when i left haiti i prayed that God would provide places for me to speak at because i couldnt imagine being away and not doing something to help. however at the same time all i wanted to do was sleep... partially because i was tired, and partially because i wanted to wake up and it all be a bad dream... but all the speaking engagements have been great...raising money and helping me process it all. since i have been in marianna florida with junior and his host family here i have spoken to 4 groups and have 3 more to go.
i was hoping to get back to Dorothy in Haiti vit vit vit (creole for fast fast fast) but still not over this cold...i think it might be broncitis so when i get back to georgia Papa Beaver said he would get mike hamm to check me out! i am ready to be well. but Junior has me taking vitamin C everyday and Tussin...so i'm doing alright. Plus i think that Much Ministries is getting so many people that want to go over and help that i need to sit down with mama kati and papa beaver and figure out how we are going to rotate going and bringing teams...exactly what we need to do to strategically to work it all out. Plus i think that they want to see me...and i them. i know we can get me speaking engagements there too so more fundraising... of course.
i know there is so much that i haven't said and i hope i can get too it...but please keep praying for dorothy and everyone in haiti.
thanks again and God bless you all for reading my blog, for being involved in haiti, for praying, for supporting me in my journey and for anything monetary you have given....each and every part if important and i thank you!
<3 <3 <3
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
news state side...
so after a very long journey of traveling with many orphans including my nephew...from haiti to orlando to miami to marianna...i am with junior and his host family here.
great news...my sister has issac and they are in kansas city now!
i have had a full nights rest in a bed for the first time in two weeks and am SO thankful for it.
i spoke at a Chipola College this morning with their honors program students who have already raised $1,000. Praise God!
i am still processing...or feeling the need to not want to process, but know i need to and yet have no idea how...
have had a couple mini break downs already and cried....i have a feeling there will be several more...
i wanted to get back to dorothy ASAP...but after talking with papa Beaver have a vibe that he wants me to be home for a bit in Georgia. so not exactly sure....but i am missing everyone already. but so thankful to be here and to see my wonderful man with his family here!! Gabby is way fun!!!
okay we are off to have dinner at their church...as always i lost a little weight while i was there so they are determined to fatten me up.
LOVE TO ALL...keep the prayers coming for Haiti....
great news...my sister has issac and they are in kansas city now!
i have had a full nights rest in a bed for the first time in two weeks and am SO thankful for it.
i spoke at a Chipola College this morning with their honors program students who have already raised $1,000. Praise God!
i am still processing...or feeling the need to not want to process, but know i need to and yet have no idea how...
have had a couple mini break downs already and cried....i have a feeling there will be several more...
i wanted to get back to dorothy ASAP...but after talking with papa Beaver have a vibe that he wants me to be home for a bit in Georgia. so not exactly sure....but i am missing everyone already. but so thankful to be here and to see my wonderful man with his family here!! Gabby is way fun!!!
okay we are off to have dinner at their church...as always i lost a little weight while i was there so they are determined to fatten me up.
LOVE TO ALL...keep the prayers coming for Haiti....
Saturday, January 23, 2010
dorothys update after the quake
an 22, 2010
Praise God! We found diesel fuel, kerosene, propane and gasoline! The water truck brought 3000 gallons of water to fill our cistern! God is SO good! He promised to provide and He is still doing it. Natasha is taking Marie shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables today.
[Wednesday] A big tremor this morning made me jump out of bed and scurry outside. My big wardrobe shook. I wasn't surprised to learn it was a 6.1 quake though 35 miles outside of Port au Prince and deeper than the first one. The nannies said to me "See, it isn't finished. We cannot sleep inside yet." I don't know how to make them understand what is happening, that it is unpredictable.
We are still feeling aftershocks and Haitian people are still panicking. At the HIV clinic yesterday an aftershock sent people screaming for the stairs. The doctors stopped them before they could harm each other in their rush. Our children and staff are still sleeping outside but our staff are getting braver. They watch Natasha and I look around then go right back to work during an aftershock, then they do the same. I heard Jesula tell another nanny not to worry, God will take us when He's ready and we'll be in heaven. Until then we're okay here.
Good news from the HIV clinic: Johnny's blood test showed his CD4 count very high, a really good thing. We thank God for this precious child.
People ask what we need. At first, thinking only of us for the next few days, I hadn't listed very much stuff. Then we ran out of toilet paper. That's enough to bring you back to reality. For the moment we have what we need. Over the next few weeks we will need everything. We are still finding out what is available on the streets.
We are able to change some money at the gas station. Before the earthquake we got over $8 Haitian for each $1 USD. Now it's only $7 Haitian per $1 USD. Prices have doubled. Christian Light Foundation and Much Ministries brought cash to us so we can buy what we need. We can't thank God enough for providing for us and others here in Haiti.
Violence has not come to our neighborhood: we have only heard about it. In our old neighborhood the citizens formed watch-committees. They beheaded 2 thieves. No mercy is shown for wickedness. What I see the most of is people helping other people.
A family came and said the mother of a 3 month old baby was killed, would we take the baby. We said yes, bring it to us. That was several days ago and they still haven'tcome back. I pray the baby is getting milk made with clean water.
I have been sick - bronchitis, I think. Thank God for azithromycin! Natasha is getting a cold. The kids are starting to cough and run fevers and get stuffy too. Our pediatrician has been helping with relief but will come soon to check our children.
Small groups of civilians are getting in, many thru the Dominican Republic. They have been great help to us and other people in neighborhoods. We have received milk, sardines, tomato paste, diapers, antibiotics, toilet paper, wipes, infant formula, ready to eat meals, cases of Kids Against Hunger meals, and Pop Tarts. Despite great difficulties, God's people have found a way to help others.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for your love and prayers. We can only take one day at a time. It is much easier to do with your support. Much love from all of us.
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O.. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
Praise God! We found diesel fuel, kerosene, propane and gasoline! The water truck brought 3000 gallons of water to fill our cistern! God is SO good! He promised to provide and He is still doing it. Natasha is taking Marie shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables today.
