so last night i had trouble going to sleep and then i woke up this morning 1 1/2 hours before i was suppose to and was not able to go back to sleep...
i think i might be a little anxious and excited to get my travels started...
for those of you who don't know i leave this morning to go to jacksonville see juniors brother and cousin for a brief minute...hug poutchino and then head to pick up junior so we can start our drive to kansas city!!!
i am so excited to see junior...to get some major quality time on the road...face to face instead of over the phone....what a blessing.
plus i am always excited to hug and love on my lil poutchino as well! although it will be brief...way worth it!!
and of course i am ready to hug and be with my family and friends from a place that will always be home no matter where i go...
all that to say... YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pray with me in agreement that God will give us traveling mercies...protection and provision... more time to grow in our relationship as we drive...more time to learn about Him and see His beautiful ways... more of Him...that His angels would go before us...make our way smooth, safe, and wonderful!!!!
LOVE TO YOU ALL...
continue to pray for the MP and Haiti... MUCH is always happening with Much.... so keep it in your prayers as i know you do!
may God's grace and peace wash over you!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Mama K's prayer request
We are in process of negotiating on a property in Haiti that will serve as a home base for MUCH ministries.
IT is ten miniutes from the Airport in Port Au Prince and has a home with large meeting rooms and large kitchen....and lots of space around the property for building dorms and classrooms.
It is a wonderful shady piece of land with large mango trees covered in fruit. Banana trees , and a coconut tree or two.
It is in a relatively quiet neighbborhood which will serve well as a School and Home base and a place for teams to stay who want to work short term in Haiti.
PLEASE join us in agreeing that the owner will accept the terms of a Lease To Own Agreement we have presented to her.
IT will take a MIRACLE for her to do so...so this is what we are asking for!
As we have asked God to show us how we can best be of help to Haiti in these days of transformation this is the direction we have been led. There are so many ministries doing so much good...every part is important to the whole....
Our plans for the property:
SCHOOL
Classes for Entreprenurial Business Development:
-Helping Haitian young men and women start their own businesses through teaching basic business skills and incorporating microfinancing for start up capital.
Classes in Leadership:
- working with young men and women to develop both the skills and character that leaders in global business are looking for in employees:
reliability
communication skills
team work
honesty, integrity
initiative
creativity
strong work ethic
Classes for training in specific skill sets: ( this to be expanded as we discover what the needs exist)
Construction
ESL
Child Development
Art Design and Marketing
Food Prep / Culinary Arts
The young people of Haiti are poised and ready to take the country into the beauty and strength for which Haiti is called.
THANK YOU FOR AGREEING with us in prayer
that the owners will agree to our proposal !
Grace and Peace!
Kathy Brooks
"although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it."
helen keller
MUCH Ministries, Inc.
26710 Hwy.82
Waynesville, GA 31566
kathy@muchministries.org
www.muchministries.org
IT is ten miniutes from the Airport in Port Au Prince and has a home with large meeting rooms and large kitchen....and lots of space around the property for building dorms and classrooms.
It is a wonderful shady piece of land with large mango trees covered in fruit. Banana trees , and a coconut tree or two.
It is in a relatively quiet neighbborhood which will serve well as a School and Home base and a place for teams to stay who want to work short term in Haiti.
PLEASE join us in agreeing that the owner will accept the terms of a Lease To Own Agreement we have presented to her.
IT will take a MIRACLE for her to do so...so this is what we are asking for!
As we have asked God to show us how we can best be of help to Haiti in these days of transformation this is the direction we have been led. There are so many ministries doing so much good...every part is important to the whole....
Our plans for the property:
SCHOOL
Classes for Entreprenurial Business Development:
-Helping Haitian young men and women start their own businesses through teaching basic business skills and incorporating microfinancing for start up capital.
Classes in Leadership:
- working with young men and women to develop both the skills and character that leaders in global business are looking for in employees:
reliability
communication skills
team work
honesty, integrity
initiative
creativity
strong work ethic
Classes for training in specific skill sets: ( this to be expanded as we discover what the needs exist)
Construction
ESL
Child Development
Art Design and Marketing
Food Prep / Culinary Arts
The young people of Haiti are poised and ready to take the country into the beauty and strength for which Haiti is called.
THANK YOU FOR AGREEING with us in prayer
that the owners will agree to our proposal !
Grace and Peace!
Kathy Brooks
"although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it."
helen keller
MUCH Ministries, Inc.
26710 Hwy.82
Waynesville, GA 31566
kathy@muchministries.org
www.muchministries.org
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
spring break
Junior & I will visit Kansas City March 27th to March 31st... i am so excited to come home to kansas city... to family & friends that i love and to a city i love as well!!! i am also extremely excited to actually get time with Junior and for him to be in that space with me... to meet people that have been a big part of my life...and to see places that i have done life in... i am so blessed we are able to take this trip. thank you mom & dad for helping and making this birthday gift possible with the funds to travel!!!! please pray for our travel as it is a LONG drive....
We have a pretty jammed schedule so if we don't see everyone i apologize...but know that i am blessed to have you in my journey no matter how long the distance or time in between coming together. the support and blessing you each have brought into my life has taught me, strengthened me and provided for me in ways i am sure you do not even realize. may the Lord bless you beyond measure.
the plan:
March 26th Friday:
get to my parents...
very excited to see them! i haven't since i was in an earthquake... a good hug is needed for sure!!!!
March 27th Saturday:
brunch @ one of my favorites! Succotash with Bea & Shawn...
so excited to see her baby stella growin' in the belly!!!
party with friends @ heather and aaron hales...
so good to be with friends that have blessed my life for so many years!
March 28th Sunday:
Church at Jacob's Well 11am
with my mom & dad!!
a baby shower with bea!!!
I am so glad i will get to make it to one!!!
speak at First Baptist Church of Stilwell...
where i grew up... more support and encouragement..people believing in me over the years than i can even begin to tell you...
family get together @my parents...
so excited for my family to get to know junior... a man that God has truly blessed me with.
March 29th Monday:
Lunch at William Jewell...
junior will get to see where i went to school...but more than that i am excited to share with Jeff about working with Jewell in Haiti...juniors vision to change a rural village where his grandmother is from and the ways Jewell can partner with Much Ministries!!!
Dinner with my family...
i think we are going to go to Oklahoma Joe's because junior definitely needs to taste some good kcmo bbq!!!
