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Haiti Update

Thank you to everyone here who have keep us covered in Prayer. If it were not for God we would not have been able to do so much. I also want to thank everyone who has donated time, money, and supplies. There has been so many fundraising activities held by people all over the country to show love to Haiti.

My first few weeks in Haiti were spent at St. Damien’s Children’s hospital. Putting together teams to come down and help at the hospital as well as the clinic. Then we went into post op mode, with the USNS Comfort, along with seeing 400 plus patients a day we started to take post op patients from the Comfort.

We were blessed with amazing medical professionals who came down, jumped in and got to work. So much to do in conditions that were very hard to deal with. But all of the teams did such a great job. Last week it was a relief to see the numbers each day go down as to the number of people who needed medical care.

The Haitian people are all suffering from Post Traumatic Stress. They are terrified to go inside. If they do then they can not sleep. With the rainy season coming now things will only get worse. We have had 2 more earthquakes, but you have not heard of them as Haiti is now old news…on to the Olympics and something to celebrate. For the Haitians they celebrate life every morning I would hear someone singing praises to God it was a wonderful way to wake up.

Every day some Haitian I did not know would come up to me and thank me for coming to their country to help. It means so much to them to see us trying to help. It brings up their spirits, and encourages them to go on each day.

Please continue to keep the Haitian people in your prayers. They had such a hard life before the earthquake now it is even more impossible. So many churches, schools, businesses and homes that have been lost. Everywhere you look there is devastation. Looking at the big picture is overwhelming. So as always we pray and grow where God opens doors. We have had many people who have contacted Angel Missions Haiti, who feel called to help in Haiti. We need to build schools, churches, orphanages as they guess that there are more than one million true orphans now in Haiti.

To do this we must purchase land, clear it and then build, not cheaply but build smart have engineers look at the build sights and advise so that if another earthquake even larger than the 7.1 hits Haiti again our new structures survive. Things in Haiti continue to get more expensive as things develop and the need for continued financial support is going to be critical.

God is great all the time,

V

February 13

The team that just came back from Haiti



Some pictures of the tent cities that are going up







Two pictures from around Haiti

Feb. 12

Blessings to all,

Walnes is letting me use his computer as mine does not want to work right.

I am sorry I have not been in better contact. But from limited electricity, to limited internet access to 12 hour days it has not been easy.

We have been able to help so many with all of your love offerings and prayers. We have over 100 displaced Haitians living right up from us and are providing them food and water. Everyone is to worried to go back into their house if they are still standing. The whole country is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress.

But the children who are also scared are now starting to smile. I was downtown Port au Prince this week to pick up patients and it was beyond words. Almost everything is down. Then you go past a small house still standing. The thought of so many buried where they were standing on Jan. 12 is real. So many that will never be accounted for. We pass a large building every day that pan caked down. Someone climbed up to a floor that I guess one of their loved ones worked and put a beautiful set of flowers on the ledge. It is a daily reminder so many are gone and may never be found.

We started to take children released from the comfort this week. Sunday three more will join us at St. Emmanuel's School where we have been doing a daily clinic. I had thought that by now the lines each day would be shorter but as of yet they are not. So many with headaches, stomachaches, wounds that have not been seen and now are infected. What ever we can not handle we transfer to a hospital. Dr Bob and his team arrived this week and jumped right in. They are working at General Hospital, helping us with Clinic and started a clinic where they are staying and seeing patients each day. Diane, Terry, Doug, Jaxs, Gemina have been real troupers sleeping on the floor, cold showers, small meals. They have been such a great help. We could not do as much as we have without all of the teams.

Ginny is great she is with Haitian Christian Outreach and carefully explains to each patient about the medications they are receiving. We have been blessed with many teams who came down and still want to come to Haiti. I ask for your patients as we get each of your trips scheduled. Please understand that working in Haiti is harder than ever. We must not over book people and we are now needing to space out teams over the next months so that we can continue to give medical care to so many that need it.

The need has not diminished the earthquake has just brought so much of it to the surface. Pastor Mac thinks we can be on schedule with the surgery center he arrives in Haiti on Feb. 23. Our opening date is still scheduled for April 26. With two new OR's to work in we will be able to help so many more children and adults. Please pray that we can stay on schedule, that all of the funds needed to help so many continue to come in.

