We are doing fine but are very concerned about our brothers and sisters around us. The situation is very critical as most people are living with lots of fear thinking that the last days are in. Some people heard on the news that this ordeal would last ’til Friday’. That doesn’t help their behavior at all for too many of them are so emotional and not being able to think for themselves on how to best live the moment. I’m truly moved with lots of compassion fro them.

No one wants to gt close to their homes for fear of death, except crazy guys like me. thinking that their house would fall on them. We have over three million people living in Port-au-Prince, most of them have been sleeping on the streets since the warning. I’m sure some of them would continue to do that even beyond Friday, the supposed last day of the queake, for fear of death.

Our churches, schools, and clinic buildings have all suffered much damage. Two out of the four churches, Cite Sole’ church and Repatriate churches, are nonfunctional. Those buildings are still standing up but look very unstable, unsecured for worship. I haven’t been able to visit Ibo Beach yet. I plan to do that today. I will send more information to you after I vist Ibo Beach.

Cell phones are practically dead except for one company (Haitel) which I don’t do business with for years ….Gas is very scarce and $12.50 a gallon. Some people are taking advantage of the situation to practice black market. Markets aren’t open; food is scarce, expensive, and rare. Gas stations aren’t open either. Water trucks are not delivering water. Schools and businesses are closed. It was a very unusual day in Haiti yesterday. It sounds like what John talked about in Revelation is beginning to be a reality, at least for a short time in Haite.

Yesterday, I was able to visit several families in their homes. Their situation demands much attention. Many houses are destroyed; some need major repairs, lots of them need to be totally rebuilt. So far we’ve registered five deaths in the three churches that I visited and many injured people. In the case of the Repatriate church, the quake started while they were having 278 people for Bible study and prayer. Many peole were injured while trying to run to save thier lives. It was a sad thing to see. ONe yound boy, about 8 years old, died from a fallen wall while getting ready to go to church Several got injured.

Our church compounds (Cite Sole’ and Blanchard) are bing used as places of refuge, away from the dnager of any houses and trees that could fall on the people. THank God for the soccer field in C/S as well as the one in Blanchard. Both being used as camping grounds for the peole in the community.

SOme of you might remember Boselor, known to some of you as Bosie, he was found dead yesterday inside a class room with several other students where he used to go to school. Another college student from Blanchard church was also found dead in a class room in Port-au-Prince. I heard of a couple more from Cite Sole church but I’ve been unable to confirm that information yet. Expect to hear more about from me later on today.

The toatl people that have been injured and dided from the quake couldn’t possibley be known by any one person or agen. I heard reports anywhere from 50,000 – 100,000. I don’t know how many but I’ve seen too many dead bodies on the streets since yesterday. It was a very sad and provocative day in my life. I seriously question our governments ability, secially their possility and capability to help with the situation even half way decent.

We called for an all leaders meeting for this coming Saturday to find out together how we’re going to be and do church in the months to come. We have so many needs to meet both physical and spiritual, we don’t know for sure where and how to being. We don’t know for sure where we’re going to meet for worship, especially with the C/S and Repatriate folks. We recommend that severla large and big tents will be sent righ away to help momentarily with the situation. In C/S we normally have between 2,200 and 2,300 in worship evry Sunday. The tents need to be big enough to hold at least 1,500 people. We need tow for CS church. We need two others that could hold at least 600 and 200 each to use in Repatriate.

We thank God for giving Allen and the Obrians, the inspiration to build the soccer field in CS that is now being used as a camp ground, a refuge place, a place away from any danger of being exposed to fallen houses and walls. For all practical reasons, the socdcer field could be used and a place of worship but we need tents large and big enough to accomodate the peole that we have. Most likely, based on historical facts, we would have more peole coming to know the Lord as their Savior or coming back to the chruch as a result of this ordeal. We need to be ready and be prepared to receive and welcome them. THe sooner the better.

We hope to meet together thiw weekend as a group of leaders to find out what we should do to minister both spiritually and physically to the peole that the Lord has entrusted to us. Needless to say that your prayers as well as your financial assistance and that of your friends are needed for your brothers and sisters who ar living in Haiti.

Palms water project is nonoperational at this time due to the wall that fell on the building and destroyed some of the installation. Moreover, the bulding that the project was in is half destroyed by the wall that collapsed right on it. It was very sad to see that yesterday.

We have a situation in CS and Blanchard where water is coming up from the ground because of too many splits in the ground. The wells in Repatriate are over flowing with water. Water is coming up through the pipes into the streets like a spring. It looks very dangerous.

THe only decent building that we now have in CS is the cafeterial and the second school building built by the Ferdies’s group six or seven years ago. All other buildings in that compound are questionable, for future usage. The wall in CS and in Repatriate are totally destroyed. There is no security whatsoever in those two compounds. The sewing machines in CS are all destroyed.

Blanchards buildings look very good except for a large crack that we say between the library building and the hallway that connects the second floor of that building to the librayr. I plan to invite a couple of enjingeers, after the situation is over, to see if there is any way we could restore and secure all of our buildings for good usage in the future. The situation is call for immediate action both for the physical and spiritual needs of the people.

Please stay in touch. I would probably have more to share with you as the situation is developing.

In the service of the King together with you on behalf of our brohters and sisters in Haiti.

Leon & Jackie DeOrleans