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In about 5 days our third team for the year will be leaving for Haiti. We have many plans underway though we are only a team of 10 but the expectations are high. Half of the team will be going for the first time that will combine with the experience of the other half to better serve the people of Haiti.
Before I go into details of what is to come, let me first of all thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers for my wife Joanne who had a long but successful surgery. She is now undergoing rehabilitation and is expecting to continue receiving care for another week. She has expressed words of gratitude and we are both grateful for having such a large family of faith behind us during this time.
First the good news! Today marked the first day that American Airlines resumes their flights into Port-Au-Prince, Haiti since the devastating earthquake and for our February team, that means we will not have to go through the Dominican Republic to reach Haiti. Hallelujah!
The people of Haiti are waiting with great anticipation for the arrival of our team. We will share our team expertise with both the soccer field where the refugees are, and the surrounding villages, to bring much needed medical care, food distribution, and words of comfort for such a time as this. Many have you have sowed money and medical supplies that was supposed to go with us on our cancelled January trip, and we are very excited to have them and put them to good use this February. Your prayers for the team will be greatly appreciated while we prepare and serve the Haitian people.
There are other exciting things going on right now!
It is with great joy that BEM and HELO announce the opening of our second orphanage to provide Home, Education, Love, and Opportunity for almost a dozen new children! This part of the ministry can only be successful if you pray and support HELO ministry financially. For $80 a month, you can fully sponsor a child and provide them a loving home, food and education for an entire month. Please visit the HELO web site for more information. This is what I call a life-changing ministry. You can make a difference by making a decision to help today. Thank you.
Another exciting thing going on right now is the first BEM container currently being filled with much needed supplies to be shipped directly to Les Cayes, Haiti, via the Dominican Republic. This project is nothing short of a community affair. It is the involvement of virtually everyone. Jazz'd4Life has been working tirelessly day and night to make this project a reality. Another local business who have made this project possible is Maplewood Self Storage who have provided free storage for all items donated and collected. Locally, schools like Lyman Hall High of Wallingford and Casimir Pulaski Elementary School of Meriden worked fervently to collect medicine and cash to help our cause. These acts of love will be in the hearts of these students for many years to come. Statewide, there has been the participation of organizations and individuals from various towns throughout Connecticut and beyond who organized groups to collect items such as clothes, water, non-perishable food, and medicine to be shipped in the container. We are also extremely grateful for the Lord's provision of a diesel generator that will be put to use in our largest school in Les Cayes. At this point in order for the container to leave, we need your participation in helping us load it. Saturday February 20th, we will begin loading the container at Maplewood Self Storage, located at 929 North Main Street Ext in Wallingford. Your presence will be a source of encouragement to all of us.
Les Cayes General Hospital continues to receive help from BEM. Medicine continues to come from different groups which lifted the heavy burden on the local physicians. Please continue to pray, continue to support us financially, so we can continue to help in this time of need. We are extremely excited to, not only, say to someone in need "God Bless you." but in addition we are dedicated to meet their physical needs as much as we can. Please remember your support is the wind in our sail which allows us to do everything we've been doing.
God Bless,
