Responding to Haiti

The Haiti earthquake has been heartbreaking for us here, especially with so many in our church with relatives there. The sister of one of our members was crushed under her home, and died a little while later.

Here's how we can respond-
1. Pray- for relief, workers, supplies, comfort, salvations- there are no end of things to pray for.
2. Give- the Convoy of Hope, a large Assemblies of God charity formed to respond to crises like these, is the best option there. They have a program which was feeding 7,000 people a day before the quake, and the huge food warehouse was restocked right before the quake, by the hand of God. In the first week after the quake, they already handed out 290,000 meals, and their work is accelerating now. Your money goes much further with them, as they do not have to hire new workers (they have staffers and local church people volunteering), and they are using existing church and warehouse space (instead of renting space like other charities). They also will share and minister Christ to the people, which will not happen with secular charities. Convoy (www.convoyofhope.org) works with the 66,000 plus AG members and 270 churches which are already on the ground. I already gave online to them, and encourage you to do so too, if you haven't yet.
3. Go- as you may know, our 2010 missions trip is scheduled for Haiti. I have 50 tickets reserved for us in July. We are hoping to change the emphasis of the trip to relief work. As more details come out of Haiti, we will let you know. But I am sure they will need relief, medical and construction help for a long time.

Keep it all in prayer.