As he walked along, he got a phone call from a foreign number. The voice on the line said, "God has spared your life for a purpose and never forget that." To this day, Sammy is not sure who called him. But he realizes that that is not the important thing - what is important is that he knows that God spared his life for a purpose.
First Summary of Losses to our partners:
CrossWorld partners with the UEBH (an association of Haitian churches), with a national seminary (STEP) and other institutions. These are our friends and colleagues. A preliminary report of losses was released this week:
- UEBH church members - 76 died; 32 injured
- Members homes damaged or destroyed - 428
- College Maranatha - 3 died; 11 injured; 27 homes destroyed; 41 houses damaged
- Printshop - structural damage; 2 died
- Seminary (STEP) - 1 building destroyed; 6 houses destroyed; 14 houses damaged; 1 died
- UEBH Headquarters - destroyed
- Deployed 4 first responders to Haiti and established a plan, now in place for next wave
- Purchased and distributed supplies for 4000+ internal displaced persons (IDPs) on seminary campus
- Facilitated Samaritan's Purse installation of water purification system
- Facilitated three teams of medical professionals to three locations
- Set up structures for IDP camp of 4000+ people: sanitation, security, shelter
- Coordinated incoming supplies from north Haiti and Dominican Republic
- Provided a truck and a generator for electricity
- Recruited an experienced trauma counseling team
- Improved communication systems
- Established liaison with other NGOs and Government networks at airport
- Contracted a professional crisis management group to assess needs and direct relief efforts
- Brought encouragement and spiritual life to scores of hurting people
Previous updates from CrossWorld can be found at http://www.crossworld.org/
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