Dan Shoemaker, president of Reciprocal Ministries International, sent this report and pictures from Haiti.
"The palm trees are swaying in the tropical breeze but it's RAINING BUCKETS! Again! Southern Haiti has had almost steady rain for more than a month and a half. Tropical Storm Noel contributed quite a bit of rain and there is more disturbed weather in the Caribbean coming this way. All this rain has created incredible hardships on a people that are already struggling for their day to day existence. Most crops have been lost - especially tough since the Les Cayes plain area is the "breadbasket" of Haiti. Animals have been swept away. Commerce in the outlaying areas has ground to a halt because supplies cannot be brought from the capital to Cayes and then trucks cannot get out to the areas they service. Everything people own is soaking wet, water is inside their flimsy homes (some homes have actually been swept away or are covered in water), sickness is increasing and there is much hunger. Pray for the people!"
 Flooded river |
 Team traveling to Sister Church |
 Notice high water mark on this house |