Jacob's Well Forum @ 7pm...
this will be great as Junior and I will get to talk about Haiti as a whole, touch on the earthquake, share the needs and dialoque with people in the community on ways they can get involved in making a difference in this beautiful nation.
March 30th Tuesday:
dinner @ Mccoys
with some dear friends...that make my heart smile! plus i have to get some mccoys while i'm home...it would be wrong to not...
March 31st Wednesday:
Interview with the local KCPP NPR station...
they are going to interview me and my sister together, which will be the first time we have talked to a media person together about the earthquake since the whole thing began... so it will be good, interesting but good... love people being aware...love processing how God used us... and the things He exposed... suffering... healing... community... grace... provision... protection... angels... so so so Much goodness... despite the devastation...
Lunch with Amanda & Issac...
very excited about loving on my little nephew... haven't seen him since the long long journey state side.
Dinner with Bea & Shawn...
what a blessing to be home with them...eat food bea bea cooks and spend time with them...as they are family... even if its not by blood. i am blessed.
leave kansas city early thursday morning...
visit Waynesville on the way to Jacksonville to see some of Junior's family!
Jacksonville: friday feb. 1- saturday feb. 2
Sunday feb. 4th- junior back to marianna (so sad) & me back to Waynesville
We have a pretty jammed schedule so if we don't see everyone i apologize...but know that i am blessed to have you in my journey no matter how long the distance or time in between coming together. the support and blessing you each have brought into my life has taught me, strengthened me and provided for me in ways i am sure you do not even realize. may the Lord bless you beyond measure.
the plan:
March 26th Friday:
get to my parents...
very excited to see them! i haven't since i was in an earthquake... a good hug is needed for sure!!!!
March 27th Saturday:
brunch @ one of my favorites! Succotash with Bea & Shawn...
so excited to see her baby stella growin' in the belly!!!
party with friends @ heather and aaron hales...
so good to be with friends that have blessed my life for so many years!
March 28th Sunday:
Church at Jacob's Well 11am
with my mom & dad!!
a baby shower with bea!!!
I am so glad i will get to make it to one!!!
speak at First Baptist Church of Stilwell...
where i grew up... more support and encouragement..people believing in me over the years than i can even begin to tell you...
family get together @my parents...
so excited for my family to get to know junior... a man that God has truly blessed me with.
March 29th Monday:
Lunch at William Jewell...
junior will get to see where i went to school...but more than that i am excited to share with Jeff about working with Jewell in Haiti...juniors vision to change a rural village where his grandmother is from and the ways Jewell can partner with Much Ministries!!!
Dinner with my family...
i think we are going to go to Oklahoma Joe's because junior definitely needs to taste some good kcmo bbq!!!
Jacob's Well Forum @ 7pm...
this will be great as Junior and I will get to talk about Haiti as a whole, touch on the earthquake, share the needs and dialoque with people in the community on ways they can get involved in making a difference in this beautiful nation.
March 30th Tuesday:
dinner @ Mccoys
with some dear friends...that make my heart smile! plus i have to get some mccoys while i'm home...it would be wrong to not...
March 31st Wednesday:
Interview with the local KCPP NPR station...
they are going to interview me and my sister together, which will be the first time we have talked to a media person together about the earthquake since the whole thing began... so it will be good, interesting but good... love people being aware...love processing how God used us... and the things He exposed... suffering... healing... community... grace... provision... protection... angels... so so so Much goodness... despite the devastation...
Lunch with Amanda & Issac...
very excited about loving on my little nephew... haven't seen him since the long long journey state side.
Dinner with Bea & Shawn...
what a blessing to be home with them...eat food bea bea cooks and spend time with them...as they are family... even if its not by blood. i am blessed.
leave kansas city early thursday morning...
visit Waynesville on the way to Jacksonville to see some of Junior's family!
Jacksonville: friday feb. 1- saturday feb. 2
Sunday feb. 4th- junior back to marianna (so sad) & me back to Waynesville
Much Ministries Trade School Vision
Much Ministries Haitian Leadership- Trade Institute.
Concept: To provide an avenue for Haitian men and women, age 18-30, to be equipped with a marketable skill and character qualities to become gainfully employed.
As we have worked in Haiti for 7 years, our eyes have been drawn to the hard working, industrious nature of the Haitian people. Given the right opportunity these men and women will make a way. Our hearts have always been to help the economic situation. At present there is 85% unemployment; while the earthquake is tragic in every way it is creating a need for a work force, as businesses function to begin the rebuilding process. We desire to create jobs and develop a work force to help supply that need.
Our curriculum will be built around “Kingdom Character” and marketable skills. Our students will not only graduate with knowledge and ability but also the character to handle the weight of success and increased financial status.
Educational materials, for the construction industry, will be developed in conjunction with National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).
Materials for a translator school will be taught as English as a Second Language program.
Child care instruction will include ESL, nutrition, safety, first aide, child development phases and nurturing skills; preparing individuals for the increased need in orphanages and nanny Jobs.
At present we are seeking to establish a base of operation in Port-au-Prince to operate the school, provide a home for the Brooks, and a Haiti base for Much Ministries.
Regards,
Beaver Brooks
Director Much Minisntries
912-571-2377
Concept: To provide an avenue for Haitian men and women, age 18-30, to be equipped with a marketable skill and character qualities to become gainfully employed.
As we have worked in Haiti for 7 years, our eyes have been drawn to the hard working, industrious nature of the Haitian people. Given the right opportunity these men and women will make a way. Our hearts have always been to help the economic situation. At present there is 85% unemployment; while the earthquake is tragic in every way it is creating a need for a work force, as businesses function to begin the rebuilding process. We desire to create jobs and develop a work force to help supply that need.
Our curriculum will be built around “Kingdom Character” and marketable skills. Our students will not only graduate with knowledge and ability but also the character to handle the weight of success and increased financial status.
Educational materials, for the construction industry, will be developed in conjunction with National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).
Materials for a translator school will be taught as English as a Second Language program.
Child care instruction will include ESL, nutrition, safety, first aide, child development phases and nurturing skills; preparing individuals for the increased need in orphanages and nanny Jobs.
At present we are seeking to establish a base of operation in Port-au-Prince to operate the school, provide a home for the Brooks, and a Haiti base for Much Ministries.
