Tuesday, January 19, 2010

CrossWorld News

From the CrossWorld website: www.crossworld.org

We've all seen the images! Images of ... cardboard splints ... ball point pens for tracheotomies ... an ironing board for a stretcher ... a ditch for a grave ... a bottle of rum for disinfectant ... a hack saw with no anesthetic for ... (my wife wouldn't look!). It is what Sunday night's 60 Minutes called "Civil War medicine."

But these may be the fortunate ones - help has arrived for them. Thousands, on the other hand, still remain distant from much needed water and medical attention. There is a gigantic bottleneck - with stuff in the country, but almost impossible conditions hindering it from getting to the people.

There is good news in the midst of it all:

on the seminary campus, all the "high trauma" cases have been moved off campus to make-shift hospitals

Transnational giant Ericsson has arrived, and the cell phones are almost up and running again.
Water is still scarce, but dehydration has been kept to a minimum, though often with a price or with sacrifice. Saturday morning a young man showed up at Phyllis Schmid's door bearing two buckets of water, "Madame David, I hear you are in need of water. I have two buckets of water that I have brought up the hill for you," and he placed the buckets at her feet. Our Crisis Management Team leader shed a tear as he heard of the sacrifice of this man for someone he loved.

As of today there is water in the city water lines near the campus, though it appears to not have returned in other areas. Is this temporary? Will there be enough water for everyone and in time?

Keep praying:
  • For our first USA First Response team member, who gets there today (Tue) and the rest soon thereafter; and for priorities for others who have volunteered to go.
  • For a stable water supply; something which must come from outside the area.
  • For basic medical care for the sick and injured on campus, coming from the airport ten miles away.
  • For a solution to infrastructure problems in the city, which prevents aid from getting to the people. Over 200 flights a day are arriving at the airport with supplies.
  • For our missionaries in north Haiti with refugees already arriving to their homes and schools.

You can give to CrossWorld's Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.

Just Click here and share with those in need.Good News for Canadian Donors: The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will match any donation made by a Canadian individual - to the Haiti relief earthquake efforts. The Gift must be made to a registered Canadian charity like CrossWorld Canada, and given before Feb 12, 2010. Maximum gift per donor is $100,000.

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