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Hi, me again.

I'm writing tonight mostly by Sister Gladys' request to let you all know things are still very difficult here. In a way it seems to be getting worse, especially for Canaan. Though a lot of the water has receded, the difficulty of living in Haiti is now worse. Food is hard to get, or very expensive. With the bridge still out for who knows how much longer... it's making it very difficult.

We continually have to borrow other people's trucks. With constant trips to the bridge for people to catch our vehicles on the other side, what we really need is a small 4 wheeler or something that is good on diesel. Ha! Gas and diesel are also going up continually with the prices.

Drinking water is becoming an issue for us and Haiti. The water pipes that we have been getting our drinking water from don't have enough water now so we have to find other ways. Our friend Chris from 'Clean Water for Haiti' has been generous and is allowing us to fill all our drums from his well, but so do a lot of other people. We even have to ask to use his truck for it!

With hosting people from Gonaives, it's also putting strain on Canaan. It's difficult to buy all the food so many people need, what with the food prices. To buy only spaghetti for everybody for one meal costs close to $50.00 USD, and that used to be one of the cheaper meals, which here by the way is often a breakfast food as well (you can imagine the cost of food for a month). Everything has gone up. Pastor Henri and Sister Gladys were in Port, checking prices and trying to find the best prices and they came back pretty stressed.

If anyone would wish to donate food to Canaan for the orphanage and to share, we have an address that you could ship food or anything else to, i.e. clothes (no winter clothes please!!). We are preparing a container to be shipped here. We especially need canned vegetables - any kind really.

If you want to send something, please call the lady in charge in Miami before shipping something so she can expect it. Her name and phone numbers are:

Sandra
H – 561-540-8784
C – 561-667-1731

Miami address for container:

Gull Atlantic
c/o TIC (Togetherness In Christ)
3200 NW 125 ST
N. Miami, FL, 33167

Thank you so much for continuing to remember us and the Haitian people who are suffering. It's good to be able to help them - a lot of people came today from the mountains, who's houses got washed away, to pick up the clothes we've collected so far from Canaan here, and for some of the food we got ready for them. Thank you so much for all who sent money to make it possible for us to help them.

Keeping on,
Elsie Kornelsen