URGENT PRAYER REQUEST! HAITIAN PASTOR

I wanted to post a special prayer request, on this Thanksgiving Day, for Pastor Michel Ilbert Leblanc who lives and ministers in Southwest Haiti in a village near Torbeck.  This is one of the pastors and in the area we worked with this past summer.  From what I understand from Pastor David is that Pastor Michael is very sick and under much persecution.  From personal experience in working with this pastor I wanted you all to know he is a great example of the shepherd caring for flock.  He continually rises early to tend to his fields and work, works with the people throughout the day and late into the night ministering, praying for and waging war with the spiritual forces in the area.  I was extremely impressed with the hardworking humble spirit about him.  Please make it a matter of prayer to specifically prayer for Pastor Michael Ilbert Leblanc, his family and the church there in this village.  Pray for his complete healing, renewed strength and for the Lord to encamp and place a hedge around him.

Prayer Update For Haiti!

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- The death toll this morning rose to at least 1,344 in the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has sickened almost 57,000 people, the Haitian government said Monday.
This information came as international health officials predicted that the scale of Haiti's cholera epidemic will exceed initial estimates of 200,000 over coming months.
"Having seen how the bacteria is behaving in this environment with these people, having seen just how poor and how hungry the people are, we know we have to revise our numbers up," said Nyka Alexander, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization, in a phone call with CNN.
Health workers say the Haitian population lacks immunity to cholera and Haitian medical workers lack experience treating the infection because the bacterium has not been detected on the island in more than a century.

With the violence spreading across Haiti and the impoverished country's weak health and sanitation systems are only compounding the problem. The perfect storm for cholera in Haiti. "Another factor why this epidemic has spread as far as it has and why it will continue to spread, is dirty water, poor sanitation, no toilets, malnutrition and poor access to health centers," Alexander said. "People have to walk five hours to a health center and if you have diarrhea you're not going to make it."

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE! CHOLERA OUTBREAK!

I know I have asked for prayer earlier this month regarding cholera epidemic sweeping through the populace.  Now there are at least 1,200 Haitians that have already died from the bacterial disease and there are more than 19,500 cases countrywide, according to the Ministry of Health.  As the mortality rate for cholera patients edged up from 7 percent to more than 9 percent in recent days, graves on the outskirts of the capital were being filled with multiple white body bags near where the earthquake victims were buried.  Some relief that had been held up has been released to help with this outbreak.  However, with 1.5 million people still homeless after the quake, plus an ongoing cholera epidemic this nation and the people really need our prayers.  I am asking you to really make it a mater of prayer.

Tropical Storm or Hurrican Tomas Approaching Haiti

Within the next 4 to 6 hours this storm is going to hit Haiti.  Please pray for the people throughout the nation.  Many people are still living in tent cities and makeshift shelters that will not take the wind and deluge of rain.  This will most likely effect the entire nation.  With this storm approaching a nation hit by the earthquake several months ago and now the Cholera epidemic the situation could worsen without the hand of the Lord making a difference in the nation and the people.