[Wednesday] A big tremor this morning made me jump out of bed and scurry outside. My big wardrobe shook. I wasn't surprised to learn it was a 6.1 quake though 35 miles outside of Port au Prince and deeper than the first one. The nannies said to me "See, it isn't finished. We cannot sleep inside yet." I don't know how to make them understand what is happening, that it is unpredictable.
We are still feeling aftershocks and Haitian people are still panicking. At the HIV clinic yesterday an aftershock sent people screaming for the stairs. The doctors stopped them before they could harm each other in their rush. Our children and staff are still sleeping outside but our staff are getting braver. They watch Natasha and I look around then go right back to work during an aftershock, then they do the same. I heard Jesula tell another nanny not to worry, God will take us when He's ready and we'll be in heaven. Until then we're okay here.
Good news from the HIV clinic: Johnny's blood test showed his CD4 count very high, a really good thing. We thank God for this precious child.
People ask what we need. At first, thinking only of us for the next few days, I hadn't listed very much stuff. Then we ran out of toilet paper. That's enough to bring you back to reality. For the moment we have what we need. Over the next few weeks we will need everything. We are still finding out what is available on the streets.
We are able to change some money at the gas station. Before the earthquake we got over $8 Haitian for each $1 USD. Now it's only $7 Haitian per $1 USD. Prices have doubled. Christian Light Foundation and Much Ministries brought cash to us so we can buy what we need. We can't thank God enough for providing for us and others here in Haiti.
Violence has not come to our neighborhood: we have only heard about it. In our old neighborhood the citizens formed watch-committees. They beheaded 2 thieves. No mercy is shown for wickedness. What I see the most of is people helping other people.
A family came and said the mother of a 3 month old baby was killed, would we take the baby. We said yes, bring it to us. That was several days ago and they still haven'tcome back. I pray the baby is getting milk made with clean water.
I have been sick - bronchitis, I think. Thank God for azithromycin! Natasha is getting a cold. The kids are starting to cough and run fevers and get stuffy too. Our pediatrician has been helping with relief but will come soon to check our children.
Small groups of civilians are getting in, many thru the Dominican Republic. They have been great help to us and other people in neighborhoods. We have received milk, sardines, tomato paste, diapers, antibiotics, toilet paper, wipes, infant formula, ready to eat meals, cases of Kids Against Hunger meals, and Pop Tarts. Despite great difficulties, God's people have found a way to help others.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for your love and prayers. We can only take one day at a time. It is much easier to do with your support. Much love from all of us.
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O.. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
Friday, January 22, 2010
day 10
day 10 since the earthquake...and i have officially gotten a cold. i am declaring health over my body...i think its just because all the kids seem to have colds and i think its from sleeping outside every night. i know its not cold at all compared to kansas city or most places for that matter in the states, but for haiti low 70's with no sun and the wind...its chilly.
yesterday we spent all morning and a bit of the early afternoon at the hospital, AIDS clinic with Johnny & Myson, they needed to get their meds for the next month. its hard seeing all the people outside in pain...so many are now physically scared, now amputees, and not only that more have lost loved ones and have people missing. in fact 2 nurses were still missing from AIDS clinic and they hadn't heard anything. driving around seeing all the crushed buildings is hard too...i always pray that the Lord delivered everyone out already...
i am not sure if i am processing, but i will say that i think my spirit is ready to. i want a big long cry...a big long moment with my Savior, a big long nap... mama kathy is here and i have gotten to see her twice and every time i do i have to hold back that big long cry....because i am not really ready nor do i really want it to be done here. i dont know why...maybe i feel the need to be strong for all my haitian friends and family...thats the only thing that seems to make sense. its so refreshing to see mama kathy...a little piece of home, but yet it makes perfect since for me to see her here too, as this is our home as well.
today i am going out with Sr. Marie to get some more fruits and vegetables...we need lots of vitamin C right now...between our kids and our nannies i feel like everyone is getting a cold. then after that i think i am gonna drive around and be taxi for people that are walking around with injuries...get them to clinics. or at least that is the plan. Mama Dorothy and I saw a woman yesterday on the way home and felt this morning that would be definitely worthwhile.
well i better go...but continue to keep haiti in your prayers. thanks again for all you are dong...whether praying, reading, bringing awareness, being an activist, bringing donations in...whatever it may be...it IS a blessing.
Bondye Beni Ou!
tasha rae
yesterday we spent all morning and a bit of the early afternoon at the hospital, AIDS clinic with Johnny & Myson, they needed to get their meds for the next month. its hard seeing all the people outside in pain...so many are now physically scared, now amputees, and not only that more have lost loved ones and have people missing. in fact 2 nurses were still missing from AIDS clinic and they hadn't heard anything. driving around seeing all the crushed buildings is hard too...i always pray that the Lord delivered everyone out already...
i am not sure if i am processing, but i will say that i think my spirit is ready to. i want a big long cry...a big long moment with my Savior, a big long nap... mama kathy is here and i have gotten to see her twice and every time i do i have to hold back that big long cry....because i am not really ready nor do i really want it to be done here. i dont know why...maybe i feel the need to be strong for all my haitian friends and family...thats the only thing that seems to make sense. its so refreshing to see mama kathy...a little piece of home, but yet it makes perfect since for me to see her here too, as this is our home as well.
today i am going out with Sr. Marie to get some more fruits and vegetables...we need lots of vitamin C right now...between our kids and our nannies i feel like everyone is getting a cold. then after that i think i am gonna drive around and be taxi for people that are walking around with injuries...get them to clinics. or at least that is the plan. Mama Dorothy and I saw a woman yesterday on the way home and felt this morning that would be definitely worthwhile.
well i better go...but continue to keep haiti in your prayers. thanks again for all you are dong...whether praying, reading, bringing awareness, being an activist, bringing donations in...whatever it may be...it IS a blessing.
