Prayer Needed!

A couple of prayer points:

• Buckets. So I mentioned a few posts ago that we had gotten the government to streamline the paper process. While this is true, it is still just one step in the process. The government accepts our paperwork, and then still sits on the containers. Like many third-world countries, one of the hallmarks of bureaucracy here is the bribe system, and we have already paid out almost $60,000 in bribes alone to various government officials. We received a letter today from one of our shipping companies that if we do not also have the rest of their containers empty by the end of next week, they will destroy the contents. Please please please pray that the government will release the containers filled with Buckets of Hope. Pray that God will reach out and grab and change the hearts of those who are essentially stealing from Him. Pray for those who are in desperate need of provisions, especially in light of the next prayer point...
• We have another storm system, yet unnamed, forming off of the coast of South America. Most projected paths have it coming straight over the island of Hispanola. Since you guys prayed Gaston away, I figure you can disperse this one as well. :) Almost a million people still live in tents here in the Port-au-Prince area. Many of them do not have to, but they have learned that if they stay in the tents, relief agencies will provide for them. In fact, some only come to the tents when they hear that food is coming.  For these people, a storm might actually push them back to self-reliance, which is needed. But for more people, the tents are their only option. For them, a major storm would be even more life-threatening than normal. There are no hurricane shelters here. Please pray that the storm will not cause lethal damage here in Haiti. Pray that those people who are taking advantage of the system will return home and allow relief to flow to those who so desperately need it. Pray especially for the children, who have no choice about where they go.

You can track the storm here: http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201092_model.html

And this is the reason we do what we do and pray what we pray: