Dear
friends,
May be the peace of our risen Lord be with you all. We will never be able to
thank you enough for your love and support.
This support, of all kinds, has given a purpose to our ministry in Haiti. Without
your love for us, we would not be in Haiti. We pray to God for you
daily.
We are writing this message with heavy hearts. We all know what is going
on in Haiti
with the monster earthquake that has devastated the country. Since
we heard the news, we have not been able to sleep. Around one AM, Kihomi
looked into my eyes and said she is now realizing how deeply involved we are in
Haiti.
Haiti
is our country and Haitian people are our people. Our hearts are aching.
The capital city of Port-au-Prince
has been devastated. We are very concerned about the women, children and the
families that are forgotten in this society. Those left out of the Haitian
societies who have no status, no diploma, no vehicles, and no homes. Those who
are the extreme poor who live in ravines, where TV crews won’t go, where there
is no road to drive on or drive through. Those we won't see on TV or
read in newspapers. Those families are the heart of Kihomi's ministries. How
will they rebuild their lives, send their children back to school, pay the
hospital bills, eat? This is a big challenge! We are calling on all of you to join us in
prayer and in responding to these challenges.
Am I my
brother's keeper? Yes, we are the keepers of our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Haiti is where
our hearts are.
Yours,
Nzunga & Kihomi
Dear members of Nzunga’s and Kihomi’s support network,
Haiti in the last two years has gone through political unrest and four hurricanes. Since the last election the world has marveled how much better things have gotten. Violence has decreased and efforts to recover from the hurricanes and get development projects underway were hopeful. Now this terrible earthquake hits.
Port-Au-Prince is the heart of Haiti. It is the seat of the government and the main financial / commercial engine of the country. It is in ruins. They need everything.
Below is the initial response from IM that you may have already received. I urge you to prayerfully consider helping them raise funds to meet this challenge.
We will keep you updated.
Nzunga’s and Kihomi’s Missionary Partnership Team
Missionaries safe after HAITI EARTHQUAKE.
Please pray. Please donate now.
A 7
magnitude earthquake hit Haiti
on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. with devastating results. (See http://news.bbc.co.uk/ for details.)
American Baptist
missionary families serving in Haiti
with International Ministries were in the United States at the time. Steve
and Nancy James are returning to Haiti immediately and Nzunga
Magudiga and Kihomi Ngweni are on a planned U.S./Puerto Rico home
assignment.
$25,000 in One Great
Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds will be made immediately available to the Haitian
Baptist Convention, IM’s partner in Haiti.
The death toll in
affected areas has not yet been determined. International Ministries,
along with our HBC partners are conducting an assessment of the crisis.
Please check our website regularly for updates. www.internationalministries.org
Haiti, a nation of 9 million people, is
the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. It is about the size of Maryland and is on the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola,
which it shares with the Dominican
Republic. IM missionaries in the Dominican Republic
are safe and report no damage in their areas.
Pray for Haiti and its
people.
- Pray for the proper 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.
International Ministries
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482