First Baptist Church of Clinton
Loving people into a growing relationship with Jesus
Haiti Relief Fund
Dennis & Jennifer Maupin
Our missionaries working with Mission of Hope in Haiti
FBC Clinton First Response: Well drilling team arrived in Haiti Sunday (1/17) with water, food, and other supplies purchased in the Dominican Republic with $30,000 from ActsOne8 Mission funds.
Progress Report: The Drill Team found water on Tuesday (1/19) and began casing and developing the well on Wednesday (1/20).
Progress Report Thursday (1/21): God has given a good well to Mission of Hope. God overcame the challenges and blessed the drill team's efforts with a "good well" Wednesday (1/20). This well will provide thousands of people clean safe drinking water for many years, this is the kind of relief aid that will still be saving lives long after the earthquake relief aid has ended and all the workers gone home! Give a man a bottle of water and you quench his thirst, give him access to a well and you save his family's life.
The second drill team departed this morning with repair parts for the drill rig, drilling supplies, and $30,000 ($7,125 from Haiti Relief Fund and $22,875 from FBC Clinton ActsOne8 Missions Fund).
Drilling for the second well begins today, pray for God to bless the team with success and Haitians with clean safe drinking water.
Progress Report: The Drill Team found water on Tuesday (1/19) and began casing and developing the well on Wednesday (1/20).
Progress Report Thursday (1/21): God has given a good well to Mission of Hope. God overcame the challenges and blessed the drill team's efforts with a "good well" Wednesday (1/20). This well will provide thousands of people clean safe drinking water for many years, this is the kind of relief aid that will still be saving lives long after the earthquake relief aid has ended and all the workers gone home! Give a man a bottle of water and you quench his thirst, give him access to a well and you save his family's life.
The second drill team departed this morning with repair parts for the drill rig, drilling supplies, and $30,000 ($7,125 from Haiti Relief Fund and $22,875 from FBC Clinton ActsOne8 Missions Fund).
Drilling for the second well begins today, pray for God to bless the team with success and Haitians with clean safe drinking water.
If you would like to help, please pray. (read emails below for specifics)
If you would like to support the relief effort monetarily please mail checks to:
"Haiti Relief Fund"
First Baptist Church
209 E. Jefferson St.
Clinton, MO 64735
Please put a memo on your check stating that is is for the "Haiti Relief Fund"
100% of the money donated will go to the relief effort in Haiti
Email updates from the Maupins
January 13, 2010 EARTHQUAKE
God's hand is upon us and everyone at Mission of Hope is safe! This email was in the process of being written previous of the earthquake of yesterday. We have decided to go ahead and send it out. We want to reach everyone on our prayer line. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND NOTES OF CONCERN. We do not have much time to respond to everyone's communication because the need for help is great right now. The source of the quake is 10 miles west of Port Au Prince. We are located about 20 miles north of the city. Dennis is making a list of damage to buildings on this compound and what needs to be done to make them safe again. Jennifer spent most of the night helping out at the medical clinic on this compound. People from the villages close to us came for medical help. The wounds were very painful for most. Dennis immediately checked gas lines and water lines. Everyone slept outside. We felt temors throughout the evening and into morning hours. Today Jennifer is washing bed sheets for the medical clinic (hand wash) with some other women. We will be cleaning up the Hope House as soon as this is written. The children are afraid to go in and there is damage to clear. Right now we are feeling a new temor. You become very sensitive to vibrations and fear of another large quake is always on people's minds. PAP is in shambles, people are in shock, mourning and wandering around lost in the streets. Keep the prayers coming dear prayer warriors!
Ps. 139: 5-7 "You have hedged me behind and before. And laid Your hand upon me. Where can I go from yYour Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?"
May God be glorify in all things and His light shine upon the hurting people of Haiti.
