Orphan relief and rescue update

We are entering a new phase of our work in Haiti. Everywhere the team goes, they encounter numbers upon numbers of children wandering around – lost, vulnerable, hurting emotionally and physically, not knowing where to go or who to turn to. The refugee camps are ‘tough places’. We're going to create a transitional Orphan Village in Croix de Boquets for orphaned and displaced children. The purpose – to care for them while we work out their future. For some, they might be re-connected with relatives. For others, they might stay with the church family, and for others – we will need to build homes for them in Haiti. This village will also include newly widowed mom’s with children who need help for their kids for a time. We don’t know how many we’ll encounter, and feel this will be significant.

What can you do? A lot! Immediately, we need to get tents, mats, generators, more food, water and medical supplies to Croix for all of these children. Right now, that means we need funds to purchase them. Please Please give generously to our Haiti Relief Fund – 100% will go to this. In the next weeks and months we'll need clinicians and people who love kids to go and care at this village – we'll post more about this in the weeks ahead. We’ll have specific supply needs and will look to churches and groups to be able to fill containers with needed supplies that we’ll ship – more later on this.

And, please keep praying – it is impossible to overestimate the power of your prayers for these children and our team!