I was at Poteau today to see how they share the buckets of food and hygiene kits. Three Elders and several ladies did the distribution. Here are some pictures of some of the Port au Prince refugees that we served.

They also had a meeting with brethren of Bayonnais to plan the distribution of food tomorrow. The preachers told us how difficult the life is there. The food is timely -- a blessing to many. They cannot grow anything this time year. They do not know how to feed their families. They went to ask some to some aid organization to get food, but they did not find any.

You can see the bare mountains and talk about their sad farms. They are waiting the rain to start to grow. They would like to plant but there is no way. It has not rained in Bayonnais since December. You can imagine the situation they face.

People live from the food of their gardens. A very few have a small business to feed their family, but they have nothing else.

“Praise Lord we have some people, our brothers and in the States, that know our situation and help us to survive. We were starving but not anymore -- with the food you brought to us.”

“We heard there are food distributions in many places, but we went there and because we did not have a card, we could not get food. Sometimes,  we walked two hours to get food, but we get back empty and hungry. We praise Lord for you every day because our Lord uses you to feed us and make us clean.”

Thank you Brothers and Sisters!

~ Gueston Pacius