"Field Posts"

Here are some pictures that our RMI Staff took from Haiti on Friday, Jan 15.

Our hearts just ache and break as we watch the images of a country that is so dear to us. The magnitude of the devastation of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is unimaginable. It is hard to wrap our minds around what has happened. There is a 2 nd wave of tragedy that is currently unfolding – and it has not been mentioned in the news yet. Hundreds of thousands of Haitian refugees are flooding the countryside as they flee the devastation and lack of the most basic of needs in Port-au-Prince. They are leaving with just the clothes on their back and maybe a few personal items in a bundle on their head, some carrying their injured or even dead family members. Many communities will find themselves doubling or tripling their population almost overnight. They are descending on family, friends, and churches with nothing but what they could carry out with them. Les Cayes, where RMI is headquartered, is already beginning to feel this crush. The few hospitals that are there, including the 2 miss...

It is so hard to be here in NJ.  We want to be in Haiti.  I want to… dig people out, stand with my Haitian brothers and sisters, support RMI’s relief effort down there, listen and pray with our Haitian staff as they hear of the death of so many loved ones, drive vehicles of supplies around, get out to our Sister Churches to get damage reports, give our RMI missionary staff some much needed rest, etc etc… For now, we will pray. For now, we will continue to focus on fund raising so that we can get down there in March.  We can’t wait. We need your help. Can you pledge to give monthly to help us serve in Haiti?   Many are giving 50/75/100 a month to support our work in Haiti. Maybe monthly is too much.  Can you pledge to give annually ?  Any pledge helps us reach our goal. Pledge Here . Give Online Here . Learn how to give Here . Rob

We have a team from Mainstreet UMC and Erskine College in South Carolina in Haiti.  This medical team came to do a medical clinic at their Sister Church in Port Salut . They didn’t realize they came for more! They are “stranded” for the moment (we are working to find a route back home for them).  In the meantime, they are serving in the midst of the earthquake aftermath. Yesterday, our team, joined forces with other short term teams with other missionary organizations, to do a medical clinic in downtown Cayes .  Quake victims are making their way out of PAP down to the Cayes area.  Today they will be serving right at the medical clinic on the mission center where are missionaries live. Here are some pictures…

I know that God is sovereign, but it is times like these that we doubt, we ask questions, we wonder… where is God?  God is at work.  We don’t have answers, but we know, God is at work, even in the midst of this devastation. I am burdened for the Haitian people.  So many lives lost.  So much ruin.  So much heartache.  So much need.  So much poverty. It wants me to get there even faster.  I want to help.  Here are some basic updates… Our missionaries in Cayes (where we will live) are apparently ok.  We have a team in country right now from SC, they are ok.  We are working to get them back home safely.  There does seem to be some damage in the Cayes area, but not nearly what we are seeing in Port au Prince. So far, it is our understanding that all of our Sister Churches are ok.  They were far enough away from the epicenter.  I am sure more reports will eventually come in telling us more. I was supposed to go ...

We are closing in on our goals, but we need your help to “Finish Strong”.  The generosity and sacrifice of so many have been a great source of joy and encouragement.  If you have given financially and/or prayerfully, thank you. We are writing this (1) to ask you to Pray , (2) to give you an Update on Our Support Raising Progress , (3) to ask you to Help Us Finish Strong , and (4) to give you a picture of our tentative Plans for the Coming Months . As we are in this process, lives are being changed through the ministry of RMI.   You may be interested in reading “Page 2” of this .  We can’t wait to get to Haiti and start ministering to Haitians and Americans alike. (1) Pray... Our family is going through a lot right now, and we need you to pray with us and for us.  Pray for health.  Pray for stability.  Pray for financial providence.  Pray for the Haitian people.  Pray for the US Teams visiting Haiti. (2) Our Support Raising Pro...