Bondye Beni Ou!
tasha rae
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
the plan...
tentative as always...but the plan....i think that God wants me to do...
i will escort my sisters little baby boy aka my sweet nephew Isaac to miami and hopefully meet her there....then i will take a bus to spend a few days with junior, who i am dying to see. i dont know you know this but he is my boyfriend and one day i will tell our story on here...but it really is a God thing. he is haitian and doing school in the states, being away from haiti right now is extremely hard. please keep him in your prayers. i am planning on getting some needed rest and rejuvenate myself so i can hopefully return as i know dorothy needs the help....
i know that issac is scheduled to go out in the first group of kids for HIS home orphanage...however she is still waiting on all their visas to be finished. i am thinking about a week, but i really have no idea.
pray that all works out.
just a quick little update on that.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
i will escort my sisters little baby boy aka my sweet nephew Isaac to miami and hopefully meet her there....then i will take a bus to spend a few days with junior, who i am dying to see. i dont know you know this but he is my boyfriend and one day i will tell our story on here...but it really is a God thing. he is haitian and doing school in the states, being away from haiti right now is extremely hard. please keep him in your prayers. i am planning on getting some needed rest and rejuvenate myself so i can hopefully return as i know dorothy needs the help....
i know that issac is scheduled to go out in the first group of kids for HIS home orphanage...however she is still waiting on all their visas to be finished. i am thinking about a week, but i really have no idea.
pray that all works out.
just a quick little update on that.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
quake update 3
So this morning we woke up to a 6.1 earthquake. the strongest aftershock for sure. again the Lord has his covering over us. and we are fine... still rebuking the spirit of fear as our God is not a God of fear.
yesterday we went out and were able to find kerosine, diesel fuel, and propane. PRAISE THE LORD!!! the only thing we didn't run across was gas for the car... but i believe that will be accessible soon. the Lords provision is so abundant. we also went to sherrie's and saw Kathy Brooks and the team from Much Ministries. they had a box of formula for us. then after we got back home we had a surprise from keziah in the office....more formula, a few antibiotics, toilet paper and more...God is always providing. today we are praying for a water truck to fill out cistern.
it was so wonderful to see mama kathy and taylor yesterday...i have only cried for a brief moment on wednesday night and then i got teary eyed when i hugged both of them. i know i have much to cry and grief over...all the things i have seen, all the tragedy, all the hurting people, all the ones lost, so much...but right now i cant...its too fresh and with after shocks continuing to be happening i'm just taking one day at a time.
we officially have 3 nannies staying with us because they are homeless now. 2 with their children. Rosie, her daughter injured her foot...so we are at a clinic in the neighborhood to get it re-bandaged and to find out if we can put her on some antibiotics.
well keep praying as Haiti needs the world right now...for people to come together with them and rebuild...to bring about a new nation filled with justice, beauty, health, provision....restoration. i believe this is the time...time for Haiti to start over and become a nation not know to be impoverished, but to be full of life and hope!!!
thanks for everything you are doing...whether its raising money, coming here, praying, singing, praising God, reading and being educated, telling others...whatever your part of the body it is good....for God makes all things work together for those that love Him....
blessings
Natasha
yesterday we went out and were able to find kerosine, diesel fuel, and propane. PRAISE THE LORD!!! the only thing we didn't run across was gas for the car... but i believe that will be accessible soon. the Lords provision is so abundant. we also went to sherrie's and saw Kathy Brooks and the team from Much Ministries. they had a box of formula for us. then after we got back home we had a surprise from keziah in the office....more formula, a few antibiotics, toilet paper and more...God is always providing. today we are praying for a water truck to fill out cistern.
it was so wonderful to see mama kathy and taylor yesterday...i have only cried for a brief moment on wednesday night and then i got teary eyed when i hugged both of them. i know i have much to cry and grief over...all the things i have seen, all the tragedy, all the hurting people, all the ones lost, so much...but right now i cant...its too fresh and with after shocks continuing to be happening i'm just taking one day at a time.
we officially have 3 nannies staying with us because they are homeless now. 2 with their children. Rosie, her daughter injured her foot...so we are at a clinic in the neighborhood to get it re-bandaged and to find out if we can put her on some antibiotics.
well keep praying as Haiti needs the world right now...for people to come together with them and rebuild...to bring about a new nation filled with justice, beauty, health, provision....restoration. i believe this is the time...time for Haiti to start over and become a nation not know to be impoverished, but to be full of life and hope!!!
thanks for everything you are doing...whether its raising money, coming here, praying, singing, praising God, reading and being educated, telling others...whatever your part of the body it is good....for God makes all things work together for those that love Him....
blessings
Natasha
Monday, January 18, 2010
processing?
I still cannot believe this is all real at times...i ask myself if i am processing and to be honest i have no idea...i think i am still in shock at times...and other times just taking one step at a time doing the task in front of me...other times i am so exhausted and numb.... i have no idea how long i am going to be here, but as i am sure many of you know...it would be much harder for me not to be here. i am where God wants me. but i do not think i am anywhere close to processing it all.
we still have aftershocks happening...the nannies and children are sleeping outside...the last 3 nights i have with them...and last night was the first trimmer that they all didnt wake up for...i have been rebuking the spirit of fear...i hope this is a sign that they are settling down and trusting that the Lord has many angels surrounding us. i will say its really beautiful sleeping outside with the kids and under the stars. we are so blessed to be alive.
however i am extremely tired...i dont know how are nannies are doing it. Sr. Jesula is staying here with her two kids because her house is not safe, Sr. Leone is staying here as well because her house fell...two of our nannies have injuries (Sr. Claudia & Sr. Bebe)...we have not heard from 2 others (Sr. Rose & Sr. Rosie)....so we have 2 staying and working practically 24/7 with the kids and 5 coming and going (Sr. Margarette, Sr. Katlyne, Sr. Veronique, Sr. Suzette & Sr. Eva). Please pray for our nannies and their families. we could not do this without them and they are so beautiful each in their own way...i am blessed by them and so glad they are okay. Keep the ones injured and missing in your prayers especially.
awesome God news...the city gave water....helped fill the sistren up a bit...dyno came and fixed the diesel generator so we were able to pump water...we were also able to use the water filter system upstairs so we dont have to buy water.... papa beaver came in yesterday and stayed the night with us here. it was so wonderful to have a papa beaver hug and to feel some presence from my georgia community here. i took him and kevs to sherrie's this morning...then me and Sr. Marie looked for things on the street...and found pretty much all we needed...granted it was more expensive than normal and it was very limited, but we got most of it....PRAISE GOD!!!
