Going to Haiti: Relief Effort

The Lord has been opening doors for me to go to Haiti! It is my personal conviction to pay my own way back and forth to Haiti and to not be a burden to anyone in Haiti while I am there–Haiti does not need any more burden. Please pray for the team that left Saturday morning (1/16/09) for the D.R. and are driving into Haiti.

However…

I will accept any monetary donation with which I will purchase appropriate medical supplies, generic medicines, soap, tooth brushes, and those types of things. These items will personally accompany me to Haiti and I will see that they get to whoever needs them–no middle man. I will post the receipts on FB for these items as I buy them.

How Can You Donate?

If you do PayPal you can send a donation to Gnuheart@aol.com or you can send a check or money order to me directly. My final request on that issue is that you do it soon.

UPDATES from the HAITI RELIEF TEAM

Wednesday, Jan 20 12:24am– Today team one made their way to a refuge hospital on the Haiti/DR border in the town of Jimani. From the accounts I received the ministry was very good but there remains much more need than there is ability to meet it. There remains only 1 surgeon to treat 200-300 patients and while the physician is overwhelmed, he is incredibly grateful we are there and has given us a full green light to minister to the patients, pray with them and care for them.Increased medical personnel at this hospital would most certainly be welcomed…They said their plan for tomorrow is to meet the mayor of the town, go to the port warehouse and bring the supplies back to the orphanage, and scout the area to see if it will accommodate a base camp for future teams…but this is also a “trip of the unexpected” and “walking by faith.” Before this update could be completed, the team just told me they made contact with a pilot from Miami who has access to other planes and is eager to help in any way. The plan for tomorrow has already changed! The pilot is taking Lonnie and Raul to Leogane which was hit worse than Port-au-Prince, as it was right near the epicenter. There is, according to news reports, a greater need and they are airlifting as much medical supplies as they can there.

DONATIONS TO DATE (*received ~and/or~ anticiapted)
Cash to date: $960.00
Supplies: $500.00 assorted med supplies
Supplies: Case of toothbrushes (value not yet determined)
Total to date: $1,460.00+

PLEASE PRAY FOR HAITI EVERY TIME YOU HERE HER NAME