The Gift of God Orphanage is located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is home to 51 children and 11 staff. The children and staff all survived the earthquake that hit their city on January 12. However, circumstances are dire as their food and water supply is running out.

The need in Haiti is extreme. Please consider a financial donation to help these children. 100 percent of donations designated for the orphanage in Haiti, will go directly to the mission field in Haiti.

Following you will find updates as we receive word from our ministry partners in Haiti.

(February 2) The children in the orphanage have been blessed with food and water!  A small reserve of rice, beans, spaghetti and bottled water has arrived. The orphanage directors were able to buy some chicken so that the children had meat in one of their meals. The directors found cooking charcoal so the children could have hot meals.

The situation in Haiti is still critical as resources are very limited in the country. We will very quickly run out of food and water once again.  The children and staff continue to sleep outside for fear the house will crumble in an aftershock. Tents are desperately needed for shelter during the night.

Please continue to pray for the children; more food and water to arrive quickly, tents, and even basic day to day provisions like diapers, tooth paste, soap and bathroom tissue is desperately needed.

(January 26) A medical team made it to the orphanage today and examined all of the children. Dehydration, swollen bellies, thirst and hunger are all major problems. One child with flu like symptoms and one with eye problems were taken to the hospital. The medical team was able to provide a meal for the children today, and leave a few food supplies which will hopefully last the next 2 days. The medical team said the situation is desperate.

The children prayed for the medical team, sang songs for them and recited scripture verses. Smith (the orphanage Director) said many on the team were brought to tears.

(January 23) Yesterday the children had their first real meal in 10 days.  A supply of rice was located at a local warehouse which enabled the directors to provide the children with enough food to finally fill their empty stomachs with a healthy meal.  Resources are still extremely limited and aftershocks continue to shake the city. A make-shift tent covers the children and staff as they continue to sleep outside, knowing the orphanage building may be unsafe and could yet crumble in an aftershock.

Please continue to lift children and staff in prayer. The local ministries of FMI continue to research and network with government channels and connections for a release for orphans in Haiti. God can make a way.

(January 19, 2010) The situation in Haiti grows more critical as the food supply at the orphanage is nearly depleted. No relief supplies have come yet to the area of the city where the orphanage is located and the children are very hungry.

The orphanage directors continue to pray and trust in the Lord as their providers. We need your prayers and your support.

We are doing everything we can now to try and get the children out of Haiti and into Omaha.  The coming days are life or death moments in Haiti and it is imperative that our children be rescued – by the Hand of God, working through His people, to bring them to a safe place. 

Our vision is to bring the children and the 2 orphanage directors to Omaha and to keep them together – they are a family and these children have already experienced tremendous losses in their lives. 

Just imagine … 51 Haitian children arriving in Omaha – because the people of this region stepped up to bat for them! 

Please pray for their rescue.

(January 15, 2010—4:30 p.m.) Our ministry partner at the Orphanage in Haiti, Smith, was able to make phone contact with us once again. We continue to thank the Lord for sparing the lives of the children and staff in the Gift of God Orphanage.

This situation, however, is becoming critical as the food supply is quickly depleted. The staff is rationing in extreme measures and the children are very hungry. Smith and Katia know that it will be some time before supply lines open up and that they have to try and make the food last as long as they can. They have run out of rice and have only a little bit of spaghetti, beans, flour and oil on hand.

Please continue to pray for their safety. Desperation is setting in on the Haitian people as they have now endured four days in this horrific nightmare. Security is a huge issue if people think that there might be food and water at the orphanage site.

Please pray for food and water distribution sites to be set up quickly for the Haitian people.

We are in need of financial support for the orphanage and ask for your help. Contact Faith Missions International/The Heartland Gatekeeper for information on how to give. 391-0657 or 926-2633.

CONTACT!!!
OMAHA, NE (January 14, 2010) — 12:27 p.m. We just received a call from our ministry partner in Haiti. Smith, his wife, Katia, their son Djelot and the 51 children and staff of the Don de Dieu Orphelinat (Gift of God Orphanage) are all alive and healthy...Praise God!

The rental house they live in is still standing but Smith reports that it shakes every night so they are 'living' outside. They are rationing the food and water they have knowing it could be quite some time before more supplies are available.

Smith said that some of the homes in their neighborhood have collapsed but he believes their neighbors escaped injury.

STILL WAITING...
OMAHA, NE (January 13, 2010) — As images from Haiti come through the television, newspapers and the Internet, the scope of the devastation continues to stun the senses. At this point, estimates of the dead and injured are just that...estimates. Until some type of infrastructure can be established, the enormity of this disaster will not be known.

We are still awaiting contact with our ministry partners at the orphanage in Haiti. Please continue to pray.

Check out article on CROSSWALK

EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
OMAHA, NE (January 12, 2010) — Faith Missions International, the parent organization of The Heartland Gatekeeper, has an orphanage with 51 children plus staff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake hit the nation of Haiti just 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. From all reports we are seeing, there is much destruction including the collapse of a hospital.

We are unable to make contact with our ministry friends in Haiti. It appears that phone systems are down and there is no way to get in touch with them.

Please pray for Smith & Katia, the staff and the children in the orphanage.

Psalm 20:7 says, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

We will post information as soon as communication with Haiti is restored.

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