Haiti Updates

We have posted below the top critical updates directly from the church in Caneille, so you can see for yourself the hand of the Lord in the lives of our missionaries, Betty and Huguener Bastia, and what He is doing in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. If you feel led to support the Bastias as they undertake the monumental task of relocating refugees to Caneille, we would ask first of all for prayer, for nothing is impossible with God. If you wish to support financially, you can send a check to Calvary Chapel of Appleton, please put in the memo “Quake Relief”.  We also accept Visa and Mastercard over the phone. All funds go directly from our bank to theirs for food, water, fuel, and various daily supplies and needs.

You can send support to:

Calvary Chapel/ 2136 E. Newberry St / Appleton, WI   54915

For further information on Calvary Chapel Caneille, Haiti, follow them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cccaneille

Calvary Chapel Caneille Relief Camp Update

We saw the Lord bring about the arrival of the container of large outdoor party tents in March.  Our team transported and sorted them and the other cargo.  The team worked diligently to erect a 40′ x 100′ tent in the north-east corner of the relief camp.  After a hard rain some adjustments were made to the tent to increase the chances of it’s stability in the tropical weather.

Currently there is a team from Calvary Chapel Sierra Vista at the relief camp through whom the Lord is bringing good work in medical help, construction, and radio work.

Tent layout at the relief camp.

CC Caneille Update April 9

Our container of tents will be clearing customs in ten days. This delay is forcing us to delay the half of the team scheduled to be arriving on this Monday, April 12 who would be focusing on distributing and erecting the tents. We are rescheduling that effort to coincide with other efforts with more cargo arrivals in May as the Lord provides.

The rest of the team is on schedule to be in PAP on the 12th and in Caneille on the 13th. Their focus will be to install all the radio station equipment and get the station operational. They will also be distributing self-powered hand-crank radios to the residents of the relief camp. In addition, they will be helping construct the kitchen for the camp, performing maintenance on the diesel generator, and assessing the other on-going needs of the camp: permanent latrines & showers, water needs, tent needs, school needs, and future construction plans as well as solar power systems.

We are watching the Lord bring to fruition the connection with EcoBlue Products and their CEO, Steve Conboy. Steve is working toward shipping some pre-fab ready-to-assemble 16′ x 20′ housing units in three shipping containers also loaded with food generated from an on-going food drive from San Diego, CA. These efforts have been generating TV coverage of the camp on San Diego’s local NBC and other TV news stations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Dnsff_Eio). We have other teams from Calvarys around the country standing by ready to help construct these and the necessary foundations. The units have been engineered for high earthquake loads and hurricane-force winds. There appears to be a door opening to acquire many, perhaps hundreds, of these housing units.

We are praising the Lord for the provision of a quality used Toyota 4×4 truck! Bastia is very happy with the quality of the vehicle.

In Jesus, Pastor Lane

Update for March 10, 2010

We palletized a cargo shipment in Fremont, WI on Saturday of large, outdoor “party” tents: 22 pallets (20 x 60 tents, 40 x 100 (2), 20 x 20 (4), 20 x 30 (5), 20 x 40), and a couple crates of hardware, 4 generators. Not all of this will end up in Caneille. There are other ministries we are sharing these blessings with. They should arrive in PAP on or about March 20th. This is an enormous blessing.

In our last update we communicated that we are suggesting to those who come alongside us to help consider financial assistance aimed at the many basics needs that we are meeting daily. Financial giving should be directed to Calvary Chapel of Appleton (CCA). Contact the office of CCA @ 920-735-1242 for further information.

Trips to Caneille will be helpful in the near future as we are also being blessed with some permanent structures in the form of pre-fab ready-to-assemble buildings, which will require construction teams. We will keep you updated as these resources appear and needs shift.

Praise the Lord!

Pastor Lane

Orphan Update: The Rest of the Story

This morning we sent out in our current update the story of a family of 5 orphans. Well, here is, as Paul Harvey would say, “The Rest of the Story” — and a wonderful ending that we just found out about this afternoon:
“Three girls and two boys, all siblings, were cared for by their mother in PAP. The mother had a regular business of selling at the market, and had left in the morning as usual the day of the quake. When the quake hit, the three youngest were outside while the two oldest girls were inside. The house collapsed upon them and they both sustained leg injuries as they were hit by falling cement blocks. They spent the next four days without food and water. Everyone assumed that they were dead. On the fourth day after the quake the two tried to make a loud noise to be heard. Others outside did hear the noise and a neighbor began to chip through the rubble and concrete using only a hammer. They were extracted and rejoined their three siblings, but did not know the status of their mother.

The children waited, and heard the news that the market where their mother was planning on selling had collapsed. Many people were killed there. Their PAP neighbor eventually took them out to their grandmother’s house in Hinche, having had no word from the mother, but she is old and does not have the resources to care for them. A friend knew of the Caneille relief and and suggested they would be welcome and cared for seeing that they were now orphaned. The five arrived on Feb 7th with only the clothes on their backs. They have their own tent, while housing is in the works, and they need some basics.

On Sunday we had a chance to sit down with them at Bastia & Betty’s house and hear their story, introduce ourselves, and let them know how much we were sorry for their loss, and reassure them of our love and concern for them. It was a sad day for them though, and it was their lost mother’s birthday. They responded with sincere thanks, but said that they didn’t believe their mother was dead, but that they had faith that God and protected her life and that they would find her somehow.

On Tuesday, Bastia took the oldest girl into Hinche to get shoes for the rest of them, amidst other shopping needs. As she was in Hinche her phone rang. IT WAS HER MOTHER!!!!

As it turns out, their mother had suffered very serious injuries to her legs, and in the rush of getting people cared for, she was whisked off to the Dominican Republic without any notice, and without her having any means of contacting her children. At the first available moment to call, she did. They all have a wonderful and miraculous story of how God had provided for them in a time of great need.
PRAISE THE LORD!”

Lane Gibson