I wish I could send you photos but the computer I am working on is not mine. Please know that we are safe, well and doing all we can to help the Haitian people. It is so hard to talk to Tom and the kids and imagine that they are having snow and all that cold weather when we have sweat running down our faces. I pray you are all safe and warm.

Sorry I am not much of a writer. all my love V

Feb. 6

Hi well it has been very hard with no computer for 4 days. Walnes thinks he fixed it but who knows its haiti. I am taking today off trying to catch up on computer and we are just seeing so many patients each day that it is mind bogging.

Some about 1/4 have to come to have wound care dressing changes. Others are just now seeking care and have toes, fingers, hands, feet and legs that are now beyond help and must be amputated. Still others sought out care to begin with and were given wrong information about their condition and now it is also sometimes beyond treatment.

The Haitian people continue to show their love of God and all around them. I am strenghtened by their love of God and love of us. Daily people thank us with tears in their eyes for coming to help them and their country.

Sometimes all they need is a hug and someone to say that they care. They have all lost so much.

Ogine a little girl brought to Clinic at the begining of the week by her neighbor is just such a young child. She thinks she she is 13 we suspect younger. Her and her mother were outside of thier appartment when the quake started. Mom told her to say and ran into
the appartment to get her father and 5 brothers. Everything came down on them leaving her one of the true Orphans. The neighbors took her in for a few days but can not care for her as they have 6 of their own children. No work, no money for food. She is at the appartment with me now along with Geni.

Please pray for these children as we are seeing them daily. Trying to find family or friends to take them in is getting harder each day.

Vanessa A. Carpenter

Feb. 4 Update

Dear Family and Friends,

I am so sorry communication is very difficult and some days I am not up to writing.

The days are long and hot. We get to the clinic and see patients from early in the morning till the afternoon. Any patients needing transported to the Hospitals need to go with the driver or I have to go to be able to get them accepted. If not they are rejected. Makes for very long hot days.

Yesterday was one of those days where I saw so much that upset me. At one point I had to walk away we had not internet and I came down to try it again. And I saw on my computer a photo of the triplets. I cried and felt much better, I feel it was God showing me just why he has called me to work here. I needed that pick me up because we had a borrowed car and the team when home with the driver I and Diane took patients to the hospital to drop off. Got back to the clinic fine but then the car started acting up. On our way back up to the place we stay the car broke down. OK here we are two white women in the middle of Delmas with one Haitian who speaks next to no English. We prayed. God sent Haitian men who helped us to get the car off the road then they worked on it and were able to get it running for me. Then they got in the car and made sure we made it all the way back safe even walking us to the door. God took care of everything.

This morning I walked out to find little Geni walking with a man I remembered. Years ago, he had brought her to us with her Grandma and Mama to get her Cleft lip and palette fixed.  Sadly, Geni's family died in the earthquake and she no longer has anyone to care for her.  As you can see in the photos she is in shock, but was happy to see me and has clung to me since. I took a photo of the two of us that I will post.

Please be in prayer as Geni is the sixth child we have had brought to us who no longer has family. Some of the children are being taken care of by Haitian friends, others by their neighbors.  Angel Missions continues to do all we can to provide them food, water and funds to do so until I get this all figured out. Geni will be my shadow until I can arrange safe care for her here in Haiti.  There are many little ones like Geni who have been so traumatized by the earthquake and the chaos that has followed.  We are praying that the system of orphanages and NGO's here in Haiti will begin to work together to provide them with not just food & shelter but a sense of safety and love.

Today we received some food and we will receive more patients that need medical care. The team I have here are great.   Every day, we start out with scripture and prayer.  All that they are seeing here is  changing their lives as it is mine.

A Love Song for Haiti by Kirk Franklin & Friends

I added a music video in the left hand column for everyone to see.  It is a beautiful tribute to Haiti and truly made me cry.  Kirk Franklin and friends will hopeful inspire many to keep Haiti and her people in their thoughts & prayers.  Haiti is a country of strong, courageous, and generous people and so are we.  Our prayer is that together with the rest of the world, we can help them heal and rebuild.  Please keep our team members and all the other volunteers in your prayers as they do whatever they can to make life better for everyone they meet this week.

