[amc] Fwd: FW: Haiti Hurricane

From: stephen hochstetler <srh2pjh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mennonite Church Austin <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:03:18 -0500
Asking for prayers for the people of Haiti.

Steve

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From: John S Wood <jsw69intadv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Subject: FW: Haiti Hurricane
To: jsw69intadv@xxxxxxxxxxx


The two letters below need no extra words only prayers, and lots of prayers
by many people.

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From: lewislucke@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Haiti Hurricane
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:50:24 +0000

 Austin friends & colleagues who care about Haiti:

I thought you might be interested in this message sent from Haiti today
from friends who run the Double Harvest (DH) agricultural and
school/hospital operation near Croix des Bouquets outside Port au Prince,
Haiti.

I was there last  week working, among other things, on a University of
Texas-sponsored project to produce "energy cakes". The cakes can be
substituted for charcoal for cooking and produced at a fraction of the price
of charcoal using agricultural biomass (sugar cane, corn, etc) left in the
fields after the harvest. DH will likely be a site of one of the first
energy cake projects in Haiti. Another one will be in the Artibonite. This
can hopefully help Haiti turn around from decades of environmental
destruction.

Haiti has had a triple blow so far over last three years: 4 hurricanes in
2008, the January 12 earthquake and now a cholera outbreak. And now the
possibility of more damage from Tropical Storm Tomas.

The Haitians are incredibly strong and resilient--but nobody should have to
be this resilient.

FYI my partners and I had to delay our permanent housing plans for Haiti.
Though we succeeded in raising $20 million in private capital, my partner
took the money off the table after being the target of a bribe attempt by an
official. We will wait until after elections and will see how and when we
can proceed. We will get it done eventually but there are still 1.5 million
homeless people in PAP and when it rains and blows--as it will probably do
tomorrow--the scene is tragic.


I have been amazed to find so many Austinites who care deeply about Haiti
and in their own way are trying to make a positive difference there. But
Haiti still needs our attention, prayers and assistance.

Thanks for caring,

Lewis Lucke

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 *Reply-To: *frantz angus <Frantz@xxxxxxx>

 HI
I was waiting for the last minute to write this email, and the time has come
for the dreaded announcement.  I am sure by now most of you know that in the
next 24 hours, once again the Haitian people will be out again to the test
and have to ride out the hurricane.  The attitude here could be almost the
same as to the earthquake.  People all around are just walking around
helpless.  Most of those in tent don't even try to do anything as there is
nothing they can do.  Indeed what to do.

Most of them I spoke to only reply that they cannot do much but they will
survive this.  Around Port au Prince today we were meeting with different
organizations to find measures for the control of this cholera epidemic and
all of a sudden at 1:00 the meeting was stopped as now we had to focus on
the hurricane.

I am sorry today my email does not make too much sense I don't know what to
say, I cannot find the drive to come up with too much positive as these
people have suffered so much.  I would even say "enough".  What is even more
discouraging is that for the past 4 months we have built close to 60 houses,
repaired quite a few more.  Those people today that were in tents now have
permanent houses.  Why couldn't others do the same.

Some organizations put up over 3000 temporary houses, rapped them in
"plastic"  Well, guess what the wind is going to do to those houses?  I
heard on the news this morning some reported referring to the tents cities
as "a third world country, in a third world country".  So true.  Anyway, I
am sorry today I will not stay long.  I just cannot find the words.

Please pray for the Haitian people, pray for those kids, babies that are
under those tents.  Please pray for our leaders, for the international
community to finally WAKE UP and say Enough is Enough we cannot let good
Christian people suffer so much.

So leaders say "It's time for CHANGE", they should also think, "let's change
how the people of Haiti live."
Sorry for the extra emotion.  Thank you

Frantz  Angus
 Croix des Bouquets
Haiti
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