Regards,
Beaver Brooks
Director Much Minisntries
912-571-2377
From Papa Beaver- NGO
As a result of the earthquake it has become evident that there is a need for a coordinated effort and cooperation between smaller non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and the larger UN affiliated NGO’s. JT Kowalchuk and myself have been creating a consortium to facilitate this cooperation. Over the past 2 months God has orchestrated connections with Governmental representative, World Food Program leaders and key people in larger NGO’s. Please pray for us as we seek to be a unifying catalyst.
Our vision for cooperation between smaller NGO’s and the United Nations and its affiliates can be illustrated though the metaphor of the circulatory system.
• The UN and its institutions (World Food Program, Unicef, World Health Organization, ect) are the vigorously beating heart.
• The partner larger NGO’s (World Vision, Care, Islamic relief, ect) are the arteries and veins in the system.
At present these groups work well together, but there is a disconnect of relationship with those who should be the beneficiaries of their resources. In the human body there are hundreds if not thousands of smaller vessels known as capillaries. These capillaries deliver the life giving resource of oxygen to the different parts of the body as they have need.
We purpose that the smaller NGO’s are those capillaries. They have the ‘hands on’, ‘face to face relationships with those in need. They have been there before the crisis and will be there afterwards. They understand the intricacies of the regions and people groups/communities that the UN wants to help. We hope to establish not only lines of communication but the flow of resources to those desperately in need. As smaller NGO’s connect and communicate in unison these larger organizations will feel more comfortable relating to and working with them. Much Ministries is taking the initiative to bring this relationship to reality.
Regards,
Beaver Brooks
Director Much Ministries Inc.
912-778-5574
Our vision for cooperation between smaller NGO’s and the United Nations and its affiliates can be illustrated though the metaphor of the circulatory system.
• The UN and its institutions (World Food Program, Unicef, World Health Organization, ect) are the vigorously beating heart.
• The partner larger NGO’s (World Vision, Care, Islamic relief, ect) are the arteries and veins in the system.
At present these groups work well together, but there is a disconnect of relationship with those who should be the beneficiaries of their resources. In the human body there are hundreds if not thousands of smaller vessels known as capillaries. These capillaries deliver the life giving resource of oxygen to the different parts of the body as they have need.
We purpose that the smaller NGO’s are those capillaries. They have the ‘hands on’, ‘face to face relationships with those in need. They have been there before the crisis and will be there afterwards. They understand the intricacies of the regions and people groups/communities that the UN wants to help. We hope to establish not only lines of communication but the flow of resources to those desperately in need. As smaller NGO’s connect and communicate in unison these larger organizations will feel more comfortable relating to and working with them. Much Ministries is taking the initiative to bring this relationship to reality.
Regards,
Beaver Brooks
Director Much Ministries Inc.
912-778-5574
Monday, March 22, 2010
IC + HAITI = HEART
i know that as things have moved forward in my life with much ministries and haiti i sometimes forget my heart for all the other things i have been a part of over the years... its such a blessing to focus on one thing and pursue something so deeply that you give it your all. however on occasions i miss my activist days and knowing what was going on with invisible children, writing letters on behalf of war prisoners that amnesty international is fighting for.... in fact i have a whole folder in my gmail devoted to NGO's & activism emails...but life is so busy with planning a wedding (yes i am engaged!) the transitions that are happening in Much Ministries, carrying more of the weight at the MP, Haiti, all thee above...i just don't do it like i used to.
however when i do get time its amazing to see things i love come together.... invisible children and haiti... HOLY HOLY!
however when i do get time its amazing to see things i love come together.... invisible children and haiti... HOLY HOLY!
MM blog link
some updates from the things going on with food distribution and the MUCH ministries team that was just in Haiti!
CLICK HERE!!!
CLICK HERE!!!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Patrick and Barb Lataillade
after the earthquake i really did not hear of any missionaries having injuries or deaths... just a couple...God truly had His covering of angels over them... this is an article about one couple that did have major injuries.
http://www.newsherald.com/news/beach-81649-city-panama.html
http://www.newsherald.com/news/beach-81649-city-panama.html
NOT far away
Junior found this video...and i agree with him, they keep coming out with good ones to continue raising funds and awareness...PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
poutch
POUTCHINO'S SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!
HE IS OUT AND DOING WELL! NANCY SAYS THERE ARE LOTS OF TUBES WHICH IS NO FUN, BUT HE IS WELL!
PRAISE THE LORD OH MY SOUL!!! I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN HIM!!!
HE IS OUT AND DOING WELL! NANCY SAYS THERE ARE LOTS OF TUBES WHICH IS NO FUN, BUT HE IS WELL!
PRAISE THE LORD OH MY SOUL!!! I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN HIM!!!
surgery
Nancy called me this morning and it looks like they are going to try and remove Poutchino's shunt today as the fluid showed much bacteria and infection. the procedure should only take about 30 minutes and then they will put a temporary shunt in to drain the fluid while he heals... in haiti this temporary one would not be possible. praise the Lord he is here.
Nancy is a saint taking him and being his host family... but then again she told me yesterday she wouldn't of done it if she wasn't going to have help...but she knew how many people love this boy and that SO much support would be there.
however until he is recovered from surgeries she is going to be very particular about who has clearance to see him...as he has been through much trauma, transition and change. i am SO honored because she has given me clearance to see him... i mean i did run into a building after an earthquake to get him ;) no i am truly blessed to be a part of the community supporting and helping this precious boy. i was able to see him yesterday and what a blessing... more than words can express.
his visa is for a year so gosh who knows where he will be when he is suppose to return to haiti... i have SO much faith in poutchino's abilities to grow and strengthen with the right care... i am so excited to see what God does in the next year.
anyway... pray for his surgery today. pray they can get him scheduled in and that it goes well as i know it will.
i will do my best to keep you informed as news comes in!!!
LOVE
Nancy is a saint taking him and being his host family... but then again she told me yesterday she wouldn't of done it if she wasn't going to have help...but she knew how many people love this boy and that SO much support would be there.
however until he is recovered from surgeries she is going to be very particular about who has clearance to see him...as he has been through much trauma, transition and change. i am SO honored because she has given me clearance to see him... i mean i did run into a building after an earthquake to get him ;) no i am truly blessed to be a part of the community supporting and helping this precious boy. i was able to see him yesterday and what a blessing... more than words can express.
his visa is for a year so gosh who knows where he will be when he is suppose to return to haiti... i have SO much faith in poutchino's abilities to grow and strengthen with the right care... i am so excited to see what God does in the next year.
anyway... pray for his surgery today. pray they can get him scheduled in and that it goes well as i know it will.
i will do my best to keep you informed as news comes in!!!
