The church will be receiving a special offering for Haiti relief to be given through World Relief Corporation.  Learn more at the worship service on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

“… there is a sense of calm… and yet, at the same time, dire need and suffering”
– World Relief’s Stephan Bauman in Port-au-Prince.

World Relief’s Disaster Response team is providing urgent medical care to hundreds of injured people at the Kings Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s devastated capital.

Our team has set up a feeding center in partnership with a local church – providing hot meals for hundreds of hungry earthquake survivors every day.

World Relief Scales Up Aid

In the next few days, World Relief will work with local churches and other partners to set up more feeding centers and distribute urgent non-food items, such as blankets.

Treating the Injured, Comforting the Stricken

World Relief’s Country Director, Dr. Hubert Morquette, has been treating the injured around-the-clock at Kings Hospital – one of the few medical facilities still functioning after Tuesday’s massive earthquake.

“We have treated hundreds of injuries as well as countless open and closed fractures,” Dr. Morquette said today.  “We work all day and late into the night as patients continue to flock to our facility.  We go above and beyond trying to save lives, but at times they succumb to their injuries.

“Please continue to keep us in your prayers as our patients experience both physical and psychological trauma.  My fellow countrymen and women now live on the streets or in their yards, myself included, as we all fear that aftershocks may destroy our homes.  We pray that this fear quickly dissipates.”

The Strength of Haiti’s People

Arriving in the shattered city on Thursday morning, Stephan Bauman, World Relief’s senior vice-president of programs, described the resilience of the Haitian people: “There are dead bodies lying in the street… but late last night I fell asleep to the sound of children singing outside my window.  So there is a sense of calm and peace… and yet, at the same time, dire need and suffering.”

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Now is the time to help Haiti’s suffering people – through the local churches.  Please give generously, as you are able.

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