Haitian Update - February 1

This report was sent out this morning by the Estes Church of Christ in Tennessee:

The Santo Church of Christ met yesterday on the grounds of the Sonlight Children’s Home. There were 6 baptisms and the members handed out 200 family packs of food after worship.

The wall rebuilding project at the group home and at the children’s home continues. Two walls are up at the group house and the walls at the children’s home are well on their way.

Here’s a note from Roberta describing some of their work: 

“Members of Son Light Children's Home, Santo Nutrition Center, Santo Church of Christ, and Aiport Church of Christ in Cap Haitien, work the assembly line making family relief bags to be handed out to refugees and needy persons in and around Port au Prince. The contents of the bags include: 5 lbs of rice, 2 lbs of beans, two cans of fish, 1 can of tomato paste, 1 bar of soap, a washcloth, salt, 16 oz bottle of oil, matches and two lbs of spaghetti.

We have had success distributing bags to tent cities around the Santo area. Over two hundred bags were distributed after worship on Sunday evening. Area congregations have received bags to share with members and neighbors in need. During a recent distribution from Son Light Children's Home, the crowd became rowdy and actually pushed our gate off of its hinges. It is repaired and our next distribution went without a hitch. The crowd was very sorry for the destructive behavior and showed that in the when we handed out over 200 bags from our home a few days later.”

Another truckload of food will be delivered to Roberta today. Relief team 2 is there in Haiti – they are keeping busy! The medical personnel with them set up a mini-clinic and treated 100 patients. Others are helping with the wall re-building, transport, and the food distribution.