I've heard from Anderson (in Port-au-Prince) as well as Sister Fidelis (in Pestel). All are doing well.
This is the report from Sister Fidelis in Pestel:
A lot of rain and wind last night. Not much damage anywhere except some damage to trees. "We've fared very well." It was most severe early this morning. The weather was very unusual and there was a lot of wind, shifting back and forth.
Two people died when trying to cross a flooded road far up in the mountains. Some homes were destroyed in a nearby area. In Jeremie there was no structural damage to the Haitian Health Foundation buildings.
They had the most gorgeous sunset--dark blue and magenta. She asked me to thank you for your prayers.
We could not have hoped for a better outcome to our prayers!!! For me this has been an incredibly faith-fortifying experience. I have really wrestled with this one.
The hurricane diminished in power and moved out to the west between Haiti and Cuba. It appears to have spared PAP and the tent villages. And it has spared the people in Pestel, for whom I have a special heart.
The message that I am to tell about is this: God is good, great, mighty, and merciful.
At times we see these different aspects of God more clearly.
I pray that through my emails, my talks, that God would be known today among us and among the people of Pestel as being Mighty, as He has shown Himself in this circumstance with a hurricane.
He has been compassionate, acting mercifully toward Haiti
We can affirm that God is good...even amidst a hurricane we can state this truth. Even when things look very bad indeed.
Let Him be known among us as a Great God who is mighty to save, merciful to the weak and poor, and good all the time.
Please pray for Anderson whose anxiety was worsened through these circumstances. He feels loved and cared for, but he has had a difficult time, having lived through these hard circumstances.
Ben
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