Prayer Requests:
- Todd & Beth's family as Beth receives treatment for cancer
- Support Team: Connecting while in USA, new prayer partners, Faith Promise renewals
- Creole Health Books. Selling about 1 box of 62 a week in Cap Haitian.
- New Christian's faith will grow and strengthen-those recently saved.
- Wisdom on Banana multiplication, new teaching opportunities.
- Kid's Club Impact.
- Thede International Travel Dates July 1st and Aug. 23-24.
- Hurricane season: Tropical Storm Emily [flooding still a concern, Through November
Home Ministry: Cory and Kris spent a week at Global Partners Headquarters in IN while Eli and Anna enjoyed Christian Day Camp in Allegan. We enjoyed meeting co-workers from around the world as well as interacting with the staff. A 3 minute video will be produced about our ministry in Haiti so we filmed some footage for that. The Wesleyan Women's linen closet blessed us with some needed house hold linens. We enjoyed thanking Wesleyan Publishers in person for the help on the health book. We also enjoyed meeting with Katie, a young women who made and sold purses for a senior project and then donated the money for the Creole Health books.
Support Team: This summer we will have a chance to visit __ of our supporting churches. We also hosted an Open house which enabled us to visit with many friends. We were thankful for an invitation for a few minutes at West Michigan Family Camp's last night to share about our ministry. We will continue to connect by church visits [a trip to Virginia and Delaware as well as one more church in Michigan] as well as contacting individuals by E-mail and phone calls during the next couple of weeks.
| Aug 7 | Life Stream Wesleyan Church - Allendale , MI | AM Service |
| Aug 13 | Brookhill - Forest, VA | Sat. Breakfast |
| Aug 14 | United Wesleyan Church - Alexandria, VA | Am Service |
| Aug 17 6:30 PM | Cedar Grove Wesleyan - Wyoming, DE | Wed. Night Prayer Meeting |
Family Time: After home ministry training we headed out West to Yellowstone with Kris's folks and brother Todd's family. We now see God's timing in Todd's Team/Family visit to Haiti in June as well as the Yellowstone trip as between the two we learned of Beth's cancer. We will be in Michigan to support them through the first days of surgery and treatment but will need wisdom prayers to know how best to support the family from Haiti. The time we spend together really drew us closer as never have we had so much personal time with our niece and nephews-or our kids with Todd and Beth. Squeezed in between our travels time with Cory's folks and family also happened. Visits to Great Grandma DeWent and Great Grandpa Thede also enriched our time in the USA.
Fauche: Thanks to E-mails and phone calls we know that the work continues at Fauche. The cat and plants are well. The Kid's club continues every Sunday afternoon. We will be shipping to Haiti medications that were donated to Todd's team but will not fit in suitcases as well as additional supplies needed in Haiti [baby packets, dental supplies, books and more]
Agricultural: Prior to leaving Haiti Cory discovered to our disappointment that some of the 'disease resistant' banana plants appeared sick. With yellow leaves it appears that while the plants did better than some of the local types the plants can become infected. So we do not plan to purchase additional plants of those varieties and will focus on a slower method of multiplication. The plants purchased and distributed in the last few years will continue to grow and produce for a number of years but as it is likely with time that the plants will become diseased we do not plan to continue with distribution of new plants.
Cory will likely be traveling to Haiti's Central plato the week after we return home, to teach at an agricultural conference. To increase the impact of the agricultural work we pray for more opportunities for classes and education of the local farmers.
Haiti: Hurricane season started out calmly but the news this week indicates the first real threat may be heading to Haiti in the form of tropical storm Emily. Politically the weather in Haiti remains stormy as well with protests last week in Cap Haitian [the town we plan to fly into on Aug. 24th] against President Martelly. The rains also complicate Haiti's health issues with increased cases of Cholera. [No update yet on how the Evangelical Crusade went]
Serving the Lord in Haiti with your help,
Cory, Dr. Kris, Eli and Anna Thede
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