However...gas, diesel, propane & water are still hard to find...keep praying for provision in these things....
well i better get back to work...plus helps me not get too overwhelmed...its good to stay busy in times like this...as there is much to stay busy with...i want to get back to helping the nannies...washing...playing...praying...singing....changing diapers....anything....so i am ending it here...
my thanks for all the support, encouragement, prayers, and giving go beyond words i can express. GOD BLESS YOU!
<3 <3 <3
ps- please know that it is not as violent as the news is making it out to be...i havent seen any violence...mainling haitians helping haitians, neighbors helping neighbors, people thanking the Lord together, people sleeping outside together....yes i know there is some looting happening, but i feel like the news is making it much worse than it really is. i just wanted you to be informed.
we still have aftershocks happening...the nannies and children are sleeping outside...the last 3 nights i have with them...and last night was the first trimmer that they all didnt wake up for...i have been rebuking the spirit of fear...i hope this is a sign that they are settling down and trusting that the Lord has many angels surrounding us. i will say its really beautiful sleeping outside with the kids and under the stars. we are so blessed to be alive.
however i am extremely tired...i dont know how are nannies are doing it. Sr. Jesula is staying here with her two kids because her house is not safe, Sr. Leone is staying here as well because her house fell...two of our nannies have injuries (Sr. Claudia & Sr. Bebe)...we have not heard from 2 others (Sr. Rose & Sr. Rosie)....so we have 2 staying and working practically 24/7 with the kids and 5 coming and going (Sr. Margarette, Sr. Katlyne, Sr. Veronique, Sr. Suzette & Sr. Eva). Please pray for our nannies and their families. we could not do this without them and they are so beautiful each in their own way...i am blessed by them and so glad they are okay. Keep the ones injured and missing in your prayers especially.
awesome God news...the city gave water....helped fill the sistren up a bit...dyno came and fixed the diesel generator so we were able to pump water...we were also able to use the water filter system upstairs so we dont have to buy water.... papa beaver came in yesterday and stayed the night with us here. it was so wonderful to have a papa beaver hug and to feel some presence from my georgia community here. i took him and kevs to sherrie's this morning...then me and Sr. Marie looked for things on the street...and found pretty much all we needed...granted it was more expensive than normal and it was very limited, but we got most of it....PRAISE GOD!!!
However...gas, diesel, propane & water are still hard to find...keep praying for provision in these things....
well i better get back to work...plus helps me not get too overwhelmed...its good to stay busy in times like this...as there is much to stay busy with...i want to get back to helping the nannies...washing...playing...praying...singing....changing diapers....anything....so i am ending it here...
my thanks for all the support, encouragement, prayers, and giving go beyond words i can express. GOD BLESS YOU!
<3 <3 <3
ps- please know that it is not as violent as the news is making it out to be...i havent seen any violence...mainling haitians helping haitians, neighbors helping neighbors, people thanking the Lord together, people sleeping outside together....yes i know there is some looting happening, but i feel like the news is making it much worse than it really is. i just wanted you to be informed.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
update 2
wow...my dad was on good morning america...is that right? i hope someone recorded it. i wish i could watch it and see what he said.
papa beaver and mike nichols are trying to come down today to help. dyno a haitian man who helps dorothy with the car and mechanical things...repaired the diesel generator...so pray we can get diesel...if we can we can filter our own water although the sistren is half empty and we are sleeping outside...we need rain to fill it...but i think the nannies are too scared to sleep inside...
we just read and email from Dorothy's son that the UN has taken their medical team out with supplies....pray this isn't true. more people are starting to become frustrated...the nannies that are coming and going said they didn't get any sleep last night for fear of people stealing things. we have told our staff that they and their families are welcome to stay here. but i think many of them just want to be at home...so they aren't taking the offer.
Poutchino is doing MUCH better. PRAISE GOD! he even pulled himself up this morning. his neck is loose so Dorothy thinks he no longer has it...but it could be hiding in his system and when antibiotics stop it could reappear. we have plenty of the antibiotics...but have no idea how long we will be in this situation...pray God makes a way.
we are constantly in prayer...or singing....if not we start to get short and exhausted...as its so hard to process everything, take care of everything, think about how to work it all out...all thee above and more...
keep praying....
love x more than you know....
tasha rae
papa beaver and mike nichols are trying to come down today to help. dyno a haitian man who helps dorothy with the car and mechanical things...repaired the diesel generator...so pray we can get diesel...if we can we can filter our own water although the sistren is half empty and we are sleeping outside...we need rain to fill it...but i think the nannies are too scared to sleep inside...
we just read and email from Dorothy's son that the UN has taken their medical team out with supplies....pray this isn't true. more people are starting to become frustrated...the nannies that are coming and going said they didn't get any sleep last night for fear of people stealing things. we have told our staff that they and their families are welcome to stay here. but i think many of them just want to be at home...so they aren't taking the offer.
