Not sure what news you all are hearing but first let me say we are fine and not even hearing a lot of shooting or anything in our area as of 8 am Thursday morning. It is VERY quiet which is not normal. We do know that the airport is closed today as it was yesterday. The road we use to leave our area is barricaded. Obviously we won't try to pass through the barricades. They aren't there for us but to close down travel in our area.
We are the secondary route from south of Port-au-Prince into the city so this successfully blocks traffic coming and going south.
We just received word that MFI is NOT flying into Haiti today because of the situation.
I'm sure there will be no seminary classes tonight and maybe not tomorrow. Next week is exams so not sure what will happen. David was to give his exam on Saturday so we could leave on Monday.
Please pray for several things:
1. The Haitian people pretty much live day to day with provisions and everything being blocked this way for very long will make it hard for people to buy what they need.
2. Rich and Carol Mears and their son Ricky are scheduled to fly to the states tomorrow for their daughter's graduation from college. God can open the way but the "not knowing what will happen" is difficult. Imagine yourself in their shoes and pray accordingly.
3. Our flight to PA on Monday isn't nearly as "vital" as the Mears but it will still be a big disappointment if that is not possible.
The Lord knows HIS plans for each one of us. He is actually sending a gentle rain right now - we woke up to it and that is extremely unusual during our dry season but rain usually keeps people out of the streets.
I'm working on the notes for one of David's classes next semester as well as baking some "goodies" for some of our Haitian friends before I leave. Going ahead and taking one step at a time. Thanks for praying.
Love,
Phyllis
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