Knox, Minneapolis Heads for Haiti in August

The following is from Pete Dellasantina, the pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in South Minneapolis.  A team of 10 persons from Knox will head to Haiti in mid-August to spend a week at an orphanage outside of Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital.  Below, Dellasantina explains what Knox will be doing during their mission trip.  There will be a full report of the Haiti trip in the September issue of Emerge.

 

So many of us were heartbroken and felt helpless when we watched the devastation of the Haitian earthquake unfold. As Haitians were crying out we too were crying out for them with heartfelt sympathy. Our faith in Christ and love for others leads us to rush to their aid but were limited in our options. Even though there were barriers we still came together in prayer, attended fundraisers, watched the updates and special reports, texted the American Red Cross, and waited. We waited for an opportunity to do more.

That opportunity became a reality when one orphanage, whose facilities and guest house survived the earthquake, started inviting teams of people to come and participate in the rebuilding, refiguring their mission, and reestablishing homes for children.

God’s Littlest Angels Orphanage in the Kenscoff Mountains just outside of Port-au-Prince will be welcoming ten people from Knox from Aug 16-23, 2010.

This is an orphanage that has a NICU, a nursery, and a toddler house. After the earthquake they were able to send most children abroad to be with their forever families and currently have 60 children staying or permanently living there.

The team of 10, lead and strengthened by our faith, is headed there to serve in whatever capacity the orphanage and children need. We may be organizing and distributing the amazing amount of donations that are still coming in from around the world. We may be helping clean and run the facilities, or we may be holding and playing with children every minute we are awake. Whatever the Lord will have us do we are ready!

Please continue to keep the whole country in your prayers. Please pray for the children, the families to remain together, the Haitian people and missionaries who work together for progress, for the volunteers rotating in and out of the country and for our team of 10 to be useful, willing, and transformed.

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