Our latest week in Haiti

Xander and Ellie playing with Franklin Graham

       Sarah Palin talking about seeing Haiti first hand

                                                                                        

Franklin preaching and thanking people helping

                 Don and Evan plowing fire brake

 Nicky and Joelle remaking springs for truck

                                                               no place to buy new one's

This morning has been really full of excitement.  We had found out a few days ago that Franklin Graham was going to preach a service here at Global.  Then we found out that Sarah Palin was coming with him. We were all excited that they would take time to come visit and see the parts of Haiti that people rarely see. 
  Yesterday they went to one of the cholera clinic's that Samaritans Purse has set up and went this morning to view more of the poverty to see first hand how Haiti is and how much more needs to be done. They came back to shoot a media segment with Fox News and Greta.  It is suppose to air Monday night at 10pm.  If someone can email us the link or something so we can see it that would be great. 
   Both Sarah and Greta said they wanted to let America know the true circumstances here, with a christian perspective. Its awesome to see fox news reporting the truth when others are showing what they want. The last team we had just couldn't believe how Haiti really is.  They kept saying you have no clue until you have been here for yourself.  You have to experience the sights, smells, noise, and heat to get a true feeling of what the Haitian people are going through.  I hope with these important people visiting and seeing first hand the Haitian people and what people from around the world are doing to help them, the world will see how desperate the need for the Haitian people to come to know Christ is.  Jesus Christ is their only hope!
  We have always said that coming to Haiti for at least a week will change your life forever.  NC Baptist men have a team that was suppose to fly out on Saturday but with the manifestations and other problems caused by the recent political mess, has to wait until Wednesday to fly out since American airlines wont fly till Wednesday our team coming Wednesday may not make it since its been shut down for a week.  We told them God has a reason for allowing them to stay longer. 
    We started running out of groceries and were afraid it would be too dangerous to go in to Port but one of the Haitian drivers said the grocery stores were open and the roads were clear.  So we took the opportunity to get out to the stores with NC baptist men  before the protests started again.  Judy and Dave said it will probably be like this until after the run-off election in mid January.  We stocked up on our supplies, who knows it maybe another 4wks before we can go to the store again. 
   The protests in have been widespread and they burn tires , build concrete walls and dig big trenches in the road to stop all movement to shut down the city.  We are about 12 miles outside of the city in a town called Titayen.  Every Tuesday and Friday they have a market that you can get a lot of fresh vegetables and flour and sugar.  Since the cholera is all around us we stick with getting fruits and veggies like bananas, onions, garlic, lots of different types of melons, and avocados.  All though you can get any part of a goat, cow, or pig you could ever want,  all laid out on concrete tables or in wheel barrels.  I could hardly stand the smell.  We had gone to the market with the last team that was here, the kids went with us.  You know how we Americans gush over how cute a child or baby is, well Haitian women do the same thing, they thought Ellie was so pretty and they loved Xander's red curly hair. The team from Wisconsin left Tuesday a day before they shut down the airport thankfully. Nicky really enjoyed Don and Evan who are farmers back in Wisconsin and helped him fix tractors and trucks and started plowing the fire break around the compound. If theres one thing we are enjoying its the warm weather as you all are frozen.  We weekly visit with the NC Baptist men to have fellowship with them our old doctor is here we went to in the 80s.
                                  
                                                                          His servants,
                                                                          The Runks
 
Ps: Thanks to all who are partnering with us to share Jesus's word and love to those who haven't heard it.