I know you will be in prayer for the people of Haiti, the missionaries and the emergency workers who will be assisting after the devastating earthquake that struck the country yesterday.
One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) will be getting funds and resources into the country to be distributed by very reliable sources. Please remind your congregation that 100% of the monies given to Haiti through OGHS will go to work in the country. That is a crucial fact in these tough financial times. You can also be sure that funds will be on the way this week .... ahead of our money arriving. Mission Giving Form
If you have questions about how to give through OGHS please contact the Resource Center at 888-290-2229.
Thanks for your ministry and those valuable prayers.
God Bless, Pam Breen
GHC Administrator
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Missionaries safe after HAITI EARTHQUAKE.
Please pray. Please donate now.
A 7 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. with devastating results. (See http://news.bbc.co.uk/ for details.)
American Baptist missionary families serving in Haiti with International Ministries were in the United States at the time. Steve and Nancy James are returning to Haiti immediately and Kihomi Ngwemi and Nzunga Mabudiga are on a planned U.S./Puerto Rico home assignment.
$25,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds will be made immediately available to the Haitian Baptist Convention, IM’s partner in Haiti.
The death toll in affected areas has not yet been determined. International Ministries, along with our HBC partners are conducting an assessment of the crisis. Please check our website regularly for updates. www.internationalministries.org/places/haiti
Haiti, a nation of 9 million people, is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. It is about the size of Maryland and is on the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. IM missionaries in the Dominican Republic are safe and report no damage in their areas.
Pray for Haiti and its people.
Pray for the proper response of the world to this tragedy.
Pray for believers in Haiti to shine forth the love of Christ in this time of desperate need.
Emergency donations can be made on the IM website. Go tohttp://www.internationalministries.org/items/80 or send your check made payable to “One Great Hour of Sharing – Haiti Earthquake Relief” and mail to:
International Ministries P.O. Box 851 Valley Forge, PA 19482