LOVE
a word from tay man!
words from Taylor Brooks in HAITI right now with Much Ministries!!!
so for a bit of a report:
We are in Haiti !...or rather a portion of us. Consisting of Kevin, Sam and I, along with 11 other people, 4 of which are not even believers......yet;) I love how God brings all His children together to advance the kingdom in the people we are serving AND the people we are serving alongside!
I NEED you all to pray for movement of His spirit in REaL ways that make the working of His hand UNquestionable to the people watching it go down. THANK YOU!!
We believe in the power of God being made manifest to the world in which we live.......wherever that happens to be at the moment.
I feel empowered because I know that I'm not doing this alone. We are family. Every bit of breakthrough we experience here, you have the right and privilege to praise and thank God for it happening on this earth!
MUCH love to you all-
Tbrooks<><
so for a bit of a report:
We are in Haiti !...or rather a portion of us. Consisting of Kevin, Sam and I, along with 11 other people, 4 of which are not even believers......yet;) I love how God brings all His children together to advance the kingdom in the people we are serving AND the people we are serving alongside!
I NEED you all to pray for movement of His spirit in REaL ways that make the working of His hand UNquestionable to the people watching it go down. THANK YOU!!
We believe in the power of God being made manifest to the world in which we live.......wherever that happens to be at the moment.
I feel empowered because I know that I'm not doing this alone. We are family. Every bit of breakthrough we experience here, you have the right and privilege to praise and thank God for it happening on this earth!
MUCH love to you all-
Tbrooks<><
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Poutchino in JAX!
Talked with Nancy today and Poutchino is doing well... he is actually not on a medical visa...he is on a humanitarian parole visa so he can stay for a year...his return date to haiti is march 12, 2011. he will be getting help from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Tomorrow they will run some tests and decide if he will be an out-patient or an in-patient there. Nancy is tired as is poutchino, but they are both doing well.
i am sooooo excited to get to see him! i think i will try to see him at least every other week while he is here... i will do more than that if possible!!! its so surreal that he is here...can't tell you how many times we have said that it would be great if we could get him stateside where he could get all the attention he needs... what a miracle... GOD IS SO GOOD!!!
lets pray that someone will fall in love with him... (i have never met anyone who hasn't actually) but so much so that they work on adopting him... because it would be much better for him to stay stateside and receive the attention he needs. however God is going to bring HUGE restoration to the nation of Haiti so maybe all the resources he needs will be there and available for when he returns.... lets pray into these...
okay everyone... thanks for being a part of Poutchino's story... praying for him... its HUGE!!!
<3 <3 <3
i am sooooo excited to get to see him! i think i will try to see him at least every other week while he is here... i will do more than that if possible!!! its so surreal that he is here...can't tell you how many times we have said that it would be great if we could get him stateside where he could get all the attention he needs... what a miracle... GOD IS SO GOOD!!!
lets pray that someone will fall in love with him... (i have never met anyone who hasn't actually) but so much so that they work on adopting him... because it would be much better for him to stay stateside and receive the attention he needs. however God is going to bring HUGE restoration to the nation of Haiti so maybe all the resources he needs will be there and available for when he returns.... lets pray into these...
okay everyone... thanks for being a part of Poutchino's story... praying for him... its HUGE!!!
<3 <3 <3
Saturday, March 13, 2010
growing in saying no...
So i haven't share this yet, but i had the opportunity to go to haiti and i said no. The team in haiti that is there to relieve sherrie's teachers for a week... (spoke of in the previous post)... well kathy asked me if i wanted to be a part of that team. she asked me while both her and beaver where in haiti in the end of February. of course any chance i get to go to haiti i don't hesitate... i just say yes...because why in the world would i say no... that would not make sense. however kathy really asked me to pray about it and think about it before giving my default answer...which would always be yes.
it was hard to say ok, i will pray and process before giving an answer because i want to return VERY MUCH...it was also hard because i have never technically been on a trip with kathy, casey or really much ministries... i also havent ever been to Gonaives or worked with sherrie... therefore i felt wow here is my opportunity to expand my experiences in haiti and work directly with kathy and casey and someone other than dorothy... but Gods plans are more important... <3 <3 <3 and He can make a way later...
so i prayed, processed and realized i needed to say no...and let me tell you that is one of the hardest lessons because it really is beyond my ability to understand why i would pass up a trip to go to the country i LOVE and long to be a part of serving in. however Gods plan is always better than mine...
here are the things i am learning... in saying no...
1. it's ALWAYS better to be in Gods will than my own
2. my identity always needs to be found in HIM, not the things i do
3. my heart for haiti...is Gods heart for haiti
4. every good and righteous desire/passion comes from HIM
5. just because i say no to haiti does not say i am not going back or don't care
6. the people at the market place need to know they are just as important as haiti
7. i am filling in the gaps and giving consistency where there is much unknown in the transition
8. i am capable wherever God puts me
9. He will always make a way...
10. That God is GOOD ALL THE TIME
PRAISE THE LORD in the lessons i have learned in saying no to this trip to haiti......
however this also means i still don't know when i will return to haiti.... but i will wait and trust upon the Lord... because we all know i will return!!!
it was hard to say ok, i will pray and process before giving an answer because i want to return VERY MUCH...it was also hard because i have never technically been on a trip with kathy, casey or really much ministries... i also havent ever been to Gonaives or worked with sherrie... therefore i felt wow here is my opportunity to expand my experiences in haiti and work directly with kathy and casey and someone other than dorothy... but Gods plans are more important... <3 <3 <3 and He can make a way later...
so i prayed, processed and realized i needed to say no...and let me tell you that is one of the hardest lessons because it really is beyond my ability to understand why i would pass up a trip to go to the country i LOVE and long to be a part of serving in. however Gods plan is always better than mine...
here are the things i am learning... in saying no...
