Update from Fond Parisien

I've spoken to my parents via MSN messenger on a few occasions since they arrived in Haiti. They've been very busy from the onset. Tuesday was spent passing out food in ti Le Tant. This is a very poor village and the people there are desperate for any help they can receive.

Here are some of the people waiting patiently for their food boxes.


This food donation came from a ministry called Feed My Starving Children. The food is special food packed with extra vitamins which the Haitian people so desperately need.


The people of ti Le Tant were so grateful for this outreach of love with the food that they received. They were all smiles and some were so happy that they started dancing with joy. Yesterday they went with Sherry to check on a woman, Madame Nicole, who was very ill. They went to her little house and she was lying on two wooden pallets and she was propped up on a very rickety wooden chair.

She was in agonizing pain. Her stomach was bloated and she could do nothing but cry out in her obvious discomfort. My parents said that they had never seen suffering like what they had seen in Madame Nicole. A call was made to see if they could get her taken to the Baptist Hospital. Sherry was told that there were no doctors at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays so she would have to wait to go until Monday. They hated to leave this woman in such pain to wait until Monday but there were no other options. Sherry gave her some antibiotics and strong pain pills and they all prayed for her. We are trusting God that He will bring her through whatever it is that is causing her so much pain and agony.


My parents have been to Haiti on many, many trips but to now live here, its an adjustment. They're away from their children and grandchildren and that's more than difficult for all of us. There is so much to get used to down there. Even a trip into the little grocery store presented them with a huge case of sticker shock. 10 U.S. Dollars for a box of trash bags. 20 U.S Dollars for a mop. Food was just as expensive. They have some food being shipped down to them on a ship that they sent prior to leaving but that container won't be arriving until probably the middle of May. Even then, they only sent down things such as tuna and canned potatoes and some peanut butter. This is part of what your support will do for us. We need to buy food for our every day existence while in Haiti. We're also in need of a set of two-way radios as well as a satellite system. They haven't raised their monthly support yet. My parents went to Haiti on faith. We believe that the money is out there and that people will start sending in their support.

Philippians 4:19 (King James Version)

19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I'll continue to keep you posted as often as possible about everything that they encounter down in Fond Parisien, Haiti. Once they're able to purchase the satellite system, my mom will be able to update the blog and post pictures on a routine basis. Internet time for her is sparse right now. Please keep them in your prayers and please pray about what God would have you to do in helping them with their monthly support. God Bless

Jill
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Randy and Roberta Arnold
Your Missionaries to Haiti

The Move Has Been Made

I know its quite apparent that this blog hasn't been updated in some time. As I write this, my parents, Randy and Roberta, have officially spent their first night in their new home in Haiti. My sister and I took them to the airport yesterday and they boarded a plane bound for Port au Prince. As hard as it was to see them leave and not know when I'll see them again, I was so happy because this is what they've been called by God to do. It's taken a lot of work and an even greater amount of faith but they are now full-time missionaries to the nation of Haiti.

They have yet to raise the monthly support that they need in order to meet their living expenses. They left and went by faith. They are believing that God will supply the funds necessary for them to survive each month. It's imperative that they raise at least $2,000.00 per month. It seems like such an enormous amount of money but if each person that reads this could give something...even $5.00, it would add up. When you think about it, $5.00 is trivial to most of us. It's a Starbucks coffee or a value meal at McDonalds. But $5.00 to my parents is money spent helping to save a child's life. It's money spent to feed starving people and to provide them with fresh drinking water and medical care. Please pray and ask what God would have you to do to help my parents out. Your donation or even monthly contribution will mean that you are playing an integral part in changing lives on a daily basis. You will play a part in giving someone a tomorrow.

If you would like information on how to assist in providing a monthly donation or if you'd like to be on my parent's mailing list, then please email me at ourheartsforhaiti at gmail dot com.

Thanks so much for your prayers, love and support and I will keep this updated with news from my parents in Haiti as well as pictures of them as they go about their work there.

God Bless

Jill