Well we're on our way to GR to meet up with Tom from FIAI. We were supposed to be traveling with him but he is not able to go back to Haiti just yet. He will be following next week. He will be giving us a couple of suitcases full of supplies to take with us.
Unfortunately it looks like the rainy season is starting early. We had to pack rain ponchos and we may spend most of our time passing out tin and wood for shelter for those with none. Please pray for our spirits to stay joyful even in the rain!
Also please pray for our travel as it will be a little tricky overnight tonight. We will keep you posted when we can.
Debbi and Jake
Culvers Night!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Travel from Port au Prince to Verrettes
To give you an idea of the rough travel it is 62.4 km or 38.77 miles from Port au Prince to Verrettes. This will take us 2 1/2 hours by car through the mountains or about 3 hours along the coast. And we thought our Michigan roads were bad!!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
3 days until we're off!!!
Wow!! We have only 3 days until we leave. We have been receiving very generous donations from so many of you!! We know that these are not the best economic times right now so we truly appreciate everything!! Keep the prayers coming, too! They are very important to us.
Lots of activity has been taking place this week:
- Along with the monetary donations, we are also collecting philips screwdrivers and work gloves from St. Ann's School.
- Today I visited Dr. Cook's classes at Cadillac Public School and presented a demonstration to the students to display the need for promoting healthy living in Haiti. These students are bringing in supplies to create "health kits" that Jake and I will distribute in Port.
- This morning, Jeff and I had the extreme honor of visiting the 5th grade students from Marion Elementary that raised over $1100 at their walk-a-thon for Haiti last Friday!!! They are an inspiration!!! In talking with the students, they expressed a desire to have a pen pal relationship with some Haitian students. This is awesome to see their willingness to reach out and communicate with kids in another country. Hopefully we can make this happen.
Thank you to everyone for all your support!! and keep watching the BLOG !!!!
Lots of activity has been taking place this week:
- Along with the monetary donations, we are also collecting philips screwdrivers and work gloves from St. Ann's School.
- Today I visited Dr. Cook's classes at Cadillac Public School and presented a demonstration to the students to display the need for promoting healthy living in Haiti. These students are bringing in supplies to create "health kits" that Jake and I will distribute in Port.
- This morning, Jeff and I had the extreme honor of visiting the 5th grade students from Marion Elementary that raised over $1100 at their walk-a-thon for Haiti last Friday!!! They are an inspiration!!! In talking with the students, they expressed a desire to have a pen pal relationship with some Haitian students. This is awesome to see their willingness to reach out and communicate with kids in another country. Hopefully we can make this happen.
Thank you to everyone for all your support!! and keep watching the BLOG !!!!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Pray for our travel!!
Please pray for our travel. We are experiencing very high travel prices! Thanks my friends!!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Letter explaining our trip !!!
To our friends and family,
As many of you know, we have been involved with mission work in Haiti since 2001. With the recent earthquake disaster in Port-au-Prince (and surrounding areas), there has been a desperate need for assistance there. Many of you would like to contribute in some way, but really don’t know what group to donate to, or how much of your funding will actually be used to benefit the people. There are many great organizations out there and we definitely support them.
Because of our contacts in Haiti, Debbi and Jake are able to go over there in just 1 ½ weeks to help with the recent influx of refugees to the northern areas of Haiti. They will not be working in Port-au-Prince where most of the devastation is located, but will be about 3 hours north. There is an incredible need for funding for the people that are flocking to the northern cities looking for food and shelter. The outreaches in these cities are overwhelmed!!
This is where our plea comes in. Putting it bluntly – they need money. We will be working with Faith in Action International in Verrettes (www.faithinactionint.org) and with Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Laincourt. We are collecting any monetary donations we can. Consider taking up collections at your work, in your family, in your church. These two places will receive your money directly. Debbi and Jake will be personally delivering it. It will be used for food, shelter, clothing, books and paper for school, whatever they need it for. Refugees are pouring in and their resources are running out.
Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - probably more than you can even imagine. We know. We’ve been there. We are leaving February 28th, so we need to act urgently. We already have an account set up for Haiti donations. If you would like to donate any amount, you can make checks payable to Hope for Haiti (this is the account we already have set up). If you would like a tax deduction, you can make your check out to FIAI directly. We will see that all funds get to the proper place. You can mail them to us, drop them off at McBain Family Chiropractic Center or give Debbi a call and we can arrange to pick them up.
Thank you so much for your generosity! You are helping fellow human beings in their most desperate needs. My last request is that you remember the Haitian people in your prayers. These are God’s children calling out for help. They are so vulnerable and need us to lift them up. They are our brothers and sisters in Christ!
Peace and Hope to Haiti,
The Gischia Family
As many of you know, we have been involved with mission work in Haiti since 2001. With the recent earthquake disaster in Port-au-Prince (and surrounding areas), there has been a desperate need for assistance there. Many of you would like to contribute in some way, but really don’t know what group to donate to, or how much of your funding will actually be used to benefit the people. There are many great organizations out there and we definitely support them.
Because of our contacts in Haiti, Debbi and Jake are able to go over there in just 1 ½ weeks to help with the recent influx of refugees to the northern areas of Haiti. They will not be working in Port-au-Prince where most of the devastation is located, but will be about 3 hours north. There is an incredible need for funding for the people that are flocking to the northern cities looking for food and shelter. The outreaches in these cities are overwhelmed!!
This is where our plea comes in. Putting it bluntly – they need money. We will be working with Faith in Action International in Verrettes (www.faithinactionint.org) and with Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Laincourt. We are collecting any monetary donations we can. Consider taking up collections at your work, in your family, in your church. These two places will receive your money directly. Debbi and Jake will be personally delivering it. It will be used for food, shelter, clothing, books and paper for school, whatever they need it for. Refugees are pouring in and their resources are running out.
Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - probably more than you can even imagine. We know. We’ve been there. We are leaving February 28th, so we need to act urgently. We already have an account set up for Haiti donations. If you would like to donate any amount, you can make checks payable to Hope for Haiti (this is the account we already have set up). If you would like a tax deduction, you can make your check out to FIAI directly. We will see that all funds get to the proper place. You can mail them to us, drop them off at McBain Family Chiropractic Center or give Debbi a call and we can arrange to pick them up.
Thank you so much for your generosity! You are helping fellow human beings in their most desperate needs. My last request is that you remember the Haitian people in your prayers. These are God’s children calling out for help. They are so vulnerable and need us to lift them up. They are our brothers and sisters in Christ!
Peace and Hope to Haiti,
The Gischia Family
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