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1/31/2010
First let me introduce you to the folks in the picture above. From left to right:
Mirihol Saint Amour, Marie-Joelle Saint Amour, (Joel and Marie's daughters) Ronny, (Mirihol's fiance), Pastor Joel Saint Amour, Mrs.Joel (Marie) Saint Amour and me.
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It's Monday morning, April 5. I just returned from Haiti on Saturday after 16 days. I cannot begin to describe the devastation that I saw there. So many homes and businesses have been destroyed and it is a fact that there have to still be dead under the rubble. It is so very sad. Tent cities have sprung up everywhere. One area I saw has 50,000 people living tents and there are many more large "tent cities". There are many stories of miracles of how people escaped but also those that did not.
I saw the damage at Vine Church which is actually very minimal compared to many others. The estimated cost of repairing the damage is $11,555.00. The work on this is to begin this week. Currently Sunday worship is being held on the street in front of the church. Pastor Joel has permission to block the street for worship. There are tarps strung across the street to create shade but it gets very hot by the time the service is over. People continue to accept the Lord each Sunday.
The week with the COB medical team was a good week. Learning to know the team and making new friends was great. They ministered
to, in excess of, 200 people at each location. We went to 5 different locations in 5 days where there are COBs or preaching points. To get more information on the week you can go to
www.brethren.org.
Bob Gigliotti from New Life fellowship in Pittsburgh, PA joined me the second week and is now in the process of making a video for Vine Ministry . I plan to visit churches in the Pennsylvania area from May 8 until around the first week of June. If your church is interested in having me come to share please let me know. A few of you have already contacted me but it's OK to remind me again of your request. I cannot promise to get to all of you but will do my best. If you are willing to have any night of the week it will make it a lot easier for me and I will be able to see more of you.
Thanks to you all for your prayers for me while I was in Haiti. I felt uplifted up.. God Bless you all for your support of Vine Ministry.
Evelyn
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