Poutchino is doing MUCH better. PRAISE GOD! he even pulled himself up this morning. his neck is loose so Dorothy thinks he no longer has it...but it could be hiding in his system and when antibiotics stop it could reappear. we have plenty of the antibiotics...but have no idea how long we will be in this situation...pray God makes a way.
we are constantly in prayer...or singing....if not we start to get short and exhausted...as its so hard to process everything, take care of everything, think about how to work it all out...all thee above and more...
keep praying....
love x more than you know....
tasha rae
Friday, January 15, 2010
THE EARTHQUAKE- WE ARE SAFE
Where to even begin...
tuesday we had an Earthquake here in Port Au Prince, Haiti. WE ARE OK...PRAISE THE LORD. the earthquake was a 7.3 in strength...i have never experienced anything like it. I still haven't even processed it all or have any idea if i can process all i have seen in the last 72 hours. i will do my best to give as much information that i can, but bare with me as for some reason i am a bit shaky recounting the events right now.
if this is too much for you to read stop. when i look back i have given more information than a heart can sometimes handle...but Please know that we are OK and to just keep praying...we have no idea what will come next in this crisis. but also KNOW that God is Good and i know that when we believe in Him, trust in Him, focus on Him and rely on Him...He always comes through.
So at around 4:50PM Dorothy, Amanda (my sister), and I were about 20 feet away from the hospital to drop Dorothy off to stay with Poutchino for the night when it happened. But God had His angels with us. We were in the perfect place not around any tall buildings and so close to the hospital entrance...we just pulled in. at first we thought it was a bomb but then the car start to rock back and forth like it was in the ocean. as Dorothy pulled in I saw Sr. Jesula in shock on her way to the ground...i jumped out went over to her...help her land softly and all she could muster out is...poutchino, ale ale...i ran into the hospital to the top floor and saw he was ok...started praying and loving him...a nurse came said he's ok and gave me his IV and we got him out. from there it only gets worse...with people coming in from the streets, banging on the gate to get in, after trimmers, people mourning and dying. the parking lot had become the hospital, clinic and morge.
BUT KNOW GOD IS SO GOOD...He provided and protected in ways i cant even express. we had drinks and food in the car as dorothy was staying the night. we were in a safe secure place...we didn't find out about Dorothy's house and the kids until wednesday around noon...all safe and sound. PRAISE GOD! while there i spend practically 24 hours in the car holding poutchino, singing and praying with sr. jesula, while Amanda and Dorothy went around helping Doctors with the flash light we had...i think all of us saw things and did things we never imagined, but GOD GAVE US THE STRENGTH TO DO IT ALL!
around the same time the next day we were able to leave the parking lot and go home, we took poutchino although he needs the hospital we all wanted to be together and didn't know how to work the details of that out quite yet. the drive home...again God protected us! Seeing everything is hard...people said Haiti, PAP was on a big fault line and if it ever really hit it would be big and it was. the phones are down and stores aren't open...so many of them have fallen. from what we hear its just in the city, port...the countryside and other cities are fine. but we were in formed by Karen Bultje (a fellow missionary) that its estimated to be 100,000 are known dead so far. its a small number in terms of a city with 4 million people, but each one of them was a child, brother, sister, mother, father, friend...a person...someone who our Father in heaven made and loves. pray for their families.
i have never seen so many people on the streets...carrying all they have in their hands... buildings crushed..people searching for loved ones...but i must tell you i have also never heard and seen so many people praising the Lord...on their knees, on their face, raising hands, screaming, singing....thanking Him for protecting their own lives or the lives of their family...asking for forgiveness....and praying for protection.
i am probably giving too much detail...but even in all i have given its...limited to the reality here. PRAY FOR US! PRAY FOR HAITI! PRAY FOR THE LEADERS! PRAY FOR THE WORLD TO JOIN TOGETHER! PRAY FOR PROVISIONS! PRAY FOR PEACE! PRAY FOR RESTORATION! PRAY FOR HOPE!
so from here what to tell you...we are sleeping outside underneath a blanket of beautiful stars...i have no communication...don't know who is working for me at the coffee shop...or when i will have a flight back to Georgia. i don't know if my sister got home when i dropped her off at the airport thursday morning (just found out that the american military has taken control of the airport...so my sister should be in good hands)...don't know so much...we are doing are best to conserve our resources...but thank the lord God has given us a large amount. the clinic in the neighborhood...we were able to give a trunk, and about 4 boxes or so full of medicines, bandages etc. to help. when karen came by she brought us many boxes of pop tarts...so we are eating those for breakfast...God is doing so much good...in a time that could be full of despair.PRAY AGAINST SATAN AS HE WILL TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL HOPELESS.
Thank you for the prayers i already know are coming our way...we feel them and are so grateful.
i don't know if we will be able to get on internet again...or anything about our communications...so just keep praying and trust that the Lord is taking care of us. if you feel lead to donate or send money dorothy's way...please contact Much Ministries, Inc. or Christian Light Foundation.
there is so much to tell...things i have left out...please feel free to go to dorothys blog as she has posted too and she probably put things i have forgotten.
blessings to each of you. Gods grace and mercy. <3 <3 <3
Natasha Rae Taylor
tuesday we had an Earthquake here in Port Au Prince, Haiti. WE ARE OK...PRAISE THE LORD. the earthquake was a 7.3 in strength...i have never experienced anything like it. I still haven't even processed it all or have any idea if i can process all i have seen in the last 72 hours. i will do my best to give as much information that i can, but bare with me as for some reason i am a bit shaky recounting the events right now.
if this is too much for you to read stop. when i look back i have given more information than a heart can sometimes handle...but Please know that we are OK and to just keep praying...we have no idea what will come next in this crisis. but also KNOW that God is Good and i know that when we believe in Him, trust in Him, focus on Him and rely on Him...He always comes through.
So at around 4:50PM Dorothy, Amanda (my sister), and I were about 20 feet away from the hospital to drop Dorothy off to stay with Poutchino for the night when it happened. But God had His angels with us. We were in the perfect place not around any tall buildings and so close to the hospital entrance...we just pulled in. at first we thought it was a bomb but then the car start to rock back and forth like it was in the ocean. as Dorothy pulled in I saw Sr. Jesula in shock on her way to the ground...i jumped out went over to her...help her land softly and all she could muster out is...poutchino, ale ale...i ran into the hospital to the top floor and saw he was ok...started praying and loving him...a nurse came said he's ok and gave me his IV and we got him out. from there it only gets worse...with people coming in from the streets, banging on the gate to get in, after trimmers, people mourning and dying. the parking lot had become the hospital, clinic and morge.
