I talked to Doug about an hour ago and they have all safely arrived in Florida! I'm not sure where they are going next, but I just wanted to update you all that they made it just fine on their flight today. Hope is with her new family, no problems.
Keep praying for their journey to Ohio, everything should go smoothly but it is still a long haul. And of course don't stop praying for Haiti, they need all the help they can get!
Joining you in prayer,
Aunt Anna
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Doug & Amy are swamped, as you can imagine. Here's the latest:
Yesterday Doug was able to get Dor's humanitarian parole approved at the Embassy. This means they (Rita, Doug, Amy, Grayson AND Dor) are all coming home! They are finishing a few things, trying to arrange to bring another child home to her adoptive family, and they will be on their way. Not sure how or when, but soon, hopefully Thursday.
Please continue to pray for them. Pray for their travels, but also for their hearts. It is very hard to leave their Haitian family (and the other missionaries) behind without knowing when they will see them again.
Joining you in prayer,
Aunt Anna
Yesterday Doug was able to get Dor's humanitarian parole approved at the Embassy. This means they (Rita, Doug, Amy, Grayson AND Dor) are all coming home! They are finishing a few things, trying to arrange to bring another child home to her adoptive family, and they will be on their way. Not sure how or when, but soon, hopefully Thursday.
Please continue to pray for them. Pray for their travels, but also for their hearts. It is very hard to leave their Haitian family (and the other missionaries) behind without knowing when they will see them again.
Joining you in prayer,
Aunt Anna
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saturday January 16th, earthquake update
Around 12:15pm a Coast Guard helicopter landed on our soccer field and asked for people who were critically injured or in danger. None of us are, Thanks to God! So the next step. I told him we have 16 visitors that need to get out. He told me he can get them to the PAP airport in groups of 3 in the next day or so. The first flight will be two of my American visitors and one critically injured Haitian. They will have food water and it is safely being run by the
Please continue to pray for:
We have a few people that are digging out supplies from our pharmacy so we can continue to help the sick and injured. We have run out of medical supplies so this is our only option so we can continue to help. We also have some medical supplies arriving on Monday. Pray that the after shocks don’t bring down that building.
Please pray that it doesn’t rain… because of the after shocks we are sleeping outside on mattresses or in trucks.
Some missionaries are still out looking for more food and supplies for ourselves so we can continue to help the Haitians in our area. Pray that the harvest is plentiful.
I will be updating as we have more info. Some of you are wanting to come to CV and lend a helping hand…. soon I will update to let you know how you can help in this way!!
Blessings,
Amy
Friday, January 15, 2010
Earthquake Pictures
**WARNING, there are some graphic pictures included. A few are worse than what CNN is showing but this is our reality.
CV University Entrance
CV University dorm
Kindergarten building
High School
back of Wilkins apartment
side laceration
missionaries sleep outside
leg laceration
bilateral open fracture of ankles
CV University Entrance
CV University dorm
Kindergarten building
High School
back of Wilkins apartment
side laceration
missionaries sleep outside
leg laceration
bilateral open fracture of ankles
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Earthquake update
As you all know by now a major earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday afternoon. We all were unharmed during the initial quake and through the aftershocks that are continuing even today. But there is so much devastation. There were 5 deaths near us even though we worked all night helping people in a make-shift triage unit in the yard. Adults and children with lacerations, broken bones, one with a foot cut off. Three babies were born in 24 hour's time, all by missionary staff because the Drs were busy. By God's grace (and His divine creation of adrenaline) we are still going.
Our water supply is damaged and it is a muddy brown color. We will have to find the resources to fix this promptly because water is a necessity but also because it is still over 90 degrees during the day here (in the 70's at night). We have some food but it won't last. We just need supplies, period.
Fortunately (and unfortunately) Jeff & Rita and Beverly Carter arrived here on Monday. They have been a huge help and the boys are happy to have two Grandmas to care for them. Tuesday night Nanny slept on the ground with Dor and Grayson because we could not sleep in the house with the aftershocks and uncertainty about structural damage. Most of CV has collapsed. Only our house, the church, and the guesthouse remain, but all are unstable. Val's orphanage collapsed but all of the children are safe and accounted for, they are staying in the chicken house!
