a call to prayer

Have you ever asked others to pray for you as you were going through a scary or uncertain time in your life? Have you ever interceded on behalf of someone a great distance away that you did not know?
Here is your opportunity.
We are asking you to pray for the ladies in Heartline's Prenatal Program.


Prayer is no small thing. For each of these women we know that intersession is powerful and that God must work on their behalf. Some of our younger first time moms have suffered from abuse and/or rape.  They have trauma to process in addition to the challenges of the pregnancy. The odds are against pregnant women in Haiti. The vast majority of the pregnancies are considered "high risk".  As you likely know, the maternal death rate is very high in Haiti as is the infant mortality rate. Every healthy birth at our maternity center is a miracle given the obstacles the women must overcome. 


Thank you for lifting up the women and their soon-to-be-born babies to the only One who knows their every need. Thank you for praying for all of the Heartline staff (pictured at end of this post) as we discern how to best come along side and encourage the women in our programs. We ask you to pray for unusual wisdom in every delivery.

                                      

Rosena

first baby

Due May 29

22 years old

Walnise 

Due June 24

24 years old, first baby
Walnise is in the sewing program and lives in a resettlement camp due
to losing her home in the earthquake

Jeronie 
age 29
Due July 1st
6th pregnancy, has 3 living children, one child died at birth

Anicia

38 years old 

Due July 12

7th pregnancy, 3 living children

LamiGuerline

Due July 13

32 years old, one living child, third pregnancy

GUERDA I.

Due July 16  ~ 30 years old
2 living children, this is her 4th pregnancy

Olguine
 38 years old

Due July 23

Second pregnancy, first child died was delivered in the post earthquake
chaos at the field hospital but that child died at18 months of age in 2011

Elienne

Due July 27

29 years old, first baby

Loveandstar
17 years old, first child due July 30

KETIA L

Due August 4 with first child 23 years old

Rebecca - 15 years old
Due August 6
Rebecca has been through a lot and needs your prayers

Dani
 age 27

two living children, third pregnancy

Due August 12

 EDNA
Due Sept. 3
31 years old, second child (first is 11 years old)

WISLENE 

45 years old

Sixth child due September 3 - 5 living children

 SHEDLYNE
Due Sept 11, 23 years old, first baby

NADEGE
Due Sept 13th with second baby
21 years old, father of her children passed away in January '12

LUMANA
25 years old - Due in September with second child

Mirlande 
34 years old ~ in the sewing program too

Due Sept 19

First pregnancy ended in miscarriage, this is her second pregnancy

 STEPHANIE 
19 years old

Due September 24 with first baby

Marie 

16 years old, due September with first child

has support of her mother and boyfriend

Fifi

Due September 30
31 years old, works next door to the Maternity Center
First Baby

 GIDETTE

25 years old, first baby Due Oct 6

 KETTYA

25 years old, first baby, due October 22

JESULA

31 years old

Due October 25th 

1 child living, 2 losses

Stephanie E.
Due November 6
19 years old, first baby

Fedna
24 years old, Due November 16

 Cenline
17 years old, due November 23 with first baby

Natalie V.
Due November 25 ~ 28 years old
fourth pregnancy - two living kids

 Suze
17 years old, Due November 25 with first child

Nephthale
19 years old, Due December 1 with first child


Froenceska Due Nov
Bedline Due Nov
Rosita Due Dec 5
Ginette Due Dec 12
Fabienne Due Dec 12
Dada Due Dec 24
Menchica Due Jan 20
Christiana Due Jan 20
Quindra Due Jan 24
Rosena M. Due date TBD

If you are willing to choose one or two of these ladies to pray for, we would be so grateful.  We'll update this post periodically and re-post it with new ladies that have joined the program. As women deliver, the ladies due the soonest will move toward the top of the post. We'll try to keep you informed as each woman delivers or has specific prayer needs.

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We are very blessed to have a committed full-time staff and shorter-term volunteers that come in to help throughout the year. If you would like to pray for the staff by name below are faces of full-time staff.  

Beth McHoul

Melissa Curtice

Agathe Augustin

Dr. Jen Halverson
Jen is our Medical Director. She consults from USA when not in Haiti.

Winifred Louis (left) 

Tara Livesay

Cherline (right) (with Agathe)