Drilling Crew, Team Haiti, 2010

Team Haiti, 2010 Report

Written by Craig Langworthy

Hi All,

I am pleased at this time to send you information about the Haiti trip, pictures and the results that were achieved.  Plus as an added extra bonus this morning, I got the latest news on the status of the well in Kange.

 

The Call

We answered the Lord’s call of GMO to go and serve with Fred and Joyce Wall, missionaries to Haiti with Word For the World Baptist Missions for over 30 years. While in Haiti, we drilled a water well and repaired earthquake damage to the church in Kange and we did maintenance and repairs to the missionary’s property in La Pe La as well as conducted three days worth of medical clinics.

 

The purpose of the mission trip had 4 objectives:

• to share the gospel of Jesus Christ
•  to drill a potable water well
•  to provide medical treatment to the sick
•  to repair earthquake damage to the church building

 

Praise the Lord, all these goals were accomplished!  With much thanks to God for all that He did! Here is how this was accomplished:

 

First, the gospel of Jesus Christ was shared in the following ways:

•  by preaching in their church
•  by preaching the Word of God to all those who came to the missionaries compound for medical treatment
•  by group nightly devotions (for one man on the team was not a believer)
• by personal testimonies in work and attitude

The results where:

• a teen age girl surrendered her life to Jesus Sunday morning out of a congregation of 35-40, not counting our team of 10
• over 120 heard the “good news” who came to the clinic for medical treatment
• Many heard what it took to be a believer and the life of a believer by members of the group in an open forum of nightly devotions

 

Secondly, a potable water well was drilled by:

• God’s grace to delay the Haiti’s rainy season, which would have made it impossible for the water truck and drilling rig to get to the site over the roads, through the rivers.
• Overcoming a 3 day delay, because the drilling rig operator’s wife took ill and was sent to the hospital in Port-au-Prince (some 40 miles).  She is doing better and has been released.
• Drilled the well on the church property that had all clay soil down to a strong water source.  The first day they drilled 100 feet and when the drilling resumed, we hit water at 180 feet

The results where:

•  a well to stand as a symbol and reminder of God’s love to the village
•  that in prayer, Jesus brought the drill rig operator’s wife back to health so he could come back to the mountains to finish the well before we returned home
•  the 3 day delay (2 work days and Sunday) in drilling uncovered two almost broken tie-rods on Pastor Wall’s truck that we were able to  repair, as well as a broken exhaust system.   This was a crucial discovery as there is no way to haul a broken down vehicle out of the region, and leaving it on the side of the road would only insight vandalism.  We were also able to do some other major repair projects around the compound.  
• a new fresh water supply for Kange!  This is huge as it will  change the way of life for the people of the village.  No more walking miles for water and having a clean water source will practically remove the threat of typhoid and malaria from the village for the years ahead.

 

Thirdly, the medical treatment of Haitians:

• by God’s grace and mercy, approximately 130 Haitians were treated over three days that live in the missionary’s area
• the Lord called a nurse from California
• some of the team were used in the clinic, where training was done on how to take vitals and give shots
• lollypops where passed out to help reduce the wait and children crying (as they waited hours to be seen, with some returning the next day)

The results were:

• by God’s provision all prescriptions were filled on site
• only a single case of shingles could not be cured, although pain medication was given and she was treated as well as could be
• Praise the Lord, no child was at risk of death this time! Even though two-thirds of the patients were children
• the lollypops brought great smiles and pleasure, some having never tasted a lollypop before and didn’t know what to do with the gum in the middle

 

Fourthly, the church building was repaired:

• cracks in the walls where filled inside/outside with hydraulic cement

V  the inside of the building walls were painted sky blue, and the decorative blocks for windows where painted white

 

A very rewarding trip!  Not all that God did is told, like getting a husband’s passport to him the afternoon before leaving so as not to send his bride alone.  It was ordered on Thursday, issued / stamped the following Monday and delivered to his home Tuesday (we left on Wednesday); an amazing story of God’s provision. 

 

In closing, on behalf of the village of Kange and as expressed by GMO, I want to thank you for your support to help these people who have no idea of the poverty that they live in.  It is a humbling experience to see how they live and the lap of luxury we Americans know and complain about.  Truly, God has blessed America, not because of us, but for His name sake.  I tell you, I no longer complain about pot holes, and am SO thankful for what God has allowed me in this world.  Truly, if not for the grace of God, there go I.

 

Without operating under the authority of God we would only be doing a good moral deed.  But, we wanted the people to know the TRUTH, that it was Jesus who sent us, it was Jesus who loves them, it was only Jesus who could save them to have a personal relationship, and it was Jesus who only knows how they hurt, and the needs inside.

 

By God’s grace and mercy

Craig Langworthy,

6 time GMO Team Member

and Ministry Partner

  

Team Members:

  Brian Carmack
Brian Carmack, Director of Gloal Missionary Outreach, is the team leader for Team Haiti 2010.  Brian has been working in short term missions since 1988 and has worked in Haiti since 1997.  Brian is a missionary with BMFP and lives with his wife and four kids in Suwanee, GA.

David and Erin Bomboy    
David and Erin Bomoby are no strangers to mission work.  David is a constuction worker and has been working with GMO since 2006 and has served in four countries.  This will be David's sixth project with GMO and his third time to Haiti.  Erin is a school teacher for special needs children with Gwinnett County Schools.  This is Erin's third project with GMO and her second time in Haiti.  They have been married for nearly one year and live in Lawrenceville, GA.


                                             Chris Wood   
Chris Wood is a manager for a manufacturer near Atlanta, GA.  Chris went to Haiti with GMO in 2007 to help construct a church in Kange, a small village between Pignon and Hench.  Chris has had a passion for missions ever since and was the first to sign up when the announcement for this trip was made.  Chris is married with three kids and lives in Winder, GA.


  Katie Carmack
Katie Carmack, 14, is an 8th grade student at North Gwinett Middle School.  She has been actively involved in mission work since she was 12 and this will be her third mission trip, her second with GMO, and her first time in Haiti.  Katie is Brian's daughter and lives in Suwanee, GA.


               Brian Carmack, Jr. 
Brian Carmack, Jr, or "J.R." as he is known to his friends and family, is the eldest son of GMO director, Brian Carmack.  He is 12 years old and has been involved in missions for over a year now.  This is his third mission trip with GMO and his second time in Haiti.  Brian is home schooled and lives with his family in Suwanee, GA.

                                     Jill Edwards  
Jill Edwards is an artist, a nurse, and a missionary in her own right.  She has worked with GMO since 06, has served with us in three countries and is currently raising support to go to Bangledesh full time.  This is her fourth project with GMO and her second time in Haiti.  Jill lives in Southern California.










  David Coon (left) and Jon Lasley

David Coon and John Lasley make up 2/3rds of our Michigan Contingent.  Both are members of Cornerstone Baptist Church.  David is a well driller, a musician, and a preacher.  This will be his first time serving with GMO and his second mission trip to Haiti.  David lives with his wife and 3 kids in Swartz Creek, MI.   Jon is a Sr. Systems Engineer, a Sunday School teacher and is married with 4 kids.  This will be his second mission trip, his first outside the US, and his first with GMO.

Not shown:  George Dugdale, also of Mid Michigan
                       Craig Langworthy, Lawrenceville, GA.

 We will post information about them as soon as possible.




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