All We Need To Do Is Keep Moving Forward...

Our team arrived safely in Port au Prince, Haiti on Monday, just before noon, and were anxiously awaiting word that our first trailer load of aid had been released from customs, but it seems "The Timing" wasn't quite right...the release didn't come until Tuesday. No big deal- sometimes that's just the way things go in Haiti!

The trailer WAS released on Tuesday, and was able to be taken the 12 hour trip by dirt road to just outside the village of Cotes de Fer. They had to leave it where it was due to the fact that the roads into Cotes de Fer were unpassable for a vehicle of this size.

The next big question for the team was "Where can we get a truck to be able to start to unload the trailer and get this aid in to the people?" As of 7:00 p.m. last night, there were no answers...with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, I posted to our Facebook page last night "ummm.....I hope they told God. He probably has one waiting right around the corner. He's been doing stuff like that! :P"

This morning, I woke to find a response to that posting from Jim Frankenfield, which says, "Yep. Actually prayed for a truck before we left the great people of Cotes de Fer tonite, and during the hour and a half trip back to Passe Bois D'Ormes [where Water For Life is located and where the team is staying], we found a guy along the side of the road who has a truck.....unbelievable...we will meet him early tomorrow morning and try to get some of the stuff across the 4 hour dirt road. This will be a long day."

I'm surprised but I'm so not...it seems that every time we think we are running into a roadblock with this project, God has already been there and figured it out for us...all we need to do is keep moving forward!

So, today, I ask for your prayers for our team as they begin the long and tedious process of unloading the trailer into the truck and driving that long, dusty 4 hours...but then also for the joyful time when they will be hand-delivering the supplies and aid you have helped to provide for tthe people Cotes de Fer.

I'm sure our team is experiencing incredible highs and lows on this adventure and would ask you to keep our friends in Cotes de Fer, and all of Haiti, in your prayers.