Hi Everyone,
We had the great pleasure of meeting with the Kiwanis of Upper Allen again tonight over dinner. We presented information about Pestel and some of the specific needs, including clean water, health, and education.
The Kiwanis group has graciously added Haiti Medical into this upcoming year's budget!!! What a huge encouragement to again see others responding with God's compassion.
("Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.")
ALSO, an individual member has pledged $600 annually!!! These funds will in part be used to cover the educational needs of four children (see Alfred's Story on the website). We are SO thrilled and encouraged and overwhelmed by this generosity. Jen was saying on the way home that this gift changed Alfred's story from one of sadness to one of joy and the promise of God's provision. How awesome to play a small part in that! And what a great gift to Alfred and his family.
A few other notes:
Pray that the hurricane, Hanna, would be moved off of Haiti (click here to read an article on
weather.com about how it is affecting Haiti). It is lingering there...and as you probably know Gustav recently went through as well. (BTW, in the satellite photo of Hanna to the right Haiti is "buried" underneath and has been for the past 24 hours).
Sister Fidelis was to come to the US last week but her plane has been repeatedly delayed by the storms. I know she has been looking forward to this trip.
The teachers of Toma Elli (see the story on Toma Elli by clicking here and scrolling down) approached Sister Fidelis about the possibility of constructing some benches for school. The cost is $20 per bench. They will need about 20-30 benches. Please let me know if you are interested in helping to building these! By giving $20 you could provide seating for several children. I've been very impressed by the self-sacrificial dedication of the teachers of Toma Elli who work with minimal-to-no pay.
More later :)
Ben
We had the great pleasure of meeting with the Kiwanis of Upper Allen again tonight over dinner. We presented information about Pestel and some of the specific needs, including clean water, health, and education.
The Kiwanis group has graciously added Haiti Medical into this upcoming year's budget!!! What a huge encouragement to again see others responding with God's compassion.
("Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.")
ALSO, an individual member has pledged $600 annually!!! These funds will in part be used to cover the educational needs of four children (see Alfred's Story on the website). We are SO thrilled and encouraged and overwhelmed by this generosity. Jen was saying on the way home that this gift changed Alfred's story from one of sadness to one of joy and the promise of God's provision. How awesome to play a small part in that! And what a great gift to Alfred and his family.
A few other notes:
Pray that the hurricane, Hanna, would be moved off of Haiti (click here to read an article on
weather.com about how it is affecting Haiti). It is lingering there...and as you probably know Gustav recently went through as well. (BTW, in the satellite photo of Hanna to the right Haiti is "buried" underneath and has been for the past 24 hours).Sister Fidelis was to come to the US last week but her plane has been repeatedly delayed by the storms. I know she has been looking forward to this trip.
The teachers of Toma Elli (see the story on Toma Elli by clicking here and scrolling down) approached Sister Fidelis about the possibility of constructing some benches for school. The cost is $20 per bench. They will need about 20-30 benches. Please let me know if you are interested in helping to building these! By giving $20 you could provide seating for several children. I've been very impressed by the self-sacrificial dedication of the teachers of Toma Elli who work with minimal-to-no pay.
More later :)
Ben
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