Monday, December 14, 2009

Ronid. 



can't get a picture of her to load now.  some of you know of her from last year.   Ronid has been forced to leave school, and the city of St. Marc, for her own safety.   Her mother has been accused of murdering a neighbor's baby, and the family has sworn vengeance.   For her safety, her father in law, Antonio, has taken Ronid and her two step brothers to the village out in the provice for protection.   As these things go, often times it is not as bad as it first appears, and I pray it is not this time, but the more we find out, it seems like it get's worse.   Her mother and father in law, have both apparently admitted to the judge that they are in voodoo, and that has fueled the desire for revenge from the dead baby's family.   Antonio has been released from his employment at the school, as we don't need people coming to school for their vengeance.  He has been given severance pay, and is, as stated, going to the village for safety.  There is a very real chance that Ronid may not return to school for the rest of the year, if at all.   If Antonio can't find a job, then they will live by subsistence farming in the village, and with no school there, there is a real chance she may never attend school again.   Life here is so fragile, one bad turn and whatever good you have built up vanishes and you are back to square one.   It is a real struggle for families to attain any sort of reasonable living standard, and things like this, with the associated legal costs (judges here accept bribes from both sides to decide the outcome of cases, so if you don't pay, you family member can be sent to prison for a long time.   Or, in a Haitian prison, a short time)  it is easy to fall back into a hole you can't climb out of.   It is hard to see how God works at these times, but my faith tells me He does work, and all I can do is trust Him.   I will pray for Ronid and her family, that all will come to know Jesus, and for their safety.   I hope you can also.  

Dieu benis ou

Dan Joshu