BUT KNOW GOD IS SO GOOD...He provided and protected in ways i cant even express. we had drinks and food in the car as dorothy was staying the night. we were in a safe secure place...we didn't find out about Dorothy's house and the kids until wednesday around noon...all safe and sound. PRAISE GOD! while there i spend practically 24 hours in the car holding poutchino, singing and praying with sr. jesula, while Amanda and Dorothy went around helping Doctors with the flash light we had...i think all of us saw things and did things we never imagined, but GOD GAVE US THE STRENGTH TO DO IT ALL!
around the same time the next day we were able to leave the parking lot and go home, we took poutchino although he needs the hospital we all wanted to be together and didn't know how to work the details of that out quite yet. the drive home...again God protected us! Seeing everything is hard...people said Haiti, PAP was on a big fault line and if it ever really hit it would be big and it was. the phones are down and stores aren't open...so many of them have fallen. from what we hear its just in the city, port...the countryside and other cities are fine. but we were in formed by Karen Bultje (a fellow missionary) that its estimated to be 100,000 are known dead so far. its a small number in terms of a city with 4 million people, but each one of them was a child, brother, sister, mother, father, friend...a person...someone who our Father in heaven made and loves. pray for their families.
i have never seen so many people on the streets...carrying all they have in their hands... buildings crushed..people searching for loved ones...but i must tell you i have also never heard and seen so many people praising the Lord...on their knees, on their face, raising hands, screaming, singing....thanking Him for protecting their own lives or the lives of their family...asking for forgiveness....and praying for protection.
i am probably giving too much detail...but even in all i have given its...limited to the reality here. PRAY FOR US! PRAY FOR HAITI! PRAY FOR THE LEADERS! PRAY FOR THE WORLD TO JOIN TOGETHER! PRAY FOR PROVISIONS! PRAY FOR PEACE! PRAY FOR RESTORATION! PRAY FOR HOPE!
so from here what to tell you...we are sleeping outside underneath a blanket of beautiful stars...i have no communication...don't know who is working for me at the coffee shop...or when i will have a flight back to Georgia. i don't know if my sister got home when i dropped her off at the airport thursday morning (just found out that the american military has taken control of the airport...so my sister should be in good hands)...don't know so much...we are doing are best to conserve our resources...but thank the lord God has given us a large amount. the clinic in the neighborhood...we were able to give a trunk, and about 4 boxes or so full of medicines, bandages etc. to help. when karen came by she brought us many boxes of pop tarts...so we are eating those for breakfast...God is doing so much good...in a time that could be full of despair.PRAY AGAINST SATAN AS HE WILL TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL HOPELESS.
Thank you for the prayers i already know are coming our way...we feel them and are so grateful.
i don't know if we will be able to get on internet again...or anything about our communications...so just keep praying and trust that the Lord is taking care of us. if you feel lead to donate or send money dorothy's way...please contact Much Ministries, Inc. or Christian Light Foundation.
there is so much to tell...things i have left out...please feel free to go to dorothys blog as she has posted too and she probably put things i have forgotten.
blessings to each of you. Gods grace and mercy. <3 <3 <3
Natasha Rae Taylor
Monday, January 11, 2010
poutchino
so as many of you have probably been following on facebook and here....poutchino has been in the hospital with a bad infection...however again poutchino is a miracle. dorothy called and the doctors have informed her that poutch wont need to have surgery as of right now. the antibiotics have been working, he no longer has meningitis and they do not think they will need to remover the shunt...the antibiotics have stopped the infection. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! there is still a possibility that he will need the surgery so he will be in the hospital until next weekend. but this is good news...because the stress that surgery, remove a shunt...waiting for a new one...all of those things could greatly affect the progress he has made in standing, walking...all of that....so keep the prayers coming... but PRAISE HIM...for He is GOOD!!!!
Later Dorothy called to say...'you really should be with him tonight he is just smiling and loving on everyone. he is laughing, sitting up...playing the way only poutchino plays...its so precious.' we had a good conversation about how much we love him and how good God is...
sometimes when i am here i go down stairs after the kids have been put to bed and lay beside poutchino just to be close to him...be in his presence...to somehow express love....sr. bebe jokes that she just needs to make a bed for me beside him. i am very excited to snuggle and play and be so blessed to love on him during his time in the hospital...his joy is abundant no matter what comes his way and i am always learning from him.
so continue to pray as hospital bills are expensive and as we want him to be as healthy as can be! :) :) the power of prayer is mighty!!!!!
kwe nan jezi! bondye beni ou!!!
Later Dorothy called to say...'you really should be with him tonight he is just smiling and loving on everyone. he is laughing, sitting up...playing the way only poutchino plays...its so precious.' we had a good conversation about how much we love him and how good God is...
sometimes when i am here i go down stairs after the kids have been put to bed and lay beside poutchino just to be close to him...be in his presence...to somehow express love....sr. bebe jokes that she just needs to make a bed for me beside him. i am very excited to snuggle and play and be so blessed to love on him during his time in the hospital...his joy is abundant no matter what comes his way and i am always learning from him.
so continue to pray as hospital bills are expensive and as we want him to be as healthy as can be! :) :) the power of prayer is mighty!!!!!
kwe nan jezi! bondye beni ou!!!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
again...
i cant believe i have had this much access to internet and been this lacking in updates on here...please forgive me. i'm in bercy now and so much has happened. good things...hard things...affirming things...wonderful things...i dont know where to start...but as sarah beth said this morning...."just start where you must...word vomit...go ahead." so here i go...
and then the internet stopped and i am now at dorothys and still havent given a good update... so please forgive me. anyways this has happened many times...i am apparently known for it. i am extending my stay in haiti. in my previous post i posted dorothys blog and you read about Poutchino being sick...
