Providing Relief Supplies to Haiti

Welcome to the latest blog of the Nations for Jesus ! This edition includes:

1. Haiti
2. What to do
3. Support for the Suffering

Haiti

If you are like so many who watched on in sadness, disbelief, and horror as pictures streamed in from earthquake-torn Haiti, you wondered how the people there could possibly recover from their heartbreak. The poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, the destruction of buildings did not simply mean inconvenience for its citizenry, but the loss of everything—homes, loved ones, and the little hope they had left.

Life was bad before—unimaginably so with 80 percent of the population living in poverty deeper than most here in the U.S. will ever experience. But now their sorrows have multiplied to utter desperation and despondency. An article entitled “In Haiti, children the most vulnerable victims” in the Tennessean carried this report by a hospital volunteer: “In the night, the children awake crying…‘They ask why it happened. They think God is mad at them.’” Without even the love of God to comfort them, what hope or security could these children possibly have?

What to Do

It is difficult to know the most effective way to help the people in Haiti during such a time. Though government and international relief agencies seem to be reaching the main capital of Port-Au-Prince effectively, reports continue to stream in concerning the desolation still being experienced in the outskirts of the city. To minister to these areas requires empowering the pastors and churches that are already there.

If you are wondering how you can help the suffering people of Haiti, Nations for Jesus (NFJ) is working with several churches there that can deliver the help and support the people need. These are established ministries already preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, supporting orphans, teaching the Bible, and trusted by their communities. They’ve lost their buildings, but not their sense of mission or their commitment to Jesus Christ.

Support for the Suffering

Please join me in supporting these brothers and sisters in Christ as they labor to bring hope to this suffering people—providing not only nourishment and healing for the physically broken, but grace and love for the spiritually broken. Thank you for your prayers during this difficult time.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Dr. Ratna Kumar Sajja

President

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