Your beseeching God on our behalf WILL make a difference.
Folks, we have some good news and some bad news. Nothing here God can't overcome, so this is a request for prayer on a matter of lifesaving importance.
We thought we had a solid plan in my earlier update, had the scripts, a cover letter, and a couple of decent guys walking into a chain store with Haiti aid on their heart. I spoke on the phone with the boys to be sure there weren't any hitches. They said they were in the store and it looked great.
Well, it went south in a hurry. The assistant manager was going to fill the script (20-30,000 pills) but the manager got a look at it and put an end immediately. Pleading mercy for Haiti had no effect, apparently fear of our governments regulatory power was more compelling than helping Haitians. It's a big store, has a w in its name, and money and rules matter.
So where are we? No antibiotics in hand. I called an emergency contact in Fl to a pharmaceutical warehouse, praying that it would save the day. No go.
It was hard to do, but I called the boys and said "we have no backup, no connections, many are praying, it's up to you. Do what you can, pray first and work hard,"
Caleb wanted me to relate how hopeless they felt, but they prayed and set out for small independent pharmacies that had more managerial freedom to honor unusual (but legal) prescriptions. Apparently the script is transferable once registered in the system, so they could get it from the big w. to anywhere.
Caleb wants all to know in plain language that God guided them to the right place after chasing one pharmacy after the other down main street. I don't have the details, but he was insistent on this
Please pray that the transaction goes smoothly first thing in the morning. It looks promising, the owner said all the right things and is helpful, but how many times have we seen critical needs dashed only to be saved by God. Please humbly ask Him to help us and the people of La Gonave. Pray that the boys can carry 20-30,000 antibiotic pills to the only hospital on La Gonave.
We thought we had a solid plan in my earlier update, had the scripts, a cover letter, and a couple of decent guys walking into a chain store with Haiti aid on their heart. I spoke on the phone with the boys to be sure there weren't any hitches. They said they were in the store and it looked great.
Well, it went south in a hurry. The assistant manager was going to fill the script (20-30,000 pills) but the manager got a look at it and put an end immediately. Pleading mercy for Haiti had no effect, apparently fear of our governments regulatory power was more compelling than helping Haitians. It's a big store, has a w in its name, and money and rules matter.
So where are we? No antibiotics in hand. I called an emergency contact in Fl to a pharmaceutical warehouse, praying that it would save the day. No go.
It was hard to do, but I called the boys and said "we have no backup, no connections, many are praying, it's up to you. Do what you can, pray first and work hard,"
Caleb wanted me to relate how hopeless they felt, but they prayed and set out for small independent pharmacies that had more managerial freedom to honor unusual (but legal) prescriptions. Apparently the script is transferable once registered in the system, so they could get it from the big w. to anywhere.
Caleb wants all to know in plain language that God guided them to the right place after chasing one pharmacy after the other down main street. I don't have the details, but he was insistent on this
Please pray that the transaction goes smoothly first thing in the morning. It looks promising, the owner said all the right things and is helpful, but how many times have we seen critical needs dashed only to be saved by God. Please humbly ask Him to help us and the people of La Gonave. Pray that the boys can carry 20-30,000 antibiotic pills to the only hospital on La Gonave.
The only hospital on the island of La Gonave is in Anse-a-Galets and is run by the missionaries we are going to assist and support. During the best of times they have many needs. Right now they have those needs and so many more. One of needs that is dire is the need for basic rudimentary medications. These are medications that will mean the difference between life and death for many in Haiti.
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