Dorothy is a bit stretched with all the things going on. Poutchino was our Christmas miracle being able to walk...and he still is but i believe satan is trying to attack the great things God is doing....his shunt is infected and he is in the hospital. Dorothy told me today that she would really love to have some extra help. so i have talked with mama kathy and we are looking into extending my stay...in fact she has told me we are...so hopefully i will know before tomorrow morning....
well i know the update is way too short...but i will try and send another one tonight...Dorothy is doing night shifts with poutchino is the hospital and i am going to be doing regular house things like getting groceries, daily things... i will do a few shifts at the hospital but dorothy needs to do the night shifts to talk with the doctors.
love you all. thanks for your prayers.
and then the internet stopped and i am now at dorothys and still havent given a good update... so please forgive me. anyways this has happened many times...i am apparently known for it. i am extending my stay in haiti. in my previous post i posted dorothys blog and you read about Poutchino being sick...
Dorothy is a bit stretched with all the things going on. Poutchino was our Christmas miracle being able to walk...and he still is but i believe satan is trying to attack the great things God is doing....his shunt is infected and he is in the hospital. Dorothy told me today that she would really love to have some extra help. so i have talked with mama kathy and we are looking into extending my stay...in fact she has told me we are...so hopefully i will know before tomorrow morning....
well i know the update is way too short...but i will try and send another one tonight...Dorothy is doing night shifts with poutchino is the hospital and i am going to be doing regular house things like getting groceries, daily things... i will do a few shifts at the hospital but dorothy needs to do the night shifts to talk with the doctors.
love you all. thanks for your prayers.
Friday, January 8, 2010
dorothy's update 1/10
January 6 2010
21 children from 3 months to 11 years had a wonderful Christmas morning thanks to our many friends. Christmas Day started with the story of Jesus. The children sang happy birthday to Him! Then everyone opened their gifts. It was chaos, total fun! Happy birthday, Jesus!
We turned in early on the 31st and barely heard the fireworks. But we celebrated New Years Day with a traditional meal of Haitian soup jiramou. (Everyone spells that differently: it is pumpkin soup, one of my favorite Haitian meals.)
Moving day is coming soon! The mayor personally came to the house to say part of the house must be removed soon for road widening. The owner called and confirmed that we need to move as soon as possible. I found a new house, just down the street, but need immediately $10,500 for a year's rent payable in advance. It seems impossible but all things are possible with God! Please pray with us for this need to be met so we can move in February.
Poutchino walking is our biggest miracle of the year. Many people have contributed to his improvement over the past 4 years. Nancy Brickell, Kathy Brooks; the neurosurgeons from Miami; Healing Hands; Karen Bultje; Michael Hamm; Natasha Rae Taylor; Casey Nichols; Keziah Furth; Karen McCarthy; the U.S. Navy; Kings Kids; all of our financial supporters; and many, many others who have loved on him and prayed for him and encouraged him. Thank you all!
This is how the body of Christ works: it takes everyone working together, each doing their own part, for the whole church to do what the Lord plans for us.
[1/8/10: Today is Poutchino's 7th birthday. He went into the hospital last night with a severe infection, maybe his shunt. He seemed better this morning but is still in critical condition. We do not have the funds to pay the hospital and surgery. Can you help us?]
Surprise (for me, at least)! Lovensky's latest blood test showed his immune system is in great shape! He won't need AIDS medicines for a while. Praise God!
Another surprise! I think the car's overheating problem is finally fixed with a new water pump. It did really well today. Thank you, Lord, for a great Haitian mechanic! Dyno, though a great mechanic, has not yet decided to become a follower of Jesus. Please pray for him. He is a wonderful young man!
Josue is our 8 month old, now 7 pound, miracle. He really should have had a blood transfusion but it wasn't possible. Despite his severe malnutrition and infections and anemia, he is getting better. How cute to see him smiling and "talking" today.
4 yr old Sonson came in before Christmas. We wanted to build him up for surgery on his clubbed feet. He cannot walk. When our pediatrician did the intake exam he said Sonson's scoliosis is compressing his heart and lungs so he needs surgery for that first. Thank God for our pediatrician! Karen is working on a passport and medical visa.
Blessings!
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O.. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
21 children from 3 months to 11 years had a wonderful Christmas morning thanks to our many friends. Christmas Day started with the story of Jesus. The children sang happy birthday to Him! Then everyone opened their gifts. It was chaos, total fun! Happy birthday, Jesus!
We turned in early on the 31st and barely heard the fireworks. But we celebrated New Years Day with a traditional meal of Haitian soup jiramou. (Everyone spells that differently: it is pumpkin soup, one of my favorite Haitian meals.)
Moving day is coming soon! The mayor personally came to the house to say part of the house must be removed soon for road widening. The owner called and confirmed that we need to move as soon as possible. I found a new house, just down the street, but need immediately $10,500 for a year's rent payable in advance. It seems impossible but all things are possible with God! Please pray with us for this need to be met so we can move in February.
Poutchino walking is our biggest miracle of the year. Many people have contributed to his improvement over the past 4 years. Nancy Brickell, Kathy Brooks; the neurosurgeons from Miami; Healing Hands; Karen Bultje; Michael Hamm; Natasha Rae Taylor; Casey Nichols; Keziah Furth; Karen McCarthy; the U.S. Navy; Kings Kids; all of our financial supporters; and many, many others who have loved on him and prayed for him and encouraged him. Thank you all!
This is how the body of Christ works: it takes everyone working together, each doing their own part, for the whole church to do what the Lord plans for us.
[1/8/10: Today is Poutchino's 7th birthday. He went into the hospital last night with a severe infection, maybe his shunt. He seemed better this morning but is still in critical condition. We do not have the funds to pay the hospital and surgery. Can you help us?]
Surprise (for me, at least)! Lovensky's latest blood test showed his immune system is in great shape! He won't need AIDS medicines for a while. Praise God!
