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Posted on 01.13.2010
Like all of you, we here at The Shepherd’s Crook are reeling as we try to absorb the immensity of the tragedy unfolding in Haiti in the wake of yesterday’s earthquake. And like all of you, we have been trying to figure out how we can do something—anything—to help the people down there. Some of you may remember that we are currently involved in a project in northwest Haiti, one in which our Rehab Team and some friends of the ministry are helping in the design and set-up of a new facility dedicated to meeting the needs of special-needs orphans. (As a side note, this project is now temporarily on hold, as our contacts in Haiti wrestle with the more pressing problem of providing humanitarian aid to the afflicted in and around Port au Prince.) Through our affiliation with this missions organization in Haiti, called Northwest Haiti Christian Missions (NWHCM), we have the means for all of you to provide some much-needed assistance down there. NWHCM’s orphanage is located about a hundred miles north of the earthquake’s epicenter, and thus suffered no damage or injuries. But all of Haiti has been affected by this disaster, and the needs throughout the country are staggering. The director of NWHCM reports that there are many, many people literally dying outside the gates of various missions sites because of the lack of medical care and supplies to treat their injuries. NWHCM is assembling a medical team to send into the areas that were hit, and they will be taking as many medical supplies as they can, but they need money immediately to purchase these items.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The suffering in this impoverished land now is almost unimaginable. The people of Haiti desperately need our help, and the best way for most of us to do so, tangibly, is through financial assistance. Would you please consider helping. We have a Haiti Earthquake Relief account set up, and we will be sending anything that comes in on to NWHCM. Would you please consider helping with this project. Donations can be made online through our donations page, or checks can be mailed to our regular mailing address (P.O. Box 773, West Chester, Ohio, 45071). All donations toward this need should be designated for “Haiti Earthquake Relief.” And please join us in praying for the people of Haiti, and especially for the children. We are certain that many more children have been orphaned as a result of this tragedy, and the devastating effects of this disaster will take months, if not years, to overcome.
Whenever everyone is able, once again, to focus on the project that TSC and NWHCM have already started for the special needs children in Haiti, we will keep you posted on it as it unfolds. For now, though, we all need to join together and reach out to the desperate people of Haiti, through our fervent prayers and sacrificial financial support.