Shad St. Louis returned from Haiti with a frenzied passion to return over Spring Break to do more for his village. He and his cousin were the first people to get there with assistance, and they are less than 15 miles from where the earthquake hit! He purchased and distributed hundreds of bags of drinking water and bags of rice or noodles for everyone, who still do not have any clean water.
The devastation was worse than he envisioned; he didn't recognize his town! He has created an 8 minute video clip that he would be happy to share with us if we are interested in viewing. If not, he does want to extend his thanks to us for our support, and the Church community in Haiti was overflowing with appreciation to us.
They wrote thank you signs on cardboard as a means to express their gratitude to us! I hope to show the video to the group involved in the Rock-A-Thon, but wasn't sure if we should go bigger than that?
Along the same lines, Shad plans to send large totes by plane or boat to provide clothing. I am thinking that we can encourage our Church community to host a "Spring Closet Cleaning" event where we can donate clothes to this effort. It will be a very quick initiative, as he hopes to be able to send it by mid-March.
Friends, what can we do. If you would like to be part of this effort, please let Jeff know immediately and we will have a planning meeting this next week. Here's a way we can make a difference, and maybe even see our mission efforts first hand.
Jeff
All at Once
3 years ago
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