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Haiti – January 25, 2010. Compassion Services International has released another update regarding their efforts in the earthquake stricken nation of Haiti. They are requesting other Apostolic Christians to get involved with prayer, financial support or by taking action and filling out an application to actually join the New Mercy Medical Team. CSI states that without your compassion and financial support they would not be able reach the thousands of hurting, destitute, sick, and unfortunate people. It’s been through your support that has made the difference thus far and will continue to make the difference in the future. Another way to become involved is by clicking the link below and applying to become a member of the New Mercy Medical Team. The most important way we as Apostolic Christians can be involved is by uplifting this country in prayer. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been affected in this region as well as hundreds of thousands of lives in other poverty stricken nations around the world. Missionaries are obeying the great commission given to them by our Lord and taking this Gospel message to all nations. We as brothers and sisters of these great men and women of God should support their work financially but also cover them with our daily prayers. Last week Haiti experienced a 6.0 aftershock leaving fear widespread among the people; more reason for us to support and uplift the missionary work in Haiti.
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January 25, 2010 Update from Compassion Services International
Our CSI SMART team has returned stateside and we are thankful for their safe return. According to their report, all of the national church leaders are safe although there has been some loss of life in the church membership. The full extent we do not know and probably will not have full details for at least the next few weeks. Transportation and communication are both still very limited. Kudos to the SMART team for their improvisation and working with whatever came their way. They truly had to make do in order to get the job done. The main compound outside of Port-au-Prince has some damage and will need repairs. There are other buildings and homes that need some amount repair as well. We will have a better understanding of how much repair is needed in the next few weeks as further assessment is done. Again, this will be slow due to the limited communication and transportation. CSI will launch the first medical team within the week. This will be a small 2-3 man team of paramedics/EMTs going into Haiti via the Dominican Republic and they will set up a medical aid station as well as do some further assessment on continuing medical operations. We are preparing for at least 6 months of continuing medical and recovery operations in Haiti. If you are interested in becoming a part of the CSI teams going into Haiti please fill out the online application and return that to us via regular mail or email. Please note that we need more than just medical people personnel on these teams. We need mechanics, box movers and hard workers! Eventually we will also need builders, brick layers, plumbers and electricians. Please participate.
Our current priorities and objectives are the following:
- Establish a safe and secure staging site in the Dominican Republic
- Secure the main compound in Haiti for use as a forward staging area.
- Distribute immediate medical and humanitarian aid to the Haitian people
- Establish long term medical operations .
- Reconstruction and repair of buildings
Your financial contributions are greatly appreciated as well as donations of supplies. The people of Haiti need our help and support at this time, please join with us as we respond like never before.
Thank you,
Scotty Slaydon
