Prayer Request

Today we are asking you to join us in praying for the family at the orphanage in Port au Prince where we have been called.  Our role there is to walk alongside the family as THEY minister to the children in their care.  It is not to tell them how to run the place (though we certainly make suggestions and help by providing food, fruit/milk 2 times per month, financially supporting the nannies, etc) but instead to encourage them in this ministry they feel God has given them.

Over the past year we told you how Pastor Yves (who runs the orphanage, school and church) had his leg amputated due to complications from diabetes.  That was January 2015.  I was blessed to be able to travel back for 3 weeks to help the family and orphans during his hospitalization in the USA as he rehabilitated from his surgery.  Some of you donated toward his medical care, and he was very appreciative.

Then, this past November of 2015 while Ron and I were in Haiti, Madame Pastor had a stroke leaving her unable to speak or walk and the right side of her body paralyzed.  Though there have been vast improvements noticed when I visited in Dec/Jan and again in March, she remains bedridden a large part of her days and has a nurse and therapy to help her until she recovers.

In March Pastor Yves fell ill again (high blood pressure and blood sugar) and since the 15th of March has had TWO hospitalizations.  He is still very weak and not in good health at all.  Hence, his family is undergoing financial difficulties associated with his medical treatment on top of what they have recently undergone for his wife's medical care too.

Their adult children are stepping up to help out where they can, but it is a very large undertaking.  To oversee care for your ill parents (both bedridden now) while still running the orphanage (for 65 children), school (for about 300-400) and the church (congregation of 1200) is exhausting and a financial drain on them all.

They appreciate your prayers and concern.  If you would like to also contribute to their additional expenses from all this, you can do so by sending your donation to Hearts United with Haiti  PO Box 55, Morgantown, PA 19543.  We will see that they get it.  Redgi is there pretty much weekly- delivering items, checking on the children, helping with extra things that come up, etc...

You can also e-mail us if you have questions about this post.  (heartsunitedwithhaiti@gmail.com)  God bless you and THANKS for remembering this family and the children at this time of crisis.