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God's hand is upon us and everyone at Mission of Hope is safe! This email was in the process of being written previous of the earthquake of yesterday. We have decided to go ahead and send it out. We want to reach everyone on our prayer line. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND NOTES OF CONCERN. We do not have much time to respond to everyone's communication because the need for help is great right now. The source of the quake is 10 miles west of Port Au Prince. We are located about 20 miles north of the city. Dennis is making a list of damage to buildings on this compound and what needs to be done to make them safe again. Jennifer spent most of the night helping out at the medical clinic on this compound. People from the villages close to us came for medical help. The wounds were very painful for most. Dennis immediately checked gas lines and water lines. Everyone slept outside. We felt temors throughout the evening and into morning hours. Today Jennifer is washing bed sheets for the medical clinic (hand wash) with some other women. We will be cleaning up the Hope House as soon as this is written. The children are afraid to go in and there is damage to clear. Right now we are feeling a new temor. You become very sensitive to vibrations and fear of another large quake is always on people's minds. PAP is in shambles, people are in shock, mourning and wandering around lost in the streets. Keep the prayers coming dear prayer warriors!
Ps. 139: 5-7 "You have hedged me behind and before. And laid Your hand upon me. Where can I go from yYour Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?"
May God be glorify in all things and His light shine upon the hurting people of Haiti.
Sorry, we don't have the power to put images on right now.
Sent Jan. 13, 7:54pm
Prayer concerns are that since the flour factory was severely damaged. It provides 90-95% flour to Haiti. Gas is unavailable, water can not be hauled in to us, no fuel for generator....and on it will go. So the future is going to be tough on everyone for quite a time. No generator means no electricity..no communication.(for us). We have fuel right now for the generator but don't know how much longer.
Tremors are still very strong!!!!! (Right now)!!! We feel every shake! I must honestly say it puts fear in your mind constantly.
I am sure for those who have been injured the fear is great. We lost three children last night in our clinic.
All for now.
The MAUPINS
Prayer concerns are that since the flour factory was severely damaged. It provides 90-95% flour to Haiti. Gas is unavailable, water can not be hauled in to us, no fuel for generator....and on it will go. So the future is going to be tough on everyone for quite a time. No generator means no electricity..no communication.(for us). We have fuel right now for the generator but don't know how much longer.
Tremors are still very strong!!!!! (Right now)!!! We feel every shake! I must honestly say it puts fear in your mind constantly.
I am sure for those who have been injured the fear is great. We lost three children last night in our clinic.
All for now.
The MAUPINS
Jan 19th
Today marks one week since the earthquake. I can not adquately descibe all that took place. We write this newsletter today to make sure we are in touch with each of you. Email and facebook just doesn't catch everyone. First let us thank you for your prayers covering us from even before the earthquake. Tuesday, January 12, all day we receive many correspondences telling us that so many were praying for us. Much more than usual. God was already working.
God covered Mission of Hope(MOH) with his hand while the world around us was crumbling. No injuries, mininal damage to the structures. I have heard that many churches from other missions were spared in Port Au Prince while the buildings around them fell. I have not heard of any deaths of white missionaries due to the quake. There are many Haitian Christians gone.
We felt the prayers covering us while we gain a realization of the impact of what took place, gathering together outside, prayed and waited for the strong tremors to cease. We looked towards Port Au Prince and view the cloud of dust rising from the city, the fires of a few industries. We put aside our fears and the MOH doctors began organizing. All of us, the Canadian team and MOH staff, begin working in shifts around the clock at the medical clinic located at Mission of Hope. I truly admire the medical people we had here. They had to improvise with most of the medical needs. The clinic was a mess with supplies thrown on the floor, bottles broken, very little pain medicine available for the demand.
The next few days left us feeling the same way many of you are feeling right now. Here we are in Haiti, in such a time. God placed us here. What can we do? We could not travel to Port Au Prince, we could not go see if our language teacher, house worker and their family was okay. We felt stuck in the safety zone with our hands tied. We had not been outside the gates before except to pick up groceries with a MOH driver. On Thursday, we felt we had to ventured outside the gate on foot. All the "taptap"s (pick up truck for public transportation) and busses were loaded inside and on top with people. We manage to squeeze into a few taptaps and on "Moto" (motor cycle for public transport). We had four adults on a bike riding. We went to two villages. People were just sitting in front of what use to be their house. We saw one little girl with a broken arm that had come to the clinic Tuesday night. She appeared to be doing okay. Many came to us wanting to show us their damage in hopes that we were there to fix everything. We took pictures with no promises.
