Help Haiti
Pray for Haiti devastated by a powerful earthquake. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday with terrible results.
American Baptist missionary families serving in Haiti with International Ministries were in the United States at the time.
Steve and Nancy James are returning immediately and the Nzungas are on a planned U.S./Puerto Rico home assignment.
Kristy Engel and Madeline Flores-Lopez, in the Dominican Republic, report that all is well there.
Contributions for Haiti may be sent through BBC marked “One Great Hour of Sharing – Haiti” to provide emergency relief for the Haiti earthquake. $25,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing Funds has been made immediately available by the ABCUSA.
Prayer
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” Ephesians 6:18
Pray for Haiti which was the poorest country in the western hemisphere before this earthquake.
Pray for the people who are struggling to cope without enough basic first aid supplies, water, food, and electricity.
Pray for a swift, significant, and lasting response of the world to this tragedy.
Pray for believers in Haiti to shine forth the love of Christ is this time of desperate need.
Massachusetts has the third largest Haitian population in the United States, between 60,000-70,000 people. We especially want to lift up the four Haiti Churches in the Old Colony Baptist Association who are anxiously awaiting word of friends and family. These churches are: Eglise Baptist Haitienne de Siloe, Brockton Pastor Jephtet Roseme, Eglise Evangelique de L’Union Chretienne, Brockton Rev. Fred Ulysse, New Birth Church in Jesus Christ Primera Igreja Batista, Avon Pastor Jean-Nesley Chery Primera Igreja Batista, Hyannis, Pastor Alvacir Marcondes.
ABC Missionaries - The James Family
“Steve and Nancy James serve in Haiti doing medical work in different clinics under the sponsorship of the Haitian Baptist Convention. They have been commissioned as jointly appointed missionaries, in partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Language used in ministry: French and Haitian Creole.” ABC International Ministries