We were sitting on the porch yesterday when we heard, Pastor Gary! It was Pastor Alfonse, whom we've known for a long time. He pastors a church in the Artibonite Valley village called Ducla. The Artibonite River runs through Ducla and while it's a lush tropical village during this hurricane season, it was a source of danger to the Ducla residents. All of them lost their homes.
Because the church is the center of everything in these villages, the church members and residents came to St Marc, to Pastor Alphonse for help. What they didnt' know until they arrived and what we didn't know until yesterday was that Alphonse lost all his possessions as well. He lives in a flood area in St Marc. Just as the people of Ducla went to Alphonse, Alphonse came to see if we were in the country.
We visited for a while and he told us the story. Gary had just purchased three bags of rice for our school use while we wait for money to come in for us to buy rice for relief distribution. But of course, in dire situations you don't wait and we were thankful we had something to give him. He was thankful as well! He said the 100 pounds of rice, the quarter bag of beans and two gallons of oil we gave him would feed his group for two days. We will do more to help him in the coming weeks.
As we begin today, we wonder who will come next. We pray for abundance as we are only to be pipelines for the Lord. What comes in must flow out.
We found out that the fuel trucks on one side of the bridge are using a huge hose to pump fuel to the trucks on the other side of the bridge which will alleviate a pressing situation in St Marc of no fuel. We hope the UN can get an alternate route and some sort of bridge up so that traffic can resume and goods can flow again. We were able to get two drums of diesel on Sunday and are using it cautiously so that we can keep our truck running. A highway that is usually filled with traffic is very quiet these days. We don't hear the roar of trucks, their horns blowing nor do we see many drive by our house. Without fuel and Montrouis bridge closed, has really stopped everything.
Have a blessed day!
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