1. it's ALWAYS better to be in Gods will than my own
2. my identity always needs to be found in HIM, not the things i do
3. my heart for haiti...is Gods heart for haiti
4. every good and righteous desire/passion comes from HIM
5. just because i say no to haiti does not say i am not going back or don't care
6. the people at the market place need to know they are just as important as haiti
7. i am filling in the gaps and giving consistency where there is much unknown in the transition
8. i am capable wherever God puts me
9. He will always make a way...
10. That God is GOOD ALL THE TIME
PRAISE THE LORD in the lessons i have learned in saying no to this trip to haiti......
however this also means i still don't know when i will return to haiti.... but i will wait and trust upon the Lord... because we all know i will return!!!
Poutchino & MM update
For those of you that know or know of the beautiful boy Poutchino i am so excited to share that he is on his way today to the states with Nancy Brickell...after much waiting and praying his medical VISA was approved and a hospital in Jacksonville is going to treat him. PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE THE LORD!!!
He will be staying with the Brickell's while on his VISA...i don't know all the details... but i am beyond giddy about seeing him... this is the boy i ran into the hospital to get after the earthquake... he is coming here to get much needed help and I will get to see him...probably on a somewhat regular basis as he will be an hour and a half from the Market Place/Much Ministries home base in Waynesville!!!! So excited!!!
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Kathy and 10 other people left yesterday to Fort Lauderdale to head back to haiti! Beaver received a phone call from Kathy this morning saying that they were all well, in PAP and actually in the car with Dorothy, on their way to take Nancy & Poutchino to the airport! :)
The team will be at Sherrie Fausey's the whole time... they will be taking over for the teachers so that the teachers can have a rest. They have been going non stop since the earthquake. Sherrie had the school up and running just a week after the earthquake. This break will allow her staff to work on processing and spend time with their families and maybe even find new homes because many of them have lost their homes. It will be a very big blessing for sherrie's staff and Much Ministries is so glad to be of help.
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The team members are: (6 from southeast Georgia/5 from New Jersey)
Kathy Brooks
Casey Nichols
Taylor Brooks
Samuel Brooks
Kevin Eades
Tammy Ross
Jennifer Kovac (Doreen Sigmond's sister)
Christine Young
Darren Young
William Miur
Denise Dodine
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PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS.
blessings
Monday, March 8, 2010
Mama K's update
March 2010 Haiti Update
On March 12th it will be two months since the devastating earthquake took place in Haiti.
“Although the world is full of suffering,
It is also full of the overcoming of it”
Helen Keller
Good is winning hands down over destruction !
It is His way.
“defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them…”
this Exhortation from the Psalms seems to be universally understood throughout mankind….because they have come and they are coming still.
It is a beautiful thing… this overcoming of suffering.
Much Ministries is now working to establish a year round base in Port Au Prince, Haiti in order to move into the next stage of TRANSFORMATION.
While we are today participating in the relief, JT is on the ground even now with the charge of distributing four 40 ft. containers of food…..we are also exploring new housing possibilities for the displaced,
we are committed to being part of the Development process in Haiti.
WHAT : Our mandate is to train a generation of leaders in Haiti that have developed both marketable skills and courageous values that will strengthen this Nation.
HOW: A series of leadership trade schools that train students in a variety of highly marketable skills such as:
While at the same time incorporate principles of leadership into the learning environment.:
Please continue top check the blog as we update daily.
if you’d like to donate funds..we will use them readily and with the long term and short term needs in mind.
Thank You !
MUCH Ministries,Inc
26710 Hwy . 82
Waynesville, GA 31566
912-778-5574
admin@muchministries.org
On March 12th it will be two months since the devastating earthquake took place in Haiti.
“Although the world is full of suffering,
It is also full of the overcoming of it”
Helen Keller
Good is winning hands down over destruction !
- We see strong tents arriving and being erected.
- Food unloaded from trucks, Drinking water, blankets, medical supplies… Countries like Italy and Canada , Argentina, Peru, South Korea, Mexico, Paraguay to name a few, joining the US in the fight against time and disease for the people of Haiti displaced by the shaking that continues still.
- The suffering father who lost his oldest son in the complete collapse of the University building is comforted by Emory, the missionary who holds him as he weeps.
- The mother, now without a husband to provide for her and her small children, receives ample rice and beans from the young man who just couldn’t stay home and watch it on the news.
- The kids now orphaned and shaken finding a new home with the missionary lady who left everything behind years ago for the opportunity to live and love beautiful Haiti….
It is His way.
“defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them…”
this Exhortation from the Psalms seems to be universally understood throughout mankind….because they have come and they are coming still.
It is a beautiful thing… this overcoming of suffering.
Much Ministries is now working to establish a year round base in Port Au Prince, Haiti in order to move into the next stage of TRANSFORMATION.
- First comes Relief: the urgent and temporary provision of emergency aid to reduce suffering
- Next comes helping the victims Recover..find and rebuild shelter, relocate, resume a life as normal as possible.
- The next is Development..the process of ongoing change that brings in true transformation for an individual, a neighborhood or a nation.
While we are today participating in the relief, JT is on the ground even now with the charge of distributing four 40 ft. containers of food…..we are also exploring new housing possibilities for the displaced,
we are committed to being part of the Development process in Haiti.
WHAT : Our mandate is to train a generation of leaders in Haiti that have developed both marketable skills and courageous values that will strengthen this Nation.
HOW: A series of leadership trade schools that train students in a variety of highly marketable skills such as:
- Construction
- English as a Second Language
- Child Care
- Culinary Arts
- Marketable Artwork
While at the same time incorporate principles of leadership into the learning environment.:
- Honesty/Integrity
- Teamwork
- Interpersonal Communication
- Self-motivation
- Strong work ethic
- Creativity
- Conflict management
- Adaptability
- Long term Thinking
- Concern for the Community
Please continue top check the blog as we update daily.
if you’d like to donate funds..we will use them readily and with the long term and short term needs in mind.
Thank You !
