Nancy writes:

Greetings PRAYING friends –

Just a few things to share with you this evening.  All this information came from my conversation with Pastor Beril’s son Adony, who lives in Pittsburgh.

As I shared the other day, I was able to put time on 2 of Beril’s phones and 1 of Ossmine’s at a local Haitian market here in West Palm.  Adony said he had a wonderful, long conversation with his sister Ossmine.  She was excited and told him that when she checked her phone at one time, all of a sudden there was all these minutes available.  She told Adony it must be some sort of humanitarian aid to the quake victims.  Adony laughed and told her it was ‘Nancy Aid’!!!! 

Adony told me the following –

·         Pastor Beril still has some water available from the cistern in his back yard.  Food is dwindling but some local ‘markets’ have some supplies and of course the black market is jacking up prices.

·         Pastor Beril’s church is OK but the 3^rd floor children’s church area was damaged and some walls are cracked.

·         He has been busy performing funerals.

·         The church in Cote de Fer was destroyed.  This is much cause for concern because Cote de Fer is not that far from Gode’, Doriol, Cupidon, Lubin, and Laval.  We had no idea the earthquake had reached THIS far out from Carrefour.

·         Also,  one of the churches on La Gonave (the island) was heavily damaged but Adony did not know which one.

PRAY, dear friends, PRAY as you never have for the hundreds of thousands of desperate Haitians.

The earthquake has had an overwhelming affect on Grace Mission churches.  The people in our church communities have been hit hard.  We will be responding quickly and will be looking to long-term recovery as we address their needs.  The needs in the Grace Mission communities will be considerable. While the large relief agencies may be able to help with some of the human needs, they do not usually fund church and school reconstruction nor are they in this for the long-term recovery.

We have established the GMTH Earthquake Recovery Fund and are requesting donations from our supporters.   Donations can be made to GMTH with the notation ERF and sent to Grace Mission to Haiti, PO Box 211025, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33421 or through JustGive here or on our website,  [1] www.gracemissionpage.org.  

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We would also appreciate any appeals for this fund that can be made in your local churches.