And especially to the following:
1. Steve Miller who traveled with me on my last trip to Haiti. He took some phenomenal photos!
2. The Hershey Medical Center because they are going to produce free calendars for us using Steve's awesome photos! We'll sell the calendars for $15....and every penny will go toward purchasing anti-parasite medications for the kids in Pestel. So $15 will buy medications to cover an additional 120 kids that otherwise would not receive the medications in 2010. That is INCREDIBLE. So if you want to buy a calendar (or put it another way, if you want to give 120 kids anti-parasitic medications to help them grow....worms can consume up to about 25% of a kids nutrition) just let me know. One church will be doing a sign-up sheet, and once the names are collected I'll drop off the calendars. We're expecting the first batch to be printed this Friday.
3. A generous family in Sylvania, Ohio!! They made the first donation to the 2010 health program :)
4. Kiwanis of Upper Allen who recently made a donation, and re-invited us back to give them an update in January
5. Johnny Zook--one of my friends and church-mates (we'd actually been classmates at Messiah College). He is 'cooking up' an idea for drying fruit in Pestel (no pun intended....well, yes it was :) We believe he's found the right setup. Now we'll be working through the logistics and setup. If anyone wants to help either with the design/construction OR the logistical aspects (i.e. how to implement this so that it benefits the community, and not just a single individual etc), please let me know. This is an economic development project.
6. Hanoverdale Church, just down the road from Hershey. They have added the Haiti Project to their church missions budget for the next several years!
7. Medical Students. I met with 20 of them last night to describe the 2010 Haiti Project, and they were VERY enthusiastic. In total about 40 students have signed up to help!! You can see the online sign-up sheet here!!:
8. Slate Hill Mennonite Church--they sell coffee and hot chocolates (fair trade items) at church, and they just announced that all proceeds will now go towards the Slate Hill Haiti Missions Project!! We'll plan to use the funds to help with the economic development projects. A great way to make 'fair trade' stretch even farther!
Boy! If that isn't an exciting way to the end the year!!
"Love came down at Christmas...
Love incarnate, love divine;
Worship we our Jesus..."
Merry Christmas everyone!
Ben
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