MUCH Ministries,Inc
26710 Hwy . 82
Waynesville, GA 31566
912-778-5574
admin@muchministries.org
Sunday, March 7, 2010
hold on
My sister amanda put this video up and i LOVE it!!! so of course i had to share!!!
made me think of the other day when i went into old navy and they had these shirts and bags... said... 'NEVER GIVE UP' all i could think about was Haiti...how i wanted to buy this for all my haitian friends (and of course translate it for them). i'm with my sister that everything goes back to haiti in my brain... especially now...it was very much that way before the earthquake and now after the earthquake its even worse... but i continue to process and continue to realize that God has blessed me with the space to do that on stable ground... spiritually and physically. PRAISE THE LORD!
in all of that i pray for haiti everyday...as i want them all to hold on and to know they will rise...that God is their stable ground and that He turns ashes/rubble into beauty and i believe this is the journey they are walking in...and how beautiful that God has allowed all of the world to play apart in their story... that this isnt just a story for Haiti...but that our humanity, salvation, redemption, grace...its all build up in each other... Gods ways are WAY bigger than we ever understand... He is calling the governments, the UN, everyone into the Kingdom... we are not to disqualify anyone...for that is the Lords job... we are only to be His hands and feet in HIS story as He reveals it...
made me think of the other day when i went into old navy and they had these shirts and bags... said... 'NEVER GIVE UP' all i could think about was Haiti...how i wanted to buy this for all my haitian friends (and of course translate it for them). i'm with my sister that everything goes back to haiti in my brain... especially now...it was very much that way before the earthquake and now after the earthquake its even worse... but i continue to process and continue to realize that God has blessed me with the space to do that on stable ground... spiritually and physically. PRAISE THE LORD!
in all of that i pray for haiti everyday...as i want them all to hold on and to know they will rise...that God is their stable ground and that He turns ashes/rubble into beauty and i believe this is the journey they are walking in...and how beautiful that God has allowed all of the world to play apart in their story... that this isnt just a story for Haiti...but that our humanity, salvation, redemption, grace...its all build up in each other... Gods ways are WAY bigger than we ever understand... He is calling the governments, the UN, everyone into the Kingdom... we are not to disqualify anyone...for that is the Lords job... we are only to be His hands and feet in HIS story as He reveals it...
transitioning...
So i do have much to update you on...
but it will all unfold as time goes by...
while Beaver and Kathy were in Haiti i was the 'boss' at the MP, but we are all a team there so i dont really enjoy being called the boss...although i did often feel like mama k while they were gone. i could never replace her nor would i want to...but to be compared to her is a great honor. but this whole point person has continued since their return as it was somewhat a trial run while they were gone.
but it will all unfold as time goes by...
while Beaver and Kathy were in Haiti i was the 'boss' at the MP, but we are all a team there so i dont really enjoy being called the boss...although i did often feel like mama k while they were gone. i could never replace her nor would i want to...but to be compared to her is a great honor. but this whole point person has continued since their return as it was somewhat a trial run while they were gone.
i also got to take care of rebecca while beaver and kathy were in haiti until the 2nd... which is always fun as i love that young girl!!! we had lots of fun!
i have to admit i think i have done a fabulous job. i think i have more of my mother in me than i ever realized... i like things organized and i am great at delegating tasks...details are not much my thing and paperwork/ administration is not really my favorite past time for sure...but i LOVE empowering people, communication and working as a team. all of this is greatly needed to run/ oversee all the things happening here at the Market Place/Much Ministries. sometime i feel like a chicken with my head cut off running around forgetting what i was doing (i think this is the ADHD that was never actually diagnosed) , but in general i think i got this down.
all that probably caused a bit of confusion... but God's Favor is upon Much Ministries and Beaver working with the UN, WFP, UNICEF and NGO's to really perhaps change the structure of how these BIG guys actually do things. Haiti is likely to be a model for all countries the UN works with... God has opened up doors on the ground in Haiti and Beaver and Kathy are feeling the pull to have a much more prominent presence there. in fact we are looking into a home base in haiti.
they have always had a vision to do a trade/leadership school, but thought it would be years down the road when there was enough people to cover the market place and when God said now is the time... i think beaver always thought this would be a couple years from now... but its clear that Gods timing is now. therefore everyone at the MP has had to really step up to the plate in terms of leadership as kathy and beaver have been back and forth to haiti non stop since the earthquake.
but despite the immediacy of it all everyone has really pulled together, picked up the slack and its been a really wonderful growing experience. granted all growing has the whole growing pains that come with it...but God is doing MUCH...as MUCH (MM) is blooming...
There is so much to share about all this... as we are in transition... and the details of it all are a bit unclear, but everyday it seems to unfold a bit more...i need to start being more diligent about writing on here...
so in the next few days i will try to catch you all up to speed and then keep a steady flow from there...
LOVE YOU ALL!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
updated word on poutchino from dorothy...
Hi Tash. We thought we sent everything the government wanted but then they asked for a translation of Poutchino's birth certificate and they wondered why a family member wasn't going with him. They used to forbid family members to go! We know Adeline couldn't possibly leave her other 2 children and the government wouldn't want all 4 family to go.
We sent the bc translation today and haven't heard back yet. Pray we get a visa Monday!
We grew again today thanks to Dr. Karen. The almost 4 month old boy only weighs 6.5 lbs. They are from Gonaives. His mother is breasfeeding so I didn't want to keep him so we asked her to stay here with him. She will only stay a couple of weeks because she wants to go back with the baby to her husband in Gonaives. I think she hasn't been breastfeeding enough --- she is a first time mom --- so our ladies can help her learn how to care for her baby. The twin girls we got a few days ago already look plumper.
We are busy busy busy and I know you are too.
-Dorothy (Faith Hope Love Infant Rescue)
We sent the bc translation today and haven't heard back yet. Pray we get a visa Monday!
We grew again today thanks to Dr. Karen. The almost 4 month old boy only weighs 6.5 lbs. They are from Gonaives. His mother is breasfeeding so I didn't want to keep him so we asked her to stay here with him. She will only stay a couple of weeks because she wants to go back with the baby to her husband in Gonaives. I think she hasn't been breastfeeding enough --- she is a first time mom --- so our ladies can help her learn how to care for her baby. The twin girls we got a few days ago already look plumper.
We are busy busy busy and I know you are too.
-Dorothy (Faith Hope Love Infant Rescue)
Monday, March 1, 2010
disappointed in UNICEF
Dorothy posted this on facebook, but it needs to go out in more places as we need to continue to pray for the children of haiti and for things like this... let Life come in and Death go out... God is moving, lets join Him... not have restrictions that create boundaries that really are not helping... the intention of the heart. haitian children have an opportunity right now to have good, safe, loving families and homes... why would this be stopped...
