January 14, 2010

Dearly beloved friends:

It was about 3:00 this morning when I woke up with a really heavy heart. It was as if the horrible pictures I have been watching these last two days were playing over and over before my eyes. I became so overwhelmed with the incredible loss of lives and the graphic physical and emotional suffering of the people of Haiti.

Let me take this opportunity to thank you for your calls and emails expressing your eager desire to help. You confirm for me the words of Marcus Aurelius, that "human beings were made to help others."

We have all been waiting anxiously to hear how our clinic and school, and their staffs, have fared. Some of our children live in the heart of the worst damage. We are worrying, we are crying, we are praying. Yet we know that God is able to use us to reach out to those who are suffering.

Twenty six people were planning to travel to Haiti on January 23 as part of an FLM group. Now, because of the devastation, we have temporarily postponed our trip. We are closely monitoring the situation and will travel there as soon as the logistics and the team’s personal safety can be assured. We seek your help to provide relief and recovery for the communities we serve. They need us now more than ever.

You can make a credit card donation at PayPal.com by clicking the link below:
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You may also make a donation by check mailed to:

FLM/Haiti
1064 Premier Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Make Check payable to "FLM/Haiti"

All donations are tax deductible.

May the Lord richly bless you in every way for your love and kindness.

Excelsior/ Ever Upward,

Leon Pamphile

If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a spring whose waters never fall.
(Isaiah 58:10-11)

 

This year, FLM-HAITI celebrates 25 years of service in Health and Education to the Haitian people. We are thankful to God for his faithfulness and to all our friends in Pittsburgh and throughout the nation who have consistently supported the effort of the ministry over the years.

FLM-HAITI is thriving. This is the clear result of what can happen when one DARES TO DREAM. With God’s unchanging help and your ongoing support, FLM-HAITI will continue to provide its much needed service to the Haitian people.