Friday, January 22, 2010

Update on Wings of Hope and St. Joe's

I just read this update:   The Boys from St. Joseph's will be moving to Trinity House (in Jacmel)

From Facebook post:

PRAISE GOD FROM WHO ALL BLESSINGS FLOW! We have a new house for Wings! Not the building next door, but an almost new home up the road about 5-10 minutes. Got a great deal for a year's rent. We will move in enough to sleep tonight and then start making it a home tomorrow.


I received word that Sisters Fidelis and Jo went to Port-au-Prince to help out at Father Rick's hospital.  He was featured recently in an ABC news spot:
Warning:   not an easy video to watch in parts.
This is Father Rick's hospital website:http://saintdamienhospital.wordpress.com/about/


Also, Penn State Hershey now has a webpage for Haiti


This past Wednesday the kids at our church put on an indoor soccer match to raise money for Haiti.  It was probably a 20 minute match or so, and they raised $1000!   
What is fantastic is that the idea came from one of the young boys and he announced it to the Church last Sunday.

I spoke to the Kiwanis group on Tuesday, and it went very well.  Always a great encouragement to me!  Also, I met a gentleman who "happens" to be the district director for Kiwanis.  He wants to meet with me to discuss applying for a grant with Kiwanis International for Pestel!  

Ben
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