We can not stay here like this for much longer. We will run out of supplies and it will be difficult if not impossible to buy more because of the demand right now. We need your prayers! We know they are working but keep them coming. We also will need A LOT of help to rebuild and continue to minister to the people here.
I know people want to help Haiti, especially now. And I know you all feel helpless so many miles away but you can help. You can't send food or water, but you can send money so we can buy supplies if they are available and eventually materials to rebuild. The best way to do that is through a non-profit that Jeff and Rita set up. I'll include their address and please know that every donation makes a difference and that 100% goes to Haiti.
I love you all and can feel your prayers.
God Bless,
Amy
Haitian Christian Projects (HCP)
808 Ophir Street #7
Moncks Corner SC 29461
Our water supply is damaged and it is a muddy brown color. We will have to find the resources to fix this promptly because water is a necessity but also because it is still over 90 degrees during the day here (in the 70's at night). We have some food but it won't last. We just need supplies, period.
Fortunately (and unfortunately) Jeff & Rita and Beverly Carter arrived here on Monday. They have been a huge help and the boys are happy to have two Grandmas to care for them. Tuesday night Nanny slept on the ground with Dor and Grayson because we could not sleep in the house with the aftershocks and uncertainty about structural damage. Most of CV has collapsed. Only our house, the church, and the guesthouse remain, but all are unstable. Val's orphanage collapsed but all of the children are safe and accounted for, they are staying in the chicken house!
We can not stay here like this for much longer. We will run out of supplies and it will be difficult if not impossible to buy more because of the demand right now. We need your prayers! We know they are working but keep them coming. We also will need A LOT of help to rebuild and continue to minister to the people here.
I know people want to help Haiti, especially now. And I know you all feel helpless so many miles away but you can help. You can't send food or water, but you can send money so we can buy supplies if they are available and eventually materials to rebuild. The best way to do that is through a non-profit that Jeff and Rita set up. I'll include their address and please know that every donation makes a difference and that 100% goes to Haiti.
I love you all and can feel your prayers.
God Bless,
Amy
Haitian Christian Projects (HCP)
808 Ophir Street #7
Moncks Corner SC 29461
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Hello All,
Everything has been very busy and I am sorry for not getting you our regular monthly updates. This Full time job and mommy has not figured out how to get it all done in 24 hrs just yet but am adapting to no sleep pretty well.
Happenings at CV.....
7 baptisms
Lots of new babies in our village (3 CV employees... Betty-works in admin office, Pastor Laguerre and Bruno-yard guy) All very healthy.
CV purchased a new truck and got a cage and seats added. Will comfortably seat 10 big people, 15 average people OR 49 Haitians.
New medical apartments are getting closer to being done.
Teams painted at apartments and worked and trained at dental clinic.
New team came to help plant churches
Our boys are growing and are happy. (Picture attached)
PRAYER REQUESTS
As of today CV generator is down. Without it CV can not function. Thankfully all missionaries are on furlough except for us and Nurse Jenn.... Jenn left today to stay with a friend at another mission. Doug and Sove have worked to figure out the problem all day. Still no success. We have a small generator that we have hooked up to pump water and charge batteries.
Voodoo continues to show its nasty face.
Adoption for Dor to continue to move forward.
Missionaries to have a nice break and time with their families during Christmas.
I will start a fundraiser for the new truck this week. Please pray it is a success.
Funding for CV. We need funds to continue the ministry. The board members are working HARD to make this happen. Pray for them as they fund-raise. Pray that God remind people in the states how important missions are. Finances for missions are ALWAYS needed.
This is a pretty short update....hopefully we'll have some answered prayers to share with you next month.
Blessings,
Doug Amy Dor and Grayson Reichley
Christianville Foundation
Gressier, Haiti
Thursday, October 1, 2009
October
How long are parents, parents?
