Ok, so we couldn’t find a Starbucks in Jordan yet, so we stopped right off the side of their freeway & had some great Turkish coffee. Real thick, real strong, & by the way…don’t drink the last gulp…all the grounds are in the bottom.

Great memories.

Well just back from our Israel/Jordan trip & it was awesome. Do to the economy we ended up with a small team, “the dirty dozen”. The dirtiest of the dozen is taking the picture.

We walked where Jesus walked, blessed with incredible weather, saw some new sights, but most importantly got to spend 2 full weeks, day & night, with a great group of new friends (or at least friendships to a whole new level). Join us for spring 2012, you wont be able to read any part of the bible without saying, “we were there!”

Here’s a picture of little Joseph who had a broken femur. Our doc’s put this cast & brace on him. Both mom & dad were killed in Port-au-Prince. Grandma is carrying for him now. He had been laying in the hospital hallway for a week & a half before we got there. One of our team members (Cindy) saw him & was able to persuade the head doctor to let us see him & operate. Pray for lil Joseph’s healing.

These poor kids many of them have to stay for 6-8 weeks here in the hospital. So…we can at least make them laugh, do a couple balloon animals, & pray for them in the name of Jezi! Below is Dave & Warren (Dr. Mango & Dr.Fou) Mwen fou pou Jezi! (I’m a fool for Jesus!)

Just a shot of me with the Chilean Marine commander of the U.N. convoy. Great guys working hard & a long way from home. They will escort us Saturday to (somewhere) to go get a whole bunch of beans & rice :)
PTL

Hello from Hinche Haiti. This man is an earthquake victim from Port-Au-Prince. Finally sleeping soundly on the Word of God.  The country is pretty crazy enough when things are “good” but most phone lines are down now & the rest over loaded.

Wow the U.N. has been incredible. We had 2 amphibious vehicles with 6 armed marines in each vehicle, from Chile, Nepal, even Jordan that escorted us to Hinche from Cap-Haiten (up north). The head commander has toured our compound, enjoyed Cindy’s brownies, & has been a great help. Then US special forces showed up getting everyones name & picture in case they have to evacuate & just collect intel on folks. Even the Pentagon has called Kevin a couple times, as theres not a lot of info coming from the upper plateau where we are located.

The Hinche Hospital (St. Theresa) is overwhelmed with people up from Port-au-Prince. Most have double breaks like 2 broken legs. How they treat it is…with a sand filled gallon jug off the end of the bed so it pulls on the leg to put the bone back in place..so they have to lay there for a couple months. 1 baby was burned neck to foot, I blew up a red balloon for her, she smiled, ver cute! Most the people here haven’t been seen (by a doctor) obviously since the earthquake. So sad. Then the 1 doctor from the Hinche hospital makes our doc’s quit at 4pm, they want to work till late, but he calls the shots, much politics who gets seen & when.

So some of the docs & nurses went this morning to Hinche hospital & the rest our doing a clinic here. Well gotta go.

Back safely in Thailand & our trip was tremendous. I will find out tomorrow at a meeting what I can post & what I shouldn’t (pictures also). I don’t want to put anyone at risk so I need to ask a few questions first. But our medical Shock & Trauma Training went well. This is a 6 month program where we taught one of the weeks. A whole week of training even covering how to do stitches. Dr. Les, Jerren, & nurse Pat were awesome. More tomorrow.

Well, stopped at the check point & couldn’t make it over. This took all day, but we find ourselves totally in Gods hands. His trip, His timing, His agenda. Tomorrow we are told that we are ok to pass. We head out early in morn. Pray all goes well.
Brian

Weird being in a little tiny town in Northern Thailand sitting in a little coffee shop with Wi-Fi. Trip.
Interesting when you expect the most difficult situation, then God’s grace gives you the best. We got to spend the night in a little guesthouse called “Eden”. Our room sat about 50′ above a river. Our porch sat out over the edge of the cliff. Doing devo’s this morn in this little rainforest environment (Lk.6 from a whole different paradigm). The sounds, smells, beauty, green, the quiet before anyone was up. Peaceful. My friends would joke me for “suffering” for Jesus about this time, but the little respite was pretty nice amidst different days ahead. We are sitting here waiting for our transportation to show up. God is Sovereign. I love Him for being just that.
We cross border today.

Hey, We are up at the top of Thailand & look forward to going in, in tomorrow. We will not have to hike :)
Can’t update much more. Not sure if I’ll be able to send anything out from “there”.
Beautiful up here. Great weather. God is Big, Wonderful, & our all in all!
Blessings!