Dear friends and Loved Ones,
 
Greeting from Haiti. On September 1st we set our feet in Cap-Haitian, our closest city. We met the general secretary of the Haitian Baptist Convention. We stopped at the eye clinic to greet our staff. Every where people are happy to see us but many expect more then a simple welcome.
 
The knocks at the door start early in the morning and end late in the evening. Some of those visiting us are in need of some kind of job to earn some money for the day; some need scholarship assistance for their school children, some are in need of medical attention and many are those who need to eat.
 
We spend most of our days trying to settle in and going to Cap-Haitian to gather what we left stored before we left.  We also have to go to the airport to negotiate for some eye clinic medicine at the customs.
 
The university started last Monday September 6 with a service of convocation but the real classes will resume Monday September 13. Many students would like to be housed on the campus but the lack of dorms creates a big problem especially for girls who are forced to rent rooms in the community outside the university campus. The university has started building a big one story girl dorm but they won't finish it in time because of the lack of funds.
 
Kihomi started working the next day, September 2nd, when we arrived home. She spent hours translating the "BWA / Women's Day of Prayer’s program" in Creole and being sure that it is ready to print and shared or sent in all of our Baptist churches in the Country. She met with the general secretary on Tuesday.  Next week, Sept. 14th, she has a meeting with her leaders and the general secretary. 
 
We want to express our deep gratitude for the time we spent in the States, the care you all took of us, your support and your prayers have sustained us. May the God of love bless each and everyone of you.
 
The road from Limbe to Cap-Haitian is rough and the need for a good and solid vehicle for transportation is a must for us. It is only 15 miles but can take over an hour.  There is no way to get involved in any type of ministry without a proper mean of transportation so we can go where we are needed.  Please pray we will get enough money to buy a good high clearance 4 wheel drive truck soon.  I have added other prayer concerns below.

 

Yours,
 
Nzunga Mabudiga
Kihomi Ngwemi
 
Prayer concerns: 
For our university students
Calm in the country as we approach the presidential election period
Our ministries  

 

 

 

Dear Supporters,

 

Nzunga and Kihomi are now back where they longed to be ever since the earthquake.  As you can see they wasted no time getting to work for the people they love. 

I have just returned from Haiti; my first visit since the tragedy.  Although there are signs of a return to normal life there are also many signs of the devastation.  Tent cities as far as you can see but most were real tents, not sheets and blankets.  However the roads can not be described with words.  Rutted tracks, washouts, big rocks, bogs and steep drop-offs are the norm with everyone trying to find the least rough way.  Besides the horrible shape of the roadway you are sharing it with donkeys loaded with firewood, bicycles, motorcycles, people on horseback, trucks, pigs, cattle roped together four abreast, goats, and hoards of people walking.  Many carrying loads on their heads.  We have started a fund to get them the vehicle they need called “buy a vehicle in pieces”.  You should have already have received this publication.  We are starting to see money come in for this need but have a long way to go.   Please make sure everyone in your circle of influence sees it and prayerfully considers helping.  If you did not receive it please contact me and I will get it to you.  Thank you so much.

 

In His Name,

 

Dennis Shewell

Nzunga and Kihomi MPT Convener

jdshewell@hughes.net

812-569-1352