In the last 24 hours, a tremendous opportunity opened up for Double Harvest Haiti.
the Haitian government is placing 400,000 homeless near Double Harvest.
“PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Within days, the government will move 400,000 people made homeless by Haiti’s epic earthquake from their squalid improvised camps throughout the shattered capital to new resettlement [...]
*to see more photos from Double Harvest & Haiti after the earthquake go to
Double Harvest’s Facebook Page.*
(received via email from Double Harvest Administrator Frantz)
Hi family and friends;
The person who said “time flies when you are having fun” was so right because the past few days every hour seems like forever. We rejoice however [...]
Another long day of work for our team in Haiti.
AFTERSHOCK – Haiti has had over 40 aftershocks so far since last Tuesday, but a large 6.0 magnitude aftershock hit early yesterday morning that was reported by many news organization. Due to the aftershock being very short and much deeper than the main earthquake, while the [...]
(via cousin Abe van Wingerden)
Some progress, but so much to still be done. The day was spent gathering supplies, putting up more temporary shelters, converting portions of the cafeteria into a makeshift post op room by using some donated mattresses, and laying to rest many friends and relatives of the Haitian team.
GOOD NEWS:
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*FUEL - [...]
(via cousin Abe van Wingerden)
The ups and downs of relief efforts in Haiti continued today. Your continued support and prayers are helping. We are seeing progress in the middle of the chaos.
GOOD NEWS:
*FUEL - We received 750 gallons of fuel today at the PAP airport today!! It is not 7,000 gallons [...]
(via cousin Scott)
We are extremely thankful this evening that The Lord provided DH with
750 gallons of fuel today at the PAP airport!! It is not 7,000 gallons
. . .but it is enough to keep the project going for another 2-3 days
which is great!
The timing is great as Drs and nurses began to arrive today [...]
PLEASE pray that fuel is able to be obtained today. It is vital to keep the clinic running. If you know of anyone that may have connections PLEASE leave info in the comment section!
(via cousin Scott)
Today was a pretty quiet day until around noon when we received word that Dad (Uncle John) and Uncle Arie had been refused entry into the DR to get fuel. Basically, the border officers saw the empty fuel tanks in their truck, saw what they were trying to do and [...]
update via cousin Abe van Wingerden…
Friends,
Thanks to everyone who has been sending information in to me, to Facebook, and to others. I am piecing it all together for today’s report and I have added a ton of folks to the email list. We are getting hourly calls from the team now. They can call us, [...]
These updates are via other family members and other contacts. Currently there are 4 Uncles & 1 cousin over in Haiti at Double Harvest.
From cousin Rose van Wingerden…
I just received word that our first response USA Double Harvest Team made it through the border into Haiti and arrived at Double Harvest this afternoon. Our team [...]
