[Chuck Ford]

Is there a possability of sending teams to help rebuild in Haiti?

[Terry Major]

I am hoping that Pastor Andre will be able to give me/us more information soon about work teams going to Haiti.  Lord willing, I hope to go this fall and do some preliminary work in organizing work teams for rebuilding the Mariani church (that we were hoping to put the roof on in January).  The rainy season starts soon and summer is pretty hot, so unsure whether now is a good time to go - hopefully will get some answers from Pastor Andre soon.
 
thanks for asking, and keep checking back.    Terry
 

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Dear Pastor Terry and Mrs. Marthal

 

A work team for building the church in Mariani will be a good idea for the fall, for with the rainy season and the lack of building to receive them will not be a good idea to send them right now.  We need to first repair the Mission house in order to welcome our friends who will come to help us with the repairing my house which is at the same time the Mission house where we lodge the foreign Christian workers who come to help us here.  I just sent you an e-mail about the sharing of the food from the container and the repair of that house.

 

Thank you very much for your love and care for the Haitian churches and people

 

May the Lord bless you,

 

Andre and Ghislaine

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Dear Bro Ford

 

Thank you for your love and your concerns for the people in needs in Haiti.  Concerning sending  work teams to Haiti is not possible we repair my home which is at the same time, the Mission house where we lodge the work teams who will not have to spend the money they will bring to do Christian work in hotels.  I already answered this question in this past March newsletter I sent in the website icahaiti@googlegroups.  I would like you to subscribe to it so that you may receive any information I will send through it.  Here is below that newsletter I sent:

 

 Newsletter of March 2010

 

Dear Partners and Beloved in Christ

 

We thank you all for your love and concerns about the calamities in which the earthquake of January 12 put the Haitian people.  Indeed, the suffering is really great.  But in the midst of all the anguishes, the Lord shows mercy:  The Pierceville Federated Church in Pierceville, Kansas sent us a container, 10 feet, full of food: rice, beans, cornmeal, cooking oil, bulgur, oatmeals, boxes of tuna fish, etc.  We took it out of customs on Saturday March 20^th.  We were so happy to share the food with 12 churches: Aussinette, Brahobe, Carrefour, Carrefour-Dufort, Corail-Lemaire, Corail-Pere, Decouze, Fauche, Grand-Goave, Leogane, Mariani, Nan Bassin.  It was a blessing for these people who had the chance to get some food.  Thanks to the senders and to Jesus!  But we are unable to give anything yet to most of our church peoples who keep at knocking at our door for food.  We pray that other groups may be able to send us more helps consisting in food, tents to lodge people who sleeping barely on the streets and home yards.  These are our short-term needs. 

 

We also have other needs to build collapsed churches and schools.  I would suggest that any church or group who wants to help with these problems to choose a sister church or school to help build or repair.  But now our priority is to repair the Mission house which we used to keep the foreign missionaries who used to come here whether to visit us, or to work for the mission, i,e. to build churches, schools, benches, etc.  According to the engineer the building which measures 230 square meters (m2)  and has 25 posts will costs US $ 46,000 ($ 200X230 m2) and $ 1,000 ($ 40X25) for materials and labor, and 10% of unpredictable expenses that will be about $ 4, 700.  

 

The repair of the Mission house will cost approximately 51,700 US dollars.  It is a big compound that can lodge many guests, mainly helpers who will come to help us.  In fact, we are waiting for repairing that place before we can welcome those who would like to come to help rebuild the collapsed and damaged churches and schools here.

We know this cannot be the job of only one person or group.  But with the help of many people, it can be done. 

 

Any church who want to support this project may sent its donation directly to ICA/Lynx Air/PAP, P. O. Box 407139, Fort-Lauderdale, FL 33340,

 

Individuals who want receipts for tax deduction may send their donations with the designation ICA/Mission house repair to D M Stearns Missionary Fund, P. 0. Box 1578, North Wales, PA 19454.

 

May the Lord bless you in Jesus’ Name.

 

Fraternally yours in Jesus

 

Andre J. Louis