Pastor Dan - update on Wesleyan resupply mission

Well, we're almost to D-Day here. It has been an adventure trying to secure funds and handle the logistics of getting food onboard a ship for our church mission and the people of La Gonave.

DS James and Pastor Skip Trembley have provided the leadership and funding to make this possible, and Caleb and Andy have done outstanding work in handling coordination, logistics, and scheduling.

Organizing this relief effort with the limited time and resources has occasionally seemed impossible. It is God who opened the doors and brought people together to accomplish this. It could not have been otherwise.
Schedule:

Monday 6:00 Am Caleb and Andy depart Albany for Orlando, meet Pastor Trembley there to gather supplies from local church

Tues. - Wed. Pack the container with food supplies and donations from the church. This will happen in a warehouse at the wharf.

Thursday Jan. 28 Caleb and Andy depart for St. Marc Haiti on the cargo ship, Pastor Trembley returns to NY

2-3 days sailing time

Rendezvous with Pastor Dan's boat in St. Marc to offload diesel fuel.

Get the 20 foot container offloaded and into secure storage. Possibly load food supplies into boats if Pastor Dan can hire local boats to help freight.

After that, Caleb and Andy will boat to Anse-a-Galets to assist with emergency relief. Building repairs and safety assessment will be necessary. Probably much much more and as God leads.

The container will contain 45,000 pounds of rice, beans, flour, sugar, and oil. Also whatever items the local church brings. In addition the District has purchased 750 gallons of diesel fuel to pumped to Dan's boat. The budget is about $16000 for food, $2000 for shipping, and $2000 fuel.

We are generating a list of medical needs in consultation with professionals but it is unlikely we can comprehensively supply the hospital on La Gonave. We will try to get tetanus vaccine, saline solution, sodium bicarb, etc. Anyone who can get this somehow and get it to either the Orlando church* or the ship at W. Palm Beach will get a big hug from Caleb and Andy. I will send contact info and list soon.

*There are some details missing here and will update you soon with better info -- any donated goods must be in W. Palm Beach warehouse by Tues. It is unknown at this time when/where they could be received in Orlando. I know the Orlando location may be nearer to many of you than Palm Beach. I did not want to hold up this email for lack of specifics.

I would like to praise God for the outpouring of support, both financial and in prayer. A number of people not associated with our church have called to pledge support. God bless you faithful people and all who contributed to this effort.

I have learned that many people would like to help Haiti financially, but they only know the big names, i.e Red Cross. When I mentioned that they could send checks to LL Wesleyan or District to provide immediate practical relief they were very interested. Just a fundraising idea for you to remember when you speak with friends and neighbors.

Please pray that $ donations continue to come in. The District is working in Faith, as are we on this mission. More money is needed, and we know it is tight for everyone. Please do all you can to encourage others to donate, and pray that the financial needs of the mission will be met.

Finally please continue to support this in prayer. Specifically that we can be a witness for Jesus to everyone we touch, that we can get adequate supplies there on time, for personal safety for all involved, that funding be met.