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Elim HOPE Packs responds to needs in Haiti

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Jan 15, 2010

You can help us minister to the people of Haiti today. Elim’s adults are trained and ready to prepare 5,000 food packs and 3,000 hygiene packs for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. But we can only do this with your help. $15 today means a whole month of food for someone in need, while $5 sends them a hygiene pack of urgently needed (and sorely lacking) hygiene supplies.

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If you’re anything like Bob Hillegonds (pictured above), you’re worried about the hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti who have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck there Tuesday evening.

But Bob is worried because some of those people are his friends, because they are all part of his family, part of God’s family. You can help ease Bob’s worries today (click here to give online right away).

Bob is an adult in Elim’s Adult Services program. He has become friends with people in Haiti because of Elim HOPE Packs. Last summer, we were able to send two of our adults to Haiti on an Outreach Trip, including Bob. He was so moved by his time there that he began to sponsor two Haitian orphans on a monthly basis. He was especially close to our ministry partner there, Pastor Jean-Claude, and they spent much time praying and fellowshipping together.

In fact, at the time I write this letter, we do not yet know the fate of all of our Elim HOPE Pack distribution partners there in Haiti – though we did just hear yesterday afternoon from our friend, Pastor Jean-Claude, that he and all the children we’ve helped feed are okay – though their buildings have been destroyed. What we are certain of, however, is that there is tremendous need there, and we know there’s something you can do about it.

The staff and adults at Elim immediately responded to the need by mobilizing the food packs team from the Elim HOPE Packs program. These Elim adults have been trained to meticulously prepare food packs that we’ve already sent to Haiti in the past. These food packs are specially designed packages of nutrient-enriched rice and other ingredients. Just five of these packs (for just $15) can feed one person for a whole month, or feed 10 people for three days. However, we cannot do this without you.

  1. With a gift of as little as $15, you can ensure that Elim’s adults package nutrient-filled food packs for the people of Haiti, who are so much in need right now. (click here to give online right away) We are prepared to ship 5,000 of these food packs.

  2. We have also mobilized the team to assemble 3,000 hygiene kits. For just $15, you can provide these sorely lacking hygiene supplies to three people in Haiti. (Again, click here to give online right now)

  3. Finally, we’ve also prepared our Elim HOPE Packs team to do the work they best known for: assembling school supplies. We want to send 1,000 school packs to the children of Haiti. They don’t have these supplies now, and we need to send them as they rebuild. Just $15 sends a school pack today. (Click here to send school packs)

We have just confirmed with ministry partner Convoy of Hope that they are ready to distribute these food and hygiene packs wherever they’re needed most. And not just today, but for the weeks and months ahead.

Elim’s adults stand ready to help, and they need you to stand with them. Please consider giving $15 – a life-changing and desperately needed gift for Elim HOPE Packs – today. Through it, Elim’s adults will be enabled to continue providing the supplies people in Haiti so greatly need. Perhaps more importantly, your gift to Elim HOPE Packs, will allow those in Haiti to hear God’s saving message of love and hope at a time of great turmoil.

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