His email tonight explains it all so I'll just let him tell you......
Is it snowing there yet? We were at a blustery 96 here today! It should cool to around 80 tonight where we sleep though! Today was another busy but good day.The rain only lasted about 20 minutes, but there was no more sleeping after that! We opened the med clinic when the interpreters got here about 9:15. It was wide open until we shut down for food service about 2:00. Doc Jarrett and the two EMTs Brian and Jesse have been amazing. Those guys have barely stepped out of the church for four days and have been helping people like crazy. Today was the busiest day for them. We won't have the clinic tomorrow because they only wanted us to open it in the afternoon, due to a morning fast. We couldn't do that because we have to get our stuff loaded up. We also fed about 250 people today from the food that we bought. Our guys cooking did awesome! They finally arrived back from Port with the kids against hunger meals. Satan did not want that food to get here because after getting it after three days, one of our cars broke down on the way back! They finally got here. We got organized and distributed it out. God used this crew of 20 guys and a couple of church folks to run the distribution near perfectly! People started pushing and shoving a little but nothing alarming. That is to be expected when you are handing out food in a starving nation I guess. Tonight we went down to our tent church on the street that we've been going to, because Alex was supposed to preach. However, our contact from the church left about 10 this morning, said he'd be back in 30 min, and never showed back up! Long story. Anyway, alex couldn't preach because we had no interpreter. Tomorrow is going to be fairly laid back. We plan to cook again, and just hang out and fellowship with the kids and people. We'll have to begin packing tomorrow to leave early Saturday to head back to the DR . Someone made the comment about the change in the neighborhood since we had been here. When we pulled in, it was a very scary place. No one laughing, very dark atmosphere. But in four days, the adults are all laughing and cutting up with us, and the kids are having a blast! It's like a different place. I have to think this is what Jesus meant when he said Christians were to be the light of the world! Just loving these people this week has made a huge difference! I pray it doesn't change when we leave! We've got a couple of long days ahead, before coming home. Pray that we can reach more with the Gospel tomorrow. Also, we have to get our cars running okay. Pray that we can get them operational enough to get us back to Santo Domingo! That will be another miracle in itself! I love you so much!!!!! Oh yeah, I had some home brewed Haitian coffee this morning! Starbucks has nothing on the Haitians!!!
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