Haiti Orphanage: Urgent Needs

I've been following the blog of a friend of a friend of a friend who is currently in the process of an adoption in Haiti. They were literally about 4 weeks away from bringing their children home when the earthquake hit. About an hour ago she posted a note expressing urgent needs for the orphanage that her 2 children are in. My heart was moved to post this and ask that you not only pray for the points that she has listed, but to also consider a monetary donation to this specific orphanage in their state of emergency. It doesn't have to be a lot. Just $10 would help tremendously. $10 could buy them a small can of formula for the infants in their care.

Here are the details:

Saturday, January 16, 2010
URGENT CALL FOR PRAYER
From the FHG website:

We received word from Pierre this morning that the situation in the orphanage is becoming dire. We would like to ask EVERYONE that receives this to use this information to get on your knees before our Lord and ask Him to provide.

We have one nanny that is deceased and the orphanage needs her body to be removed.

The orphanage has no drinkable water.

In addition they need:

-formula for babies

-medicines

-IV fluids (one child is currently on an IV)

-charcoal to cook

-diesel

-cash to buy supplies if they find them. They are running out of cash and there are no banks open to get cash, so it needs to be delivered by someone already on the ground or by helicopter.

Others are beginning to rob them of what supplies they do have.

There are helicopters flying over the orphanage and they have made a sign on the roof that says they are an orphanage and need help.

The staff is also working to get together all the paperwork for each child that has an adoptive family in a way that it can be attached to their body if there is an opportunity to evacuate.

For His Glory is doing everything we can on this end to contact people who may be able to help. Please pray. Currently, that is the best thing you can do to help. Kim is doing everything she can, and respectfully requests that adoptive families do not call her at this time. We realize this is a very difficult time, however she needs her phone and time available to do everything she can to make contacts to try to help the children and staff at the orphanage. We will give you any updates we have as soon as they are available.

After reading this, I went to For His Glory's website, and found that they have a very secure donation page set up to accept monetary donations that will go directly to the earthquake relief efforts for their orphanage. You can access that here: http://www.forhisgloryoutreach.org/earthquake_relief

If you haven't donated yet to the earthquake relief, I strongly encourage you to pray about doing so, and asking God for direction in how much to give. Even a small amount can go such a long ways in these poor countries. Also, here is the blog that I've been following if you want to check it for updates on their situation. http://jockandlisa.blogspot.com/

In a tragedy of this magnitude, it's easy to feel helpless. But this is a way that you CAN help.