Dear Loved Ones,

Greetings and we hope that you are doing fine. Recently, the general secretary, Rev. Emmanuel Pierre, and two women, and I left our house at 2:30 pm for Lascohabas in the Plateau Central region. We were to meet with pastors, leaders and women of different churches in that region. We arrived to Gonaives at 5 pm. Before we finished crossing the city, we had a flat tire. It took us about one and half hours to fix the tire. It was too dark to risk traveling at night. So we decided to spend the night in Gonaives. All night, we were praying that it does not rain. We went to bed hungry just with a handful of corn flakes. The dust fills the Gonaives atmosphere as the mud is drying.

The next day, we left Gonaives at 6:30 on our way to Lascohabas. One hour after our ride, we had another flat tire and noticed that the muffler has been cut into two parts. It took us four hours to change and fix that one tire. We left there at 12 to get to the river of Mirebalais where we found out that the bridge has been washed away. We left the car there and took the dugout canoe to cross the river. On the other side of the river, Pastor Gedeon of Lascohabas was waiting for us with his car.

We got there at 1:30 PM and all the pastors, leaders and women of that region were present waiting for us. Their presence alone made us forget that we were hungry and still have not had any food or shower yet. We headed directly to the church where we met for about three hours talking about the women ministries and the upcoming national conference.

We were well received and left Lascohabas on Sunday at 6: 30 to come back home. Once we got to our car, we wanted to fix the muffler and that operation alone took us 4 hours.

Once we got to Limbe, about three miles to our house, we had another flat tire. We got home at 7 pm tired but happy to be back home. Pastor Emmanuel Pierre did not get to his house until 8 pm.

If we are able to risk our lives serving the risen Lord, it is because you pray for us and support us in different ways. Your prayers serve as a shield for us.

 

Yours in Haiti,

Kihomi Nzunga