It is amazing to see what God is doing in the midst of trauma and catastrophe and to be a part of and witness to many of the miracles He is doing. It cannot be separated from the tragedy or the suffering brought on by this earthquake and its aftermath but we are encouraged to know that God has seen fit to use our team and our partner organizations to fill a great need in a timely manner that literally saved hundreds of lives. We have heard back from most of the organizations we helped to supply over the first 3 weeks after the earthquake and all of these reports have been similar in saying that what we did was vital to the survival of many and to keeping the long term missionaries on the ground in place and able to minister effectively to their neighbors and the many others who came to them in the wake of the quake.

Because we were able to answer the call for supplies within days of the earthquake, and to strategically target orgs we knew were both legitimate and capable of in turn providing care through their long established networks; our efforts were focused on an intense but short term bridging effort. This means we were bridging part of the gap between when the large NGO’s could get on the ground and get organized and start distribution of the mass quantities necessary to help the mass population of Haiti. That is thankfully now happening. The huge NGO’s and others have gotten massive distribution points set up and are now giving out approximately 42 metric tons of supplies each day at each site!! Due to this we are now looking to stage 2 of our effort.  For more on this stage of our  please visit the link to the right  www.highwaytohaiti.com

In all, we serviced about 25 organizations, partnered with several others, and shipped tons of supplies from DR to PaP over the last few weeks. Our efforts to support those ministries will continue but in a different way by networking resources and others working in PaP to them. We always new our first stage would only last until our services were no longer vitally needed in PaP and then we’d shift to other long term development. This effort is far from over and the funds many of you have given and will continue to give will continue to be used 100% for the Haiti relief efforts of Urban Resurrection/InnerChange/CRM, Fellowship International Mission, and Kids Alive International. This partnership is not over and we are excited to see what God has in store for us in stage 2 and the many years it will take to help Haiti recover. Please stay tuned and engaged with Haiti and the people of Haiti. This is a long term process and will need long term commitment both from a support standpoint and from the on the ground hands on ministry. Thank you for your support and desire to serve God by serving the people of Haiti with us.

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Michael
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