Earthquake in Haiti
January 13, 2010 by Lorn Gieck
Filed under Events
The following is an update from Darrell Damron, Haiti ARISE Ministries, USA, Vice-President:
Marc and the teams & staff of Haiti ARISE are safe, praise God!
As the 7.0 earthquake struck just 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince at about 5pm today (2pm Washington time), Pastor Marc Honorat, Founder and Director of Haiti ARISE Ministries, called and said, “We’re having an earthquake; pray for us!” Then all communications went down.
All afternoon we prayed and waited to hear from someone on the ground in Haiti to tell us everyone at Haiti ARISE Ministries was ok — at about 7:30pm this evening (Washington time) , I received a call from staff at Haiti ARISE Canada (James Roberts) who said that they had just received an email indicating that Marc and the teams and staff in Haiti are safe. The email was sent from another mission facility that is walking distance from our Haiti ARISE facilities in Grand Goave. Marc and the te am are staying at this mission overnight, sleeping in a school bus since the facility is full of their own mission team and people seeking shelter. But they are all safe!
About 4 hours before the quake hit, a team of 24 volunteers from Nelson, British Columbia, including 17 teenage kids, arrived in Haiti to begin their Haiti ARISE mission trip – little did they know what an opportunity to serve was in store for them!
Haiti ARISE will be providing relief to people in Haiti in the aftermath of this disaster; no doubt our Haiti ARISE team is probably already helping those nearest to them right now. When the sun rises tomorrow, the extent of the damage will be visible, and people in need will turn to Haiti ARISE for help because we’ve been there in the past for them.
Haiti ARISE will be providing food, water, shelter, and care to many in the coming days, weeks, and months.
You can be a part of the relief effort by donating funds to the Haiti ARISE Ministries “Disaster Relief Fund.” Please keep praying for Haiti!
| Send your donation in the US to: Haiti ARISE Ministries “Disaster Relief Fund” PO BOX 609 Montesano, WA 98563 |
Or in Canada to: Haiti ARISE Ministries “Disaster Relief Fund” PO Box 85267, Albert Park PO Calgary, Alberta T2A 7R7 |
| You can also make donations online on our website: | www.haitiarise.org |
some of my friends who work in haiti were also victimized by that terrible earthquake._ i was very thankful that they only suffered minor scratches.