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Earthquake Relief Team Blog #1: God Opens Doors and Hearts
March 2, 2010 by Beth
God has confirmed in several ways Twilla’s vision of providing immediate relief to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Many of you may have read Cheron’s email (see below) from Monday of her conviction to step out in faith to trust God in opening our doors for more orphans.
Another confirmation is God’s provision in putting together the travel details and assembling the Relief Team. They are:
Twilla Haynes, MN, RWC, Founder and President of EHIH
Patrick Bussenius, Haiti-born son-in-law of Twilla (his family owns Mont Joli Hotel)
Dr. Randy Rizor, MD, Anesthesiologist and Surgeon, Board Member of EHIH
Dr. Jan Johnston, MD, OB/GYN
Tice Huffman, Construction
Susie Julian, RN
Randy Moore, RN
Julia Staggers, RN and NP student
Each person on this team covets your prayers as they embark on this mission to provide aid and comfort.
Another amazing confirmation is the overwhelming outpouring of financial support to EHIH. It has been a privilege to see God open hearts to give generously to this relief effort. Words cannot describe the ways people have responded with their prayers, funds, encouragement, offers to provide meals, clothes, and spreading the word of this effort to others. A special thank you goes to Greater Atlanta Christian School, North Atlanta Church of Christ, and Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church for their respective efforts in fund raising on behalf of EHIH. The response from these efforts have been amazing.
The Relief Team left Atlanta at 10 AM for the Turks and Caicos Islands (arrival at 1 PM). From there, they will charter a plane to Cap Haitian.
Please check for daily blogs as connections allow.
EMAIL from Cheron Hardy
From: Cheron Hardy
Sent: Mon, January 18, 2010 8:59:49 AM
Subject: SUPPORT NEEDED to help more orphans
Hi All Family, Friends and Supporters,[email protected]>
Thank you for your prayers. I have been asking God how He wants me to help the earthquake victims all week long, for Him just to show me and I would do it. I also must admit I had been praying that He would ask me to do anything but take in more orphans!!! During the week, Twilla Haynes, the president of Eternal Hope in Haiti has been working on plans for relief efforts, which included helping orphans. Yesterday I went to Sunday school and was blessed by a lesson on Self-Confidence. The lesson was about not placing our confidence in ourselves or in others but in God only. I asked the Lord to show me if I had this sin in my life- as I didn’t see that I did. After a service that was a real blessing I was talking to some other missionaries who work with orphan children, and they asked me if I was going to be receiving more orphans. They were getting 50 more added to their ministry. PANIC started rising in my heart at the thought. As I was driving back to the orphanage, I started looking at the size of the problem, my total inability to handle more, the overwhleming nature of the workload already before us etc. The Lord immediatley should me my guilt of looking to my abilities. I was convicted yes, more orphans would be too much for me, but not for God, He is not limited which is why I must put my trust in Him. The workload has also been more than I could do, and He has always been faithful to do the impossible.
So we are making ready to open our doors to some of the orphan children of Port au Prince. We desperetaly need your financial support to be able to continue to care for those we have and to be able to receive more.
Your relief funds will enable us to:
-prepare a place (either complete some construction on our new property to be able to house new children or rent a property adjacent to the orphanage)
-buy the set up supplies necessary for each new child
-beds, mattresses, clothing…., plus the admission process (lab tests)
-hire new staff, and pay monthly salaries
-provide for ongoing needs, food, education etc to integrate the new arrivals.
Also our oprhanage vehicle is not functioning, beyond repair. We need a good vehichle to be able to serve all the children we have.
Funds for these efforts can be sent to: Eternal Hope in Haiti (EHIH), and designated for “relief effort.” Their mailing address is: EHIH, PO BOX 307, Hoschton, GA 30548.
You can also continue to send your support for me and the ministry to the orphanage to the regular Hands of Love mailing address we have: Hands of Love Inc, designate Haiti, 9408 Highlander Blvd, Walkersville, MD, 21793.
Thank you in advance for standing with us to help the many new orphans of Haiti,
Cheron Rose Hardy, FNP-C, CNM, RN
Eternal Hope in Haiti
PS many of you have written to me individually, thank you, however the response at this time makes it impossibile for me to respond to emails individually.
We greatly need your prayers, financial support, and will notify you in the coming days of supplies needed which can’t be sent. However there are several barriers to getting supplies in at present, as many flights and containers are directed directly to Port au Prince, so it will be difficult for us to get the supplies, money is better so we can purchase things here.
