Haiti Update

I’m sure most, if not all, of you have heard about the Cholera outbreak in Haiti. As you also know, our team was planning on going to Haiti in 2 weeks to finish out our outreach time; however, because of the intensity of the disease (as well as the fact that there are cases right where we were planning to go) we have decided NOT to go. (Grandparents, you can sleep better now. ) Our director is contacting different pastors within the Dominican Republic, away from the Haitian border, that we will potentially work with. We are all disappointed; we were looking forward to Haiti, as well as being together during this last phase of outreach. We have been divided into two groups for the other times and miss each other a lot. We will be together during the conference in Puerto Plata next week, but that will be the last substantial amount of time. We are only base in Jarabacoa for a few days before graduation and flights home. Please pray for peaceful hearts even within our disappointment, as well as peace within the groups as we, once again, have some hard-core bonding time.  Pray also for health as almost everyone has some degree of a cold or sickness this week (we had class this week). As we have discovered, outreach and sickness really do not go together very well. Pray, also, for me as my homesickness is constant lately – not strong but still there. Thank you for the support so far! Only about 5 more weeks!