Urgent Prayer Request: Haiti Election Results

Day 30 of our Haiti Adventure!

Family and Friends,

I will make this brief, but we urge you to pray with us today for the difficult situation in Haiti.  Maybe the political instability has not gotten much coverage there, but the whole country of Haiti is reacting to the announcement last night of the election results.  There are manifestations everywhere, which are basically riots, where people are burning cars, blocking streets, attacking and burning government buildings, and demanding justice.

We are safe here in the little village of Ti-Rivier, so don't worry about us at all.  Everything is really quiet here today, but in the bigger cities everything has come to a grinding halt.  The biggest problem for Mission Haiti right now is that we have a mission team here from Sioux Falls who were supposed to fly out this morning.  They tried to leave on the bus, but after only 4 or 5 miles they came to a roadblock they couldn't pass.  There was an unruly mob there, and some rocks were thrown at the bus, breaking one of the windows and part of the windshield.  The team turned around and returned to the orphanage.  Everyone on the bus was fine, but a little shaken from the experience.  Now they are hoping to be able to leave on Friday.

Right now all American Airline flights are cancelled until further notice, and the embassy and the UN are working to get Americans out of the country.  There is a chance that the team will have an escort tomorrow during the day, which would be very nice.  Pam and Mike are working on both sides to get that lined up.  So please be praying for this team that would like to go home and see their families.  They are holding up well, and we had a great time of prayer and praise this morning which put everyone at ease.

Again, our family is absolutely fine, and we have enough food here to last for years if it ever came down to something like that.  We are in a secure compound, and outside the walls are hundreds of people who are on our side and would protect us from anyone who wanted to hurt us, so we are very safe.  And of course God has us securely in the palm of His hand at all times.  We are just praying for the country of Haiti to have justice and hope for the future, and we are praying that the mission team and other similar teams around Haiti will be able to go home safely.

What an Adventure!

I will make time to update the blog each day if possible for the next few days to keep you up to date on what is going on.  Please join us in praying today! 

God Bless,
The Grimm Family Adventurers