Blankets for Haiti - Trip Details and Prayer Requests

Here is an email from my friend, D, who is going on the trip. At the end you will also see links to the organizations they are working with. Please keep the team in your prayers.

"We are staying with TIME ministries in the Dominican Republic to fabricate and construct two large buildings that will be going to Ebenezer with World Wide Village in Haiti. Ebenezer is a bible theology school and orphanage. The buildings will be used during the rainy season to provide shelter until they are able to repair their facility which has been structurally compromised by the earthquake. Later, we will be using the structures as a base to prefabricate homes that will be distributed to those that need them.

Additionally, a lovely missionary family called the Livesay's, are involved with World Wide Village in Haiti and were there when the earthquake happened. Since then, they have had to move their family back to the States, but if it is God's will they will return to their calling in Haiti... part of their ministry is prenatal care.

With that said, the blankets, will be sent with the building to Haiti** and might end up with the orphanage or with the prenatal care ministry as baby's are born. Either way, very cool!

We are traveling by automobile on March 26th to MIA (Miami International Airport) where our flights take off for the DR on March 27th. We travel back to the States on April 4th to MIA and will then drive back to Ohio. We still haven't come across a 12 or 15 passenger van to get to MIA in... but we still have 4 days... so we are still praying for that :) General prayers for safety and safe travel would be appreciated. Also that God would show us how we can be used while we are in the DR. We are open to anything and don't want to miss an opportunity!

Below are links to the various ministries that we will be in contact with. The Livesay's blog is my favorite and gives such a real picture of what has gone on and very real things to pray for. Thanks so much!"

D

Time Ministries
World Wide Village
http://www.worldwidevillage.org/ebenezer-discipleship-training-center
http://livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/

** Because border crossing between Dominican Republic and Haiti has become more challenging the team will actually be staying in the Dominican Republic and the structure they are building along with the blankets will be sent with Haitian pastors back in to Haiti.

There is more great news! The team is planning to make this an ongoing project and hopes to take ongoing short term trips to The Dominican Republic and Haiti to build housing structures!

When the team returns, D will share pictures with me and I'll pass them along to all of you!