February 3rd Update

We continue to be amazed and humbled by the kindness & generosity being shown to our teams on the ground in Haiti.  Without exception, the Haitian's who have met the team have all been so thankful of any help they have been given and are quick to share what they have with friends & neighbors.   Thanks to the many donations to our mission, we are able to help many.  While our main mission has always been working with children needing medical care both in Haiti and in the US, we have had to refocus for the short-term.  Angel Missions is in Haiti to help in any way we can and so we are currently  concentrating our efforts where we know we can make a real difference.

First, we are providing support, food and water to the remaining inhabitants in the area of our clinic, Delmas 91.  Vanessa is living at this clinic with team members.  I will try and get a photo of the clinic post-earthquake so you can see what it looks like.  Their being physically present at the clinic is important as many of our families know that is where to find Angel Missions.  It is our best chance of getting information on many of the children we have served in recent years.  It is also where many people know where to go to for help.  Having someone there will reassure them that we are in Haiti to help before, during and after this crisis.  When Vanessa first arrived in January, there were close to 300 people living in a field at the end of the block.  Weeks later, that number is down to 100 with many folks fleeing the city for the countryside.  Those that are left are still sleeping outside under tarps.  They are still terrified.  Food and water remains scarce but through contacts has managed to find enough to give everyone in the group one meal a day.  She has also had a truck bring in enough water for drinking and washing.   There is lots of food at the airport, but distribution is still bogged down.  Nothing in Haiti was easy before January 12th and now everything is that much harder.

Every day, families are bringing their children to the clinics and asking Angel Missions to take them.  Years ago whenVanessa started Three Angels Children's Relief with several other women, caring for these little ones was her primary concern.  However, she left that group three years ago to start Angel Missions and concentrate on arranging medical care for the many children in Haiti who desperately needed life-saving surgeries.  Many Haitians know her and know that she has helped others in the past when they could not care for their children.  Sadly, she has to tell them that we can't help this time.  She told me today there is such a huge need for someone to care for all the little ones who are alone or who are with families simply struggling to survive.  These families love their children and aren't necessarily relinquishing them...they are just begging for help.  They need food...shelter...water...and mostly time to get their lives back together.  Most of us will never understand what it is like to be in this type of situation.  We don't know the agony of holding a child that is truly starving to death or dying from an illness and have no way to save her.  Our experience has been that families do not place their children in orphanages out of convenience, but as a desperate attempt to save them.  Wouldn't we all do whatever it took to save our children?  Please pray that UNICEF and the other large political players in Haiti right now will stop the posturing and get to the business of saving children.  There are many orphanages and children's rescue missions that do this type of work and do it well.  Children need not be housed in "tent cities" because that is what one group deems safest.  Perhaps they should listen to the Haitian proverb that says "many hands lightens the work".

The second primary task for our teams is staffing daily medical clinics at St. Emmanuel's school (future site of the pediatric surgery center) and at our small clinic at Delmas 91.  They continue to see up to 400 people a day.  As many as 100 of those individuals have had no care and are in dire need of medical assistance.  They are doing mostly wound care at the clinics and trying hard to arrange care at the bigger clinics or the hospitals for those in more serious condition.  This week's team has been so thankful and excited that the patients who were treated by last week's team are doing wonderfully!  They are not seeing many infections and are just changing dressings as needed.  Sadly, one young woman came to the clinic yesterday who had not received any care since the earthquake.  Her foot was injured and now, weeks later, she will need to have a toe removed.  The team is working to find someone who will do the surgery and save her foot.  They are hopeful.

Vanessa did ask that I put out a request for someone who might help us get our surgery center operating room in working order.  This surgery center was not suppose to open for several more months, but there is equipment there already.  The building withstood the earthquake and we are hoping that we might be able to get at least a small part of the center up & running.  We do not currently have anyone that can look at what we already have and tell us if we can get it working or what we are missing.  Vanessa is hopeful that someone with that ability will contact us and help with this task.  It would be a tremendous blessing to have the ability to provide more care than we are currently able to.  If you can help or know someone who can, please contact Vanessa at angelmissions@hotmail.com!

