Haiti has been on our minds and in our prayers since the earthquake devastated the capital city Port-au-Prince. The scenes of people suffering on television tear at our hearts. Knowing that so many have died and so many are hurt calls to us to try to be of help. I would like for us to take up a special offering and send it to our denominational resource: The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The Fellowship has launched its response, which will be largely coordinated through CBF field personnel Nancy and Steve James, who serve in the country and are in Port-au-Prince to assess how CBF can respond. Both medical professionals, the Jameses are bringing emergency medical supplies with them and plan to establish a staging area from which the Fellowship’s response will be channeled.
On the web, go to www.thefellowship.info/CBF. The link is on our New Hope web site: www.nhbcpo.org. Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal offered a message to the Fellowship that included four things you can do:
• First you can pray: Prayer requests will be updated regularly on CBF’s web site.
• Second you can give: Your gift will go to earthquake relief.
• Third, you can get involved: If you want to help directly with response efforts, please let us know your skills and experience.
• Fourth, you can stay connected: Read the latest news release, updates on the CBF blog, and connect through CBF's Haiti ministry network's Ning site.
Our prayers are with the people of Haiti and all who are working there to be channels of God’s love by doing work that brings comfort and healing.
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