our plans in Fonds-Parisien are three-fold:
No 1 we need to build town houses for those people who cannot call any place home. They are wounded and homeless. Sleeping on the streets or in tents is not a healthy situation for them.
No 2 building the educational system from kindergarten through university level is a must because all the buildings are either destroyed or damaged at Port-au-Prince.
No 3 the hospital infrastructure is to be revved up to respond to the demands of the sick. At the space provided between 300 and 400 people are seen per day.
The churches are packed with people. There are people standing outside to worship God and hear a sermon. The time is ripe for a revival. We spoke about that long ago. Now is the time. The children church in Fonds-Parisien is overfull. At this rate the praise and worship center at Fonds-Parisien is the right call for the hour.
God’s opportune time is now on records.
- A group from Australia led by Steve and Debbie Rasmussen along with some friends in US wants to build the town houses to relocate the people. We are excited over that.
- At the same time Wendy Zehner, the daughter of David and Joanie Grimm along with our son Edwens Prophete and Paige Zahn has stepped forward to organize groups including Georgia Tech, Marymount College to build the kindergarten through the university in lieu of the destroyed buildings of Port-au-Prince.
- The Formosa Group led by Dr. Serge Geffrard, Dr Ming Young and others has been playing an active role in building an ER pavilion to welcome the patients. We do not have enough space for patients now.
This is God’s opportune time.
Since the earthquake took place we have received the visit and the help of groups from:
Frankfort KY,
Springfield OR,
Adventure in Missions,
Project Haiti Heart, IDES,
Mercy League,
Wendy’s group,
Circle of Health and so forth.
People are on the move for us. We are thankful. Shall we move on or slumber? Baby is on board, we cannot play! We appreciate your partnership on behalf of those who are helpless and hopeless and thank you.
With the Kingdom in mind, the best is yet to come.
Etienne Prophete
HCM Executive Director
March 9, 2010
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February 19, 2010
Good Morning,
Last night at the Christian Campus Fellowship ( CCF) of Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia, approximately 200 students gathered for worship and bible study.
Edwens Prohpete, Etienne’s son, was there to share what was going on in Haiti with the CCF staff. He explained the devastation and how it had affected the mission. These students have been praying for Haiti everyday at 4:53 pm, the time of the earthquake on January 12, 2010, asking God to reveal how they could make a difference.
Two weeks ago they were connected to HCM. From there the Lord took over. This group of talented students and alumni has expressed the desire to partner in helping with the rebuilding process. Civil and Industrial engineers, media specialist, mechanical design specialist, and even an astrophysical student sat and collectively discussed what might be possible for the HCM and the compound in Fonds Parisiens. It was an exciting conversation. The students asked Edwens to speak during the worship time. With no preparation time he got up and shared straight from his heart. It was an electric moment.
This group will be traveling to Fond Parisiens March 20th to survey the land and imagine what the future might look like for HCM. God is really moving hearts and placing key people in the path of HCM. Let's be in prayer along with this student body as well as praising God for already making away where such great needs exist.
Thanks to CCF Georgia Tech for making Edwens and the rest of us feel so welcome. We appreciated their passion and love for what the Haitian people are going through.
Standing Amazed,
Wendy Zehner
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February 15
An article in the Knoxville, TN paper about one of the Doctors that just returned from Haiti on a Mission trip
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February 15, 2010
This is a article about two of the Doctors that was on one of HCM's recent trips.
WATERBURY Double amputees. Infant incubators cobbled from cardboard boxes. Streams of urine running outside, and sometimes inside, hospital units made from tents. Orphaned children and piles and piles of rubble. Yet in many of the photos two local doctors recently took of the above scenes in Haiti, the afflicted people are smiling.
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/466981.txt
February 12, 2010
We have received an email from Betty Prophete.
" Today is a National Day of Prayer for Haiti. Everyone is in the streets praying. There were 6,000 people in the streets. She said people were everywhere; under trees and by the lake all praying. "
Betty and Etienne's son, Edwens, is in PAP. He was driving around and said he was witness to so many people grouping together to pray for the country. He said everything is shut down and the Government has mandated this day to pray. He said it is very moving.
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February 7, 2010
Len Clevenger sent you this story from The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO:Relief supplies from Joplin area bound for Haiti
Thousands of pounds of supplies, including tents, cook stoves and medical equipment, left Joplin on Wednesday bound for Haiti.
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Formosa OB-GYN Is in Full Function
Time has come for the Formosa OB-GYN to enter full function. We have arrived at the conclusion that the longtime sleeping medical facility is an important piece in the mission service program. The night of January 12 when the earthquake woke Haiti from its lethargy, we did not have any choice but to open the facility for service.
The medical facility of the mission at Fonds-Parisien was the only one open that night. Wounded people from Port-au-Prince and surroundings flooded the hospital for care. It was a crying room with family members and wounded people with broken legs, back injuries, broken arms, head injuries and so on. It was hard to look at some wounds. Doctors Patrick and Emmanuel were the only ones on duty that night along with some nurses. The whole night was consecrated to dress wounds and fix broken pieces. Advanced cases were referred to Jimani, the neighboring hospital in Dominican Republic.
In the sudden the world woke up. Help started coming. We had sequential groups like Circle of Heath International (midwifery), Lonne Morse group, Doug Riddell group, Dr. Guesly Dessieux group, Adventures in Mission group, World Vision, Wendy Zehner group, Dr. Serge Geffrard group, churches and Friends and other groups. Fonds-Parisien has become the center of attention to many. Our small hospital became famous at once. Doctors of different specialties, nurses and paramedics rushed in to help.
The small hospital is now hosting many patients. What a privilege to serve! We are thankful for people that came to serve, for gifts and prayers. It has been hard to see the loss of lives and buildings, but it is comforting to know that we are not alone. We thank all of you for your generous gifts, talents and time. We will be thankful for ever to you.
With the KINGDOM in mind, the best is yet to come.
Etienne Prophete
HCM Executive Director
February 3, 2010
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