We hope to have some photos to post soon.  Many thanks again to all who are joining us in this mission through prayer, donations and the medical professionals who are traveling to Haiti to work with us there.  Please keep them all in your prayers along with our Haitian volunteers...specifically the guards at St. Emmanuel's School.  Without all of you, Angel Missions could not be successful!

Hi From Heather

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to briefly introduce myself.  I am going to be taking over the host family coordination and there may be some growing pains as Fran trys to get all the information she had over to me.  So please hang in there with us.  I am answering emails as quickly as I can.  I have started a file for each of you that have sent applications and hope to have notice out to you this week as to whether your file is complete or I need anything.  Please note my address on the side bar.  Please send any applications and supporting docs to that address so that poor Fran doesn't have to keep sending me stuff!

A little about me.  I am mom to five at the moment.  We have four kids of our own and one foster daughter.  We have adopted from Guatemala and Haiti.  It was during our Haitian son's adoption in 2005 that we met Vanessa and began to work with Angel Missions.  We hosted our first child while we waited for our adoption to go through.  Since then I have watched Vanessa tirelessly serve the Haitian people.  I am blessed to serve with Angel Missions.

New Host Family Coordinator

Hi...we want to introduce our new Host Family Coordinator!  Her name is Heather Price and she lives near Vanessa in Virginia.  Heather is a very experienced adoptive mom who has worked with Angel Missions on and off since it began three years ago.  Heather and her family have hosted numerous children as well.  Angel Missions is very blessed to have her and her family helping our mission!

To reach Heather, please email her at AMHFamilies@hotmail.com or call her at 434-426-1791

Unfortunately, there are no updates as to when we might start bringing children to the US for medical care. The embassy is not issuing medical visas right now, but Vanessa is keeping in touch with them and will let us know.  For now, Angel Missions will continue to prepare for their anticipated arrival.

Thanks!

AMH update from Haiti

First let me THANK everyone for the prayers, and support we have received.

We are all doing well in Haiti and making it one hour at a time, one day at a time.

Working in Haiti was hard before all of this devastation. Now it is next to impossible. We are going to need ongoing medical teams each week to come and work at the clinic. Help out at different facilities that we partner with.

We are very thankful that most everyone we know and work with here in Haiti are alive and safe.

As I have said before words can not describe what is going on here. How devastating everything is.

One funny note: We were in traffic waiting and I noticed somewhere between 15-20 sheep standing on a walk way. When traffic stopped they crossed in front of us in a line. It was not until they were all across the street and walking down the other side did I realize that no Haitian was with them. They were just following the leader. The leader is walking, just walking down the street.

How bizarre is that. But it brings to mind God, we are all following his calling he is leading us and I have to believe he was leading the sheep to a safe place, just as he leads all of us to him.

I know you are seeing bad things on the news and reports of looting but we are seeing none of this. Just adults and children in shock and hurting, we are doing everything we can for them.

We had 4 translators show up today that worked on the USNS Comfort they are helping, here at Fr. Ricks hospital, in Tabarra.

It took days for me to bring myself to take photos. I know I should have taken some but could not stop long enough to do it.

I have no news from the children who have come to the states for care. I figure it will take months and some we will never know what happened to them. So many have fled Port au Prince to the DR and lots show up trying to get out at the embassy every day. Some are gone and there will be no one to tell us. Bernard and his family got their visa’s to go to the US in November so they had already moved before this happened. He and Suzie and Berny are all fine in Miami. But because he has not yet been replaced there is no one for the families to call or come and see.

I wish I could get my brain to write more. But I must get back to transferring patients.

All my love
V

Clearing up Some Confusion about GIRLS ORPHANAGE

I wanted to post a quick note to all those from the Roanoke & Lynchburg areas of Virginia.  There is a bit of confusion concerning a group of 65 girls from an orphanage in Port au Prince.  Given the incredible urgency we all feel to help the children in Haiti this is very understandable!  The girls are in an orphanage that is connected with the Resurrection Catholic Church in Moneta, Virginia.  The staff at the church has been attempting to contact the director in Haiti to determine if she wishes assistance at evacuating her girls.  They had received word that the orphanage was badly damaged in the earthquake and the girls have no supplies.  