GIRLS NIGHT OUT Tuesday

We needed gasoline. I got a message from a missionary in Verrettes, which is about an hour and a half north and east of us. He said they were giving gas and to send a woman. As I was bidding Elizabeth, one of our pre-school teachers, goodbye, (because we weren't going to have school, so few came that day), she said she was going to Verrettes, family had died in the quake, taking her children there to visit. "I'm going to Verrette at about 2PM, you can go with me." We picked up Barbara, our Canadian friend, the three of us plus Elizabeth's children took the truck and went.

It was after 2PM that we got on the road and that's late to start out someplace because night falls about 5:30PM and you never know what may delay you. Our mission was to find gasoline. When we got to the station the missionary told us about, the line was long but not too long. For some reason the policy here is, in a crisis, to pump gas a while then turn off the pumps and wait a while. Everyone in the line had waited three hours for gas. We were at the end of the line but we waited ten minutes and they started pumping. We had gas cans that needed filled as well and the word was "choose either the vehicle or the cans." That wasn't an answer for me. We needed gas in the cans as well.

When I finally rolled up to the pump, Barbara and Elizabeth were outside dealing with the gas pump guy. Before we left we had a full tank of gas and one full can of gas. Whoo hoo!!! God is always making sure we get what we need, amen?

With the gas we were able to show this team around Port. These are four Pastors from a church in St Louis. They have an organization that rebuilds after the disaster, worked in Kosovo, Katrina, Eastern countries and now they are working with us. Rosemary Sunderman, knew Ed Fasnacht years ago and when the quake hit, Ed began looking for Rosemary, found her via Facebook, she connected them to us. We have been having a wonderful time with them, easy to be around. Their church is 6000 members FAMILY CHURCH. These Pastors are involved in an organization, SERVICE INTERNATIONAL. They do amazing things after time of fact gathering and planning. We are honored to know them and to serve them during their brief stay in Haiti.