I want to give a special offering to help in Haiti. I have to give where I know the money will be used correctly. I trust Ron Maggard. I know that he will see to it that the money is used correctly and to help as many people as possible.

I hope you will consider giving. Do not take from what you give at your church.

This is a letter from Philip to our team. I think it adequately sums up the situation:

I would just like to encourage you all to give toward Haiti relief if you haven’t already.

I think it would be a very Christian thing we could do from here. and I wish the Christians could be empowered to have as strong of a showing as the red cross, etc..

james 2:
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

and
1 Juan 3:
17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

that’s my email sermon

Missionary Ron Maggard is working with a Children’s home and National pastors in Haiti. I have great confidence in him and his ministry. I would like to ask you to consider giving a donation that will go through Vision Baptist Missions and then we will send it straight to him.

Brother Maggard has been greatly used of God and you can see some videos about his ministry right here in previous posts.

You can click on the donate button and send your offering quickly.

The following comes from an email I received from Ric Hurd, Mission Evangelist – Southeast Area Rep
International Partnership Ministries, Inc. www.ipmworld.org. This is about the ministry of Royden Saul

Dear Friends and Family,

We appreciate you standing with us during this calamity, but we know that you have been praying for us even before that, and it is because of your prayers that we escaped death on Tuesday. We had just arrived in Port-au-Prince from Bassin, when the earthquake hit, and are unable to return to Bassin at this time.

The situation here is a nightmare, as bodies are being found and more are still trapped inside buildings. Yesterday, many of those who were trapped inside the rubble have stopped calling for help. Many of the workers have stopped pulling bodies out because of the bad smell. Everywhere you go, you can smell the bodies, which they have piled on the side of the roads. Maude, (my mom)’s brother was killed when his building collapsed, but we have not yet found his body in the debris. Wife and baby were pulled from the rubble with injuries. All communication lines are down in Haiti.

The streets are full of homeless people with no food, shelter or water, and they are becoming desperate, and have started to riot, stealing everything they can find. Please pray for our safety as we try to help those who we are able. We have been going to some dangerous areas, searching for those who we can help. The gas in our truck is almost empty; and it is impossible to find fuel.

We are living in our yard, even though our house is still standing, but it is dangerous to be back inside because of aftershocks.

We are still searching for food and water; businesses are closed, and many owners and staff are dead. The little money that we had in our pockets on Tuesday is running short and the banks are all closed. Yesterday we were able to purchase some formula for some babies.

As far as the ministry is concerned, our campus was preserved. At this moment we will continue with the school and feeding program as long as our resources last. Only God knows what the future holds….

We are sending this in a hurry, so if you can forward it to anyone that we missed, we would appreciate it.

The Sauls in Haiti

Dean Hamby just forwarded me the following message. Mrs. Anderson is a missionary with Macedonia World Baptist Missions.

Good Morning, Dean
I’m able to write for just a minute. Dean, CSI quest house is gone and we are staying in the back yard. Have a tarp set up out here, but am so thankful I can be with someone.

Pray for us today, we just heard we are to be hit again today. Huge tremors last night. Really they come every so often.

Dean, do you think you could possibly try to get me some help from the Embassy to get back up home. I don’t even know if they have water, cooking facilities, etc.

This is really very over-whelming but my how God has protected us. I’ve got to go now and let someone else use the computer while it is still on.

Love to you all and thank you for everything, your prayers and encouragement mean so much to us.

Connie