This afternoon we sent out our second Wesleyan relief team to Port Au Prince. This team, made up of P.A. Diane Busch, Dr. Jim , and Patricia Alexander, has a medical focus and hopes to spend the afternoon scouting out a good location for a medical clinic. They have tentatively decided to find a secure area near Carefourre Feilles where one of our sister Wesleyan Churches was located.
Diane and Trisha leaving for port.
The three will be joined by Pastor Carl Gilles when they arrive on the mainland. Then on Monday, they will team up with a large medical relief team from the U.S. lead by Dr. Steve Edmonson. The incoming team will be bringing in an entire M.A.S.H. unit, including several medical supplies, and they will be accompanied by two armed guards. This team is hoping to offer any healthcare they can to earthquake survivors.
The other Wesleyan relief team left LaGonave on Thursday afternoon to aid families still searching for loved ones. This relief effort was initiated and carried out by about fifteen Haitians, including a doctor a nurse and several friends of missing persons.
Ketheline (far left) and Marland Osne (third from the left) with thier uncle, sister Merline and a group from the Wesleyan station on Anse Galets.
Most of that team returned early Friday morning after finding the bodies of Jacky (21) and Marland Osne (24) in the rubble of what was once their apartment. The Osne’s also lost another child, Ketheline (20) whose body was removed from the scene by officials before friends arrived.
These three are survived by their mother and father, older sister Merline, and two younger sisters Lori and Samantha. (Merline and her mother are both employed by the Wesleyan mission.)
Miss Vero, one of the head nurses from the Wesleyan Hospital who was also on this team located her son in Capital. Now that her son is safe, she may be able to join our medical relief team.
Please pray for the Osne family and others like them who are mourning. We mourn with them for the loss of these three beautiful young people. All three were strong believers, finishing their college education in Port Au Prince. Pray this family finds hope and strength in the coming weeks.
Also, please continue to pray for our medical team and other relief teams entering into Port Au Prince. Pray for their wisdom, protection, and that God would guide them as they face unprecedented levels of devastation.