We honestly found ourselves developing an attitude of "I'm useless here". We became frustrated, but God worked within us. We pray each morning that we do the tasks, great or small, that God puts in front of us with an attitude of gratitude. We are not the ones to choose the tasks for the day or the bigness of the work, JESUS is our LORD! We washed bloody bed sheets, inspected building safety, organize housing, cooked and cleaned in the main kitchen, prayed, talked, encourage Haitians, visited villages, and communicate prayer needs.
Sunday, a Living Water Ministry team miraclously came across the Dominican Repulic border into Hiati. God brought relief to us through them. Because of your financial support to our Haiti ministy these men came with your hugs, supplies, and a pick up truck! We wish to express the feeling of our relief, and gratitude, it is beyond adquate words.
Please continue to donate money for this truck. The vechicle account did not have all the funding needed.
Today marks one week since the earthquake. I can not adquately descibe all that took place. We write this newsletter today to make sure we are in touch with each of you. Email and facebook just doesn't catch everyone. First let us thank you for your prayers covering us from even before the earthquake. Tuesday, January 12, all day we receive many correspondences telling us that so many were praying for us. Much more than usual. God was already working.
God covered Mission of Hope(MOH) with his hand while the world around us was crumbling. No injuries, mininal damage to the structures. I have heard that many churches from other missions were spared in Port Au Prince while the buildings around them fell. I have not heard of any deaths of white missionaries due to the quake. There are many Haitian Christians gone.
We felt the prayers covering us while we gain a realization of the impact of what took place, gathering together outside, prayed and waited for the strong tremors to cease. We looked towards Port Au Prince and view the cloud of dust rising from the city, the fires of a few industries. We put aside our fears and the MOH doctors began organizing. All of us, the Canadian team and MOH staff, begin working in shifts around the clock at the medical clinic located at Mission of Hope. I truly admire the medical people we had here. They had to improvise with most of the medical needs. The clinic was a mess with supplies thrown on the floor, bottles broken, very little pain medicine available for the demand.
The next few days left us feeling the same way many of you are feeling right now. Here we are in Haiti, in such a time. God placed us here. What can we do? We could not travel to Port Au Prince, we could not go see if our language teacher, house worker and their family was okay. We felt stuck in the safety zone with our hands tied. We had not been outside the gates before except to pick up groceries with a MOH driver. On Thursday, we felt we had to ventured outside the gate on foot. All the "taptap"s (pick up truck for public transportation) and busses were loaded inside and on top with people. We manage to squeeze into a few taptaps and on "Moto" (motor cycle for public transport). We had four adults on a bike riding. We went to two villages. People were just sitting in front of what use to be their house. We saw one little girl with a broken arm that had come to the clinic Tuesday night. She appeared to be doing okay. Many came to us wanting to show us their damage in hopes that we were there to fix everything. We took pictures with no promises.
We honestly found ourselves developing an attitude of "I'm useless here". We became frustrated, but God worked within us. We pray each morning that we do the tasks, great or small, that God puts in front of us with an attitude of gratitude. We are not the ones to choose the tasks for the day or the bigness of the work, JESUS is our LORD! We washed bloody bed sheets, inspected building safety, organize housing, cooked and cleaned in the main kitchen, prayed, talked, encourage Haitians, visited villages, and communicate prayer needs.
Sunday, a Living Water Ministry team miraclously came across the Dominican Repulic border into Hiati. God brought relief to us through them. Because of your financial support to our Haiti ministy these men came with your hugs, supplies, and a pick up truck! We wish to express the feeling of our relief, and gratitude, it is beyond adquate words.
Please continue to donate money for this truck. The vechicle account did not have all the funding needed.