Thanks to the Lord!

Both of Ecclesia’s Haitian students, Sony and Bene, have now heard from family members… Everyone is OK!  Thank you for your prayers!

Please continue to pray for Haiti and especially our Christian friends there who are doing all they can to help practically and to minister spiritually in the midst of the devastation. Ecclesia Relief and Development is currently planning to network with other ministries in order to offer what help we can to those in Port-au-Prince who are in immediate need of assistance.

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Please Pray for our Haitian Students

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Please join us in prayer for Bene Molme’s family.  Bene is a student here at Ecclesia and has not yet been able to contact her folks in Haiti.  Another Ecclesia student, Sony Exume, has heard from his family who are all safe.

Below is an email from our friend in ministry, the Director of YWAM Haiti, Terry Snow:

Every 30 minutes to an hour the house rumbled and shook from the after shocks of the earthquake that has divested the capital, Port-au-Prince. It was hard to sleep wondering if you should run, wait or ignore it. All I could think about was the thousands that had no where to sleep in Port-au-Prince 60 miles away from our city, St. Marc.

We were up early to see the video footage and pictures of the Presidential Palace destroyed and so many other buildings we once knew. We feel in some ways as helpless as the victims in Port-au-Prince in regard to the sense of shock and not knowing what to do or where to start. Communications are still down, and the airport is closed for today, so we have decided to send in an observation team to see what connections they can make.

Haiti has no infrastructure, much less a crisis management team. I suspect that PAP is crying even louder this morning as the reality of their situation tumbles on them.

We are thinking through how this impact will affect St. Marc and the population here. Fuel, electric communications, food and construction supplies all route through PAP. Today we are OK, but what about in a few days or week. Where are the refugees going to be going since there is little living space in PAP?

Pray for us and our observation team!

Terry W. Snow
National Director
YWAM Haiti

Ecclesia Relief and Development is currently planning to offer what help we can to those in Port-au-Prince who are in immediate need of assistance.
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