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 Haiti Earthquake
Manna Global Ministries is directing relief efforts in Haiti today. Since 1988, the Lord has strategically planted Manna in Haiti for ‘such a time as this’. As media attention is lessening; the needs in Haiti are increasing. The response from the Body of Christ has been overwhelming. Our prayer is that we will be the hands and feet of Jesus during this time. - Real time updates can be found below and on Manna's blog.
- Donations can be made online through PayPal (click here) or mailed to MGM, PO Box 2993, Clarksville, IN 47131 (
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). 100% of all donations will go directly to the Haitian people/relief.
- If interested in joining a disaster relief team, please contact Laura Beth.
On-Ground Updates: February 25, 2010 Relief efforts are still in full force. Curt Wasmer recently sent the following report from his experience with Manna in Haiti. Curt presented this PowerPoint to his local church upon returning. February 06, 2010
As with the past three weeks, we have seen God move in amazing ways on many fronts. Manna’s first two teams have come and gone and the third team arrived today in Port au Prince. We were also blessed to have Bill Moxon arrive this week to step in and fill the role as team leader while Brian took a much needed break. Bill and his family have an amazing history with Manna and were one of the first missionaries in Haiti under Manna back in the late 80’s through mid 1990’s. Their hearts and service to the Lord is reflected in the many people that served with them. We are so thankful for Bill coming to help and for Darla and his beautiful daughters in supporting him in this endeavor with us.
The new Manna team will continue to help Roberta at her orphanage in Port au Prince, along with assisting with providing much needed food distribution and encouragement through the local churches in Port au Prince. With our partners at One5 Foundation and Estes Church of Christ, we are also continuing to provide medical supplies, medicine and small medical teams to Haitian Community Hospital (HCH) where help is still desperately needed. Monday will be our last food and supplies run over the border for a couple of weeks while Brian visits Cap Haitian/Lagosette to assess the situation there, and Norm and crew return to Rio San Juan to regroup. As of today, Manna has been blessed to be able to transport almost 60,000 lbs of food, tents, medicine, medical and general supplies. These supplies have made their way to orphanages, hospitals and local churches in and around Port au Prince where we have seen them distributed and utilized firsthand. We have had so many amazing people step up and come help us in this venture in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. We have been blessed to rekindle old friendships and strengthen new ones through all of this. Without all of the volunteers in Haiti/DR and the US, none of this would have been possible. Thank you to everyone who has helped us and the Haitian people.
After this latest team leaves Haiti on February 10th, the MGM team will immediately meet in Florida or the DR to pray and discuss how to continue the relief efforts in Haiti. Many of you have been so amazing in wanting to donate your time to come visit. Please be patient with us as we assess how to best move forward to continuing to utilize teams from the US to help the Haitian people. Laura Beth and Monica will be in touch with you all soon to make sure we communicate our needs both on the ground and in the US.
Thank you for your prayers and support during this challenging, but hopeful time in Haiti.
January 30, 2010 Brad Gautney, along with Mark Gibson and Danny Beard, made it into Santo Domingo and into PAP on Thursday, January 28. The Manna team transported 13,000 lbs of food and medical supplies for transportation today and will transport 7,000 on Monday. To date, Manna has directly transported over 40,000 lbs of food, water, fuel and medical supplies to our partners in Port au Prince. We are involved in the direct distribution and utilization of these goods. Yesterday, we met with some leaders and pastors in the community and we will also begin distributing through them to meet the needs of the Haitians.
January 27, 2010 Port-Au-Prince, Haiti via Brad & Monica Gautney It truly has been amazing to see God’s hand at work these past 2 weeks in Haiti. In the face of a horrible tragedy, the Manna team found themselves among the most amazing people on the ground in hospitals, orphanages and even an airplane piloted by a Moroccan pilot adamant to get us into PAP despite not having clearance to do so! From the first moment Manna committed to traveling to Haiti, the prayers, support and encouragement passed on to us has continued to carry us through this challenging time. We thank you for that.
 The Manna team that God brought together for this was amazing. We went in on faith knowing the Lord would direct our steps in how to best serve Him and the people of Haiti. And man, did HE deliver! Once landing in Port au Prince (PAP), the team immediately set out to find a standing hospital in which to serve. All hospitals that we were familiar with had been destroyed, thus we began our search for other clinics in hopes to find one to work with. Upon driving in downtown PAP, we found an area that had been set up for people who had been displaced from the earthquake and immediately saw several people that needed critical medical attention. While starting to assist an injured woman, we had an American man come over to us. We immediately recognized him as a surgeon that Holly had met a year ago in the Dominican Republic. He asked us if we had a place to serve yet and directed us toward the Haitian Community Hospital (HCH) in downtown PAP. We loaded up our truck with people needing medical attention and an hour later found ourselves among hundreds of critically injured people at HCH where we were able to set up a triage and immediately began assessing and treating people for the next 10 days.
At the same time the team was at work in PAP, the rest of the Manna team was mobilizing and working in the DR and the US. Norm coordinated shipments of supplies to cross the border into Haiti on a regular basis. Those runs are now being carried out three times a week with each one transporting over 7000 lbs. of food and supplies. We have been blessed to have numerous volunteers come down and help us in both Haiti and the DR to insure the work Manna is doing continues to have an impact in the lives of the Haitian people.
Our initial focus was meeting the acute needs of the people on the ground and forming a sustainable network in Haiti to continue the work. We are now moving into our long term efforts in order to continue to provide much needed assistance on various levels. We are fortunate that we have been able to partner with several other individuals and organizations to further facilitate this endeavor. Moving forward, the majority of our efforts will continue to consist of the following:
* Continue to routinely transport much needed food and medical supplies into Haiti * Provide medical resources to HCH and local churches to care for the people * Continue to partner with trusted individuals, local churches and organizations * We have already organized teams to come in to assist and will continue to do so to address specific needs * We are aware that people are leaving PAP and traveling to other parts of the country. Because of our relationships in the Cap Haitian area, we will also be assessing and meeting the needs of the displaced people there as we are able
People continue to ask us what stands out in our minds over the past two weeks. If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be “HOPE”. We serve a loving God that provides hope in the midst of tragedy. The presence of God has been so evident in the people that have committed to share His light, which includes the incredible Haitian people living through this tragedy.
We look forward to keeping you updated and partnering with you in this endeavor as the Lord leads.
In Him, Brad and Monica Gautney for the Manna team |
