Thursday Afternoon Update

We are counting down the final hours as we prepare for departure Friday afternoon. We have surely felt the prayers of God's people these last several days and are grateful for each one.

Earlier in the week, it appeared that Hurricane Ike might pose a threat to our travel plans for Saturday, but now it looks like the weather will be uneventful for our flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince that morning. PTL!!! Here are the latest NOAA satellite images for the tropical Atlantic basin.

GOES – EAST IR Satellite Image at 2015 UTC (4:15 PM EDT) 4SEP08

GOES – EAST VISIBLE Satellite Image at 1945 UTC (3:45 PM EDT) 4SEP08

Hurricane Ike is in the center of these images and is not expected to have an impact on Haiti until Sunday or Monday. Current National Hurricane Center projections indicate that it should remain north of the area bringing only moderate winds and rain. Of course, more rain is not what is needed in the area now!

Our contacts there report 12 inches of rain has fallen in the last 3 days in the TiTanyen area and things are quite muddy - this in an area that is normally classified as a desert. We don't know if the ground will dry out enough to install a well as was part of our original plans, but we trust that God has plenty of work for us to accomplish among the Haitian people. The well will be installed at some point, it just may not be by our team. Perhaps the need for living water is greater at this time than for potable water. In any event, we are ready to serve and bring God glory!