Another surprise! I think the car's overheating problem is finally fixed with a new water pump. It did really well today. Thank you, Lord, for a great Haitian mechanic! Dyno, though a great mechanic, has not yet decided to become a follower of Jesus. Please pray for him. He is a wonderful young man!
Josue is our 8 month old, now 7 pound, miracle. He really should have had a blood transfusion but it wasn't possible. Despite his severe malnutrition and infections and anemia, he is getting better. How cute to see him smiling and "talking" today.
4 yr old Sonson came in before Christmas. We wanted to build him up for surgery on his clubbed feet. He cannot walk. When our pediatrician did the intake exam he said Sonson's scoliosis is compressing his heart and lungs so he needs surgery for that first. Thank God for our pediatrician! Karen is working on a passport and medical visa.
Blessings!
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O.. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
Saturday, January 2, 2010
update on daily life
lets see...
thursday...new years eve was a regular day...dorothy took the day off and went with some ladies to a town near PAP and i maned the house...nothing i havent done before... we took the kids outside colored, practices animals and colors, read books and blew bubbles. then when she got back we went to a little get together at dotties...that only lasted until about 7:30...i came back and talked with sr. rosemanie for a long time...then got online and stayed up until 2am...it was a very simple new years...and i was blessed to be in a country i love...surrounded by beautiful children and woman working to take care of them all!
new years day...in the morning i slept in a bit...but needed it. then after helping in the infant room went in the dining room joined the nannies and children in praying, singing, reciting bible verses, and dancing!
in the afternoon some of Junior's family came over and i met them for the first time, his mom, sisters, nephew and aunt. i showed them around the house told them about some of the kids,sat a talked with them for a bit and then we skyped junior. it was the first time junior had seen them in 2 years. he was so happy...it was a great visit. i am very blessed to know them. and for those of you who dont know junior...he is manaj mwen...in english my boyfriend. i know crazy news and i feel quite vulnerable putting it out here all over the internet and blog world...but its there on facebook...so why not here. plus the more people praying for us the better. maybe i will write the story of that one day on here...since this blog isnt just about haiti, but my life and what the Lord is doing...and He is definitely doing something there. anyway...
Kervens came home and i cannot tell you how excited i was to see him...this place is not the same without him and i miss him so very much. he is starting to look like a pre-teen for sure...and he came with a fresh hair cut lookin all slick. we had a great night...ate the traditional soup joumou, played games, slept on the roof, watched a movie...talked about life, made pictures out of the clouds...it was very fun.
this morning me and cha cha went and picked up trash all around the yard and kevs swept. Sr. luciene came to visit me because she was on vacation...i'm so gald she did because i love her so much. she is a Godly woman full of love for this children. i would have been very sad to have missed her...but PRAISE GOD i didnt!
i tucked kevs into bed tonight....man i miss that time with him...but starting to feel like he is getting to old for such things...the boy is 11 now...but we are never too old to pray together before we lay our head down to sleep so its all good.
tomorrow we are suppose to go to church and then go see emily...i have contacted the place in PAP where she is at. however the car wouldnt start this morning when i went to go get water....so pray we have transportation i SO want to see my lil baby and take pictures of her for her mama shelly.
okay...i better get going...i probably left things out...but its a beautiful thing to jump right back into the routines of daily life here...i always miss it.
blessings to all of you on this new year....the beginning of many great things...and it starts with you...God can take you anywhere!!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
BONNE ANNE!!!! happy new year!!!
thursday...new years eve was a regular day...dorothy took the day off and went with some ladies to a town near PAP and i maned the house...nothing i havent done before... we took the kids outside colored, practices animals and colors, read books and blew bubbles. then when she got back we went to a little get together at dotties...that only lasted until about 7:30...i came back and talked with sr. rosemanie for a long time...then got online and stayed up until 2am...it was a very simple new years...and i was blessed to be in a country i love...surrounded by beautiful children and woman working to take care of them all!
new years day...in the morning i slept in a bit...but needed it. then after helping in the infant room went in the dining room joined the nannies and children in praying, singing, reciting bible verses, and dancing!
in the afternoon some of Junior's family came over and i met them for the first time, his mom, sisters, nephew and aunt. i showed them around the house told them about some of the kids,sat a talked with them for a bit and then we skyped junior. it was the first time junior had seen them in 2 years. he was so happy...it was a great visit. i am very blessed to know them. and for those of you who dont know junior...he is manaj mwen...in english my boyfriend. i know crazy news and i feel quite vulnerable putting it out here all over the internet and blog world...but its there on facebook...so why not here. plus the more people praying for us the better. maybe i will write the story of that one day on here...since this blog isnt just about haiti, but my life and what the Lord is doing...and He is definitely doing something there. anyway...
Kervens came home and i cannot tell you how excited i was to see him...this place is not the same without him and i miss him so very much. he is starting to look like a pre-teen for sure...and he came with a fresh hair cut lookin all slick. we had a great night...ate the traditional soup joumou, played games, slept on the roof, watched a movie...talked about life, made pictures out of the clouds...it was very fun.
this morning me and cha cha went and picked up trash all around the yard and kevs swept. Sr. luciene came to visit me because she was on vacation...i'm so gald she did because i love her so much. she is a Godly woman full of love for this children. i would have been very sad to have missed her...but PRAISE GOD i didnt!
i tucked kevs into bed tonight....man i miss that time with him...but starting to feel like he is getting to old for such things...the boy is 11 now...but we are never too old to pray together before we lay our head down to sleep so its all good.
tomorrow we are suppose to go to church and then go see emily...i have contacted the place in PAP where she is at. however the car wouldnt start this morning when i went to go get water....so pray we have transportation i SO want to see my lil baby and take pictures of her for her mama shelly.
okay...i better get going...i probably left things out...but its a beautiful thing to jump right back into the routines of daily life here...i always miss it.
blessings to all of you on this new year....the beginning of many great things...and it starts with you...God can take you anywhere!!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
BONNE ANNE!!!! happy new year!!!
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