Haiti's children held hostage by UNICEF's agenda
Doug Phillips founder of Rescue Haiti's Children
Posted: February 26, 2010
1:00 am Eastern
© 2010
By the age of 8, Bernard had been living alone as a beggar on the streets of Haiti for more than a year. His mother abandoned him when he was 7. He has not seen her since. Two weeks ago, Dr. John Leininger, president of Harvest International and long-time veteran of Haitian orphan relief, found Bernard. The boy was begging, hungry, filthy and covered in scabies, a contagious skin disease caused by a species of mite that burrow in the skin and create rashes, sores and extreme itching. With Bernard's consent, he was taken to the orphanage for medical treatment, food and some TLC. He has not left since.
"The question is this: Is he an orphan?" Dr. Leininger asks. "When a parent has to choose between starvation and abandoning that child, is the child an orphan? Certainly! But the latest guidelines would prevent us from having Bernard adopted. ... This is just one more method UNICEF has used successfully to prevent adoptions."
This frustration is common. Within the community of Haitian orphan rescue mission organizations, it has long been known that United Nations Children's Emergency Fund, or UNICEF, frowns upon American adoptions. Since the devastating Jan. 12 catastrophe that left hundreds of thousands of Haitian children orphaned and in deplorable conditions, UNICEF has mounted an international publicity campaign and worked behind the scenes pressuring Haitian government officials to shut down international adoptions. Their message to the world has been clear: In order to preserve local cultures, out-of-country adoptions must be stopped.
No group has done more to save children's lives and give hope to Haiti's orphan population than Christian orphanages. Despite this fact, the scope of UNICEF's anti-adoption activities was officially extended last week to public opposition to orphanages. Marie de la Soudiere, the coordinator for UNICEF's separated-children fund told Time magazine: "Our answer is 'no' to orphanages."
Support WND's charity of choice for Haiti relief, the Jeremiah Denton Foundation
UNICEF's plan is now to register and take greater control of Haiti's orphans. According to UNICEF's own spokesman, they have currently registered a mere 130 of the nation's 350,000 plus orphans – not a whopping number.
To counter the overwhelming pro-adoption sentiment, and to shift the debate, UNICEF has turned to the emotionally charged claim that adoptions lead to child sex-trafficking. This cause was given a huge boost by the arrest and politicization of the story of 10 American missionaries who improperly attempted to assist some Haitian parents by bringing 33 children to safety in the Dominican Republic.
Yet, to date, there have been no documented cases of child sex-trafficking connected with American adoptions. The thought is so repugnant, however, that the mere mention of the charge is sometimes enough to shut down debate.
Dr. John Leininger told me that "UNICEF … is trying to raise the issue of child trafficking at this time because there is so much interest from American families ... desiring to adopt a child, because they've seen the devastation, and they've seen the need of these children over here. Children sleeping in the mud … uncovered in cold nights here. And it's pitiful to me."
To promote their agenda, UNICEF has teamed up with the Hollywood elite, including Hollywood leftist Sean Penn. The actor who made headlines last year for winning an Oscar for his portrayal of homosexual activist Harvey Milk announced to the world on Larry King that God is a bully to the Haitian people. A little over a week later, Angelina Jolie arrived in Haiti, urging parents not to adopt Haitian orphans at this time.
"The power of the media is amazing, and we all know it. Perception rules," Leininger commented. "And it is clear that UNICEF and other organizations are taking this moment to bring in celebrities … to try to push their point, which, again, has been totally unproven and [is] unsubstantiatable."
Dixie Bickel, a registered nurse and director of Haiti's God's Littlest Angels orphanage, explains the sentiment of many leaders in Haiti who have labored for years before the Haitian earthquake: "UNICEF appears to be the only organization that we're aware of that is currently working in Haiti that isn't working for the good of the children and the families that have suffered so much in this tragedy. ... There are people who want to provide for these children but aren't being allowed to. Why? So that UNICEF can say that they are in charge? It boggles the mind."
The crisis caused by this politicization of Haiti's orphan tragedy is compounded by UNICEF's own checkered past, which includes its activities as an international promoter of abortion and a distributor of abortifacients, as well as a disturbing record of human sterilization in other poor, predominantly black nations like Jamaica. Is this UNICEF's direction in Haiti? Will they continue to assist abortion providers? Will their answer to the Haitian orphan overpopulation problem be more sterilizations?
What is clear is this: UNICEF officials are harassing Christian orphanages. Reports from within the community of Christian orphan relief organizations indicate that UNICEF officials have been flexing their muscles and have even resorted to mild forms of unlawful harassment of relief workers promoting adoption of Haitian children by American families.
Earlier this week, unaccompanied UNICEF officials arrived at God's Littlest Angels orphanage and began making demands and giving directives to orphanage director Bickel. But as a United Nations organization independent of Haiti, UNICEF has no authority to act independently of the Haitian government when it comes to dictating policy to Christian orphanages. In fact, Haitian policy prevents official visits by UNICEF to private orphanages where they are unaccompanied by official representatives of Haitian social services.
Sadly, UNICEF's anti-adoption campaign is having a chilling effect on the rescue of Haiti's children from life-threatening danger. Private medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian children to the United States for treatment have largely stopped because aid workers, doctors and government officials are worried about being accused of kidnapping if they transport the children without first getting paperwork that is slow to arrive or is unavailable.
Elizabeth Greig, the field hospital administrator for the University of Miami medical facility, told the New York Times: "At least 10 other children have died or become worse while waiting to be airlifted out of the country. Dozens of children are in critical need of care, and there has been no shortage of American hospitals or pilots willing to take them," but without the paperwork – itself seemingly impossible to procure – pilots are afraid that they will be prosecuted for helping children.
In a world that has been turned upside down, where the government is in shambles and where hundreds of thousands of bodies remain unidentified, how do you fulfill UNICEF's policy guidelines that victims prove that their parents are dead before being brought to safety in America?
For many orphan rescue ministries in Haiti, the issue is simple: The crisis is immediate, and lawful, appropriate action must be taken to facilitate adoption so that thousands of children can be spared unimaginable hardship, and in some cases, the possibility of death.
Yet at a time where countless children like Bernard are at risk of starvation, UNICEF is using politics and improper techniques against orphanages to advance a cause that is not in the best interest of Haiti's children.
Doug Phillips is the founder of Rescue Haiti's Children, a project of Vision Forum Ministries. For the latest on the relief effort of Rescue's Haiti's Children, visit RHC's Facebook and Twitter pages.
