UPDATE: ESMI President and Wife accosted in Dominican Republic

Update on Pastor Dony and Sharon

Posted Fri, Mar 11, 2011 1:58 pm
We received updated information on Pastor Dony and Sharon that we would like to pass along to you.
If The Lord is willing they are leaving the Dominican Republic today (Friday). Sharon had to go back to the doctor on Thursday due to the pain in her neck where she was struck by the gunman. Dony is doing well, though they are both still quite shaken from the ordeal. He (Dony) did tell us that they are very blessed to be alive and that the material things can be replaced. As they assessed what was lost, it is quite overwhelming.

Dony had stopped over in Miami while on his way home from a mission conference in South Carolina and had packed up the remainder his clothes, mainly his suits and shoes, so he has lost most of his dress clothes. His Bibles (several translations) which included years of notes, sermons and teaching materials. The briefcase that he was carrying was lost as well and it contained files for many of the projects that ESMI is working on.

A more comprehensive list of items that were stolen in the robbery:

• Heavy damage to the car that they were driving, maybe beyond repair
• Dony's medications
• (2) US Blackberry phones and (2) Haitian Blackberry phones
• (2) Laptop computers
• (1) iPad
• Sharon's purse with cash and credit cards
• Dony's wallet with cash and credit cards (This included cash for repairs on the vehicle that was stolen and purchase of items for their new home $5,000 +)
• Clothes that Sharon had packed for travel

If you or your church would like to assist our the St.Germains in replacing these items, you can send your checks to:

El Shaddai Ministries International
P.O. Box 811000
Boca Raton, FL. 33486
Mark your check: Replacing Ministry Supplies

You can also donate from our website at:

http://www.esmihome.org/site.php/donate/sponsor_a_project1/
Under the project name please include Replacing Ministry Supplies

After this terrifying ordeal our dear friends are blessed to not be in worse shape. The Hand of The Almighty was surely upon them. Last night in his normal fashion Pastor Dony closed a conversation by saying, "...tomorrow we go back to work."