Dear Thousand Hills friends,
A 7.0 earthquake struck the country of Haiti, leveling buildings, cutting off communications and leaving the world wondering about the state of this poor country. Witnesses said buildings were destroyed and many people injured. The lack of communications is hindering the ability to determine the full extent of damage and destruction.
Convoy of Hope, a relief organization we have worked with before, is establishing an emergency command center just outside the city of Port-au-Prince where food, water and supplies will be distributed to victims of the earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday.
The CoH Haiti country director is on the ground and we are working closely with our partners to check on the children we feed and also to assist victims with immediate needs. Convoy of Hope has a warehouse in Haiti and has food and supplies immediately available to those in need. In the next few days several more containers filled with relief supplies will be prepared and shipped immediately to Haiti.
Initial reports indicate that many buildings, homes and walls toppled under the strain of the earthquake. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Many of its nearly 10 million residents live in abject poverty.
For several years Convoy of Hope has worked in Haiti and currently feeds 7,000 children there each day.
Convoy of Hope Europe representative, Chris Dudley, will be leaving Brussels in the next 24 hours to join the ongoing Disaster Relief efforts on behalf of the European field office.
Would you pray for the victims of this massive earthquake? Your prayers will make a difference in the lives of these precious people who have lost even the few things they had.
Also, would you help this relief effort of Convoy of Hope financially? On Sunday, you can fill out an offering envelope and mark it “Haiti,” and we will transfer your gift to the Convoy of Hope.
You can also wire transfer your gift to Thousand Hills’ bank account, 46.77.76.482. If you want to make a donation from outside of the Netherlands, you can find the international banking info of our church on the following page: http://www.thousandhills.cc/hilversum/category/getting-involved/give/.
Thank you for your love and concern for the children and victims of this devastating earthquake.
I love being your pastor!
Sebastiaan van Wessem
Lead Pastor Thousand Hills International Church