Haiti's children held hostage by UNICEF's agenda
Doug Phillips founder of Rescue Haiti's Children
Posted: February 26, 2010
1:00 am Eastern
© 2010
By the age of 8, Bernard had been living alone as a beggar on the streets of Haiti for more than a year. His mother abandoned him when he was 7. He has not seen her since. Two weeks ago, Dr. John Leininger, president of Harvest International and long-time veteran of Haitian orphan relief, found Bernard. The boy was begging, hungry, filthy and covered in scabies, a contagious skin disease caused by a species of mite that burrow in the skin and create rashes, sores and extreme itching. With Bernard's consent, he was taken to the orphanage for medical treatment, food and some TLC. He has not left since.
"The question is this: Is he an orphan?" Dr. Leininger asks. "When a parent has to choose between starvation and abandoning that child, is the child an orphan? Certainly! But the latest guidelines would prevent us from having Bernard adopted. ... This is just one more method UNICEF has used successfully to prevent adoptions."
This frustration is common. Within the community of Haitian orphan rescue mission organizations, it has long been known that United Nations Children's Emergency Fund, or UNICEF, frowns upon American adoptions. Since the devastating Jan. 12 catastrophe that left hundreds of thousands of Haitian children orphaned and in deplorable conditions, UNICEF has mounted an international publicity campaign and worked behind the scenes pressuring Haitian government officials to shut down international adoptions. Their message to the world has been clear: In order to preserve local cultures, out-of-country adoptions must be stopped.
No group has done more to save children's lives and give hope to Haiti's orphan population than Christian orphanages. Despite this fact, the scope of UNICEF's anti-adoption activities was officially extended last week to public opposition to orphanages. Marie de la Soudiere, the coordinator for UNICEF's separated-children fund told Time magazine: "Our answer is 'no' to orphanages."
Support WND's charity of choice for Haiti relief, the Jeremiah Denton Foundation
UNICEF's plan is now to register and take greater control of Haiti's orphans. According to UNICEF's own spokesman, they have currently registered a mere 130 of the nation's 350,000 plus orphans – not a whopping number.
To counter the overwhelming pro-adoption sentiment, and to shift the debate, UNICEF has turned to the emotionally charged claim that adoptions lead to child sex-trafficking. This cause was given a huge boost by the arrest and politicization of the story of 10 American missionaries who improperly attempted to assist some Haitian parents by bringing 33 children to safety in the Dominican Republic.
Yet, to date, there have been no documented cases of child sex-trafficking connected with American adoptions. The thought is so repugnant, however, that the mere mention of the charge is sometimes enough to shut down debate.
Dr. John Leininger told me that "UNICEF … is trying to raise the issue of child trafficking at this time because there is so much interest from American families ... desiring to adopt a child, because they've seen the devastation, and they've seen the need of these children over here. Children sleeping in the mud … uncovered in cold nights here. And it's pitiful to me."
To promote their agenda, UNICEF has teamed up with the Hollywood elite, including Hollywood leftist Sean Penn. The actor who made headlines last year for winning an Oscar for his portrayal of homosexual activist Harvey Milk announced to the world on Larry King that God is a bully to the Haitian people. A little over a week later, Angelina Jolie arrived in Haiti, urging parents not to adopt Haitian orphans at this time.
"The power of the media is amazing, and we all know it. Perception rules," Leininger commented. "And it is clear that UNICEF and other organizations are taking this moment to bring in celebrities … to try to push their point, which, again, has been totally unproven and [is] unsubstantiatable."
Dixie Bickel, a registered nurse and director of Haiti's God's Littlest Angels orphanage, explains the sentiment of many leaders in Haiti who have labored for years before the Haitian earthquake: "UNICEF appears to be the only organization that we're aware of that is currently working in Haiti that isn't working for the good of the children and the families that have suffered so much in this tragedy. ... There are people who want to provide for these children but aren't being allowed to. Why? So that UNICEF can say that they are in charge? It boggles the mind."
The crisis caused by this politicization of Haiti's orphan tragedy is compounded by UNICEF's own checkered past, which includes its activities as an international promoter of abortion and a distributor of abortifacients, as well as a disturbing record of human sterilization in other poor, predominantly black nations like Jamaica. Is this UNICEF's direction in Haiti? Will they continue to assist abortion providers? Will their answer to the Haitian orphan overpopulation problem be more sterilizations?
What is clear is this: UNICEF officials are harassing Christian orphanages. Reports from within the community of Christian orphan relief organizations indicate that UNICEF officials have been flexing their muscles and have even resorted to mild forms of unlawful harassment of relief workers promoting adoption of Haitian children by American families.
Earlier this week, unaccompanied UNICEF officials arrived at God's Littlest Angels orphanage and began making demands and giving directives to orphanage director Bickel. But as a United Nations organization independent of Haiti, UNICEF has no authority to act independently of the Haitian government when it comes to dictating policy to Christian orphanages. In fact, Haitian policy prevents official visits by UNICEF to private orphanages where they are unaccompanied by official representatives of Haitian social services.
Sadly, UNICEF's anti-adoption campaign is having a chilling effect on the rescue of Haiti's children from life-threatening danger. Private medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian children to the United States for treatment have largely stopped because aid workers, doctors and government officials are worried about being accused of kidnapping if they transport the children without first getting paperwork that is slow to arrive or is unavailable.
Elizabeth Greig, the field hospital administrator for the University of Miami medical facility, told the New York Times: "At least 10 other children have died or become worse while waiting to be airlifted out of the country. Dozens of children are in critical need of care, and there has been no shortage of American hospitals or pilots willing to take them," but without the paperwork – itself seemingly impossible to procure – pilots are afraid that they will be prosecuted for helping children.
In a world that has been turned upside down, where the government is in shambles and where hundreds of thousands of bodies remain unidentified, how do you fulfill UNICEF's policy guidelines that victims prove that their parents are dead before being brought to safety in America?
For many orphan rescue ministries in Haiti, the issue is simple: The crisis is immediate, and lawful, appropriate action must be taken to facilitate adoption so that thousands of children can be spared unimaginable hardship, and in some cases, the possibility of death.
Yet at a time where countless children like Bernard are at risk of starvation, UNICEF is using politics and improper techniques against orphanages to advance a cause that is not in the best interest of Haiti's children.
Doug Phillips is the founder of Rescue Haiti's Children, a project of Vision Forum Ministries. For the latest on the relief effort of Rescue's Haiti's Children, visit RHC's Facebook and Twitter pages.
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