After arriving back to Haiti we were so happy to be with Dor and Grayson under one roof. My parents were here and we just left Doug’s parents in Ohio. All I could think about is how new and different our lives are and how long we will be parents…. Which made me think about what our parents have done for us, especially this past year. Both of our parents have adult children and have been married for over 30 years, yet they still are parents and continue to make sacrifices for their adult children. In my independent little mind, I think that I should be able to live my life, make my own path, do my own thing without needing my parents. But this season of life is different. At one point, I was a babe and couldn’t stand, then couldn’t tie my own shoes, then I would rely on them to take me to practice, teach me to drive and the next thing I knew, I was married and living on my own. This season is new and I no longer need them for things I once did, now I have different obstacles and trials that they continue to help us with. I don’t have to ask, they are just always here, like a net underneath a tight rope, or an umbrella to cover us from the rain. They don’t have to, they raised us and we are adults, it’s not their responsibility anymore, but they want to, because they love us. I am thankful that our parents are who they are and how giving they are, not only to us, but to our siblings too. They are always teaching us how to be good parents by how they treat us and others. Now, as a new parent, I realize how much they put us first, just in the first year of our lives. They made our plates first, fed us first, bathed us first, bought things for us first, covered our needs first, all before themselves. Such unselfish and unconditional love. I look back and remember saying many times, “I will never say that,” or “I will never do that.” But guess what? I have become my mother….and Doug, his father. And parts of my dad and his mom also continue to shine through. I consider our parents to be amazing, faithful servants with not many faults ….. We are very protective of them, and though we may be able to pick on them, we don’t like it when others do. I think that’s how they feel about us. Always protective of their children no matter how old we get. I pray that someday our boys can think the same of us. I pray that they will see us as people they want to be. So, I pray also that each day, we can become more like our Heavenly Father, so the more we become like Him, the more our boys will become like Him. Thanks Mom and Dad Riedel and Mom and Dad Reichley for the sacrifices you have made for us this past year and throughout our lives. Also, for reminding us that parents are parents FOREVER, no matter how old our children get and not because we have to be, but, because we WANT to be. We pray blessings cover you and hope you will be proud of how we raise the boys in the Lord.
After arriving back to Haiti we were so happy to be with Dor and Grayson under one roof. My parents were here and we just left Doug’s parents in Ohio. All I could think about is how new and different our lives are and how long we will be parents…. Which made me think about what our parents have done for us, especially this past year. Both of our parents have adult children and have been married for over 30 years, yet they still are parents and continue to make sacrifices for their adult children. In my independent little mind, I think that I should be able to live my life, make my own path, do my own thing without needing my parents. But this season of life is different. At one point, I was a babe and couldn’t stand, then couldn’t tie my own shoes, then I would rely on them to take me to practice, teach me to drive and the next thing I knew, I was married and living on my own. This season is new and I no longer need them for things I once did, now I have different obstacles and trials that they continue to help us with. I don’t have to ask, they are just always here, like a net underneath a tight rope, or an umbrella to cover us from the rain. They don’t have to, they raised us and we are adults, it’s not their responsibility anymore, but they want to, because they love us. I am thankful that our parents are who they are and how giving they are, not only to us, but to our siblings too. They are always teaching us how to be good parents by how they treat us and others. Now, as a new parent, I realize how much they put us first, just in the first year of our lives. They made our plates first, fed us first, bathed us first, bought things for us first, covered our needs first, all before themselves. Such unselfish and unconditional love. I look back and remember saying many times, “I will never say that,” or “I will never do that.” But guess what? I have become my mother….and Doug, his father. And parts of my dad and his mom also continue to shine through. I consider our parents to be amazing, faithful servants with not many faults ….. We are very protective of them, and though we may be able to pick on them, we don’t like it when others do. I think that’s how they feel about us. Always protective of their children no matter how old we get. I pray that someday our boys can think the same of us. I pray that they will see us as people they want to be. So, I pray also that each day, we can become more like our Heavenly Father, so the more we become like Him, the more our boys will become like Him. Thanks Mom and Dad Riedel and Mom and Dad Reichley for the sacrifices you have made for us this past year and throughout our lives. Also, for reminding us that parents are parents FOREVER, no matter how old our children get and not because we have to be, but, because we WANT to be. We pray blessings cover you and hope you will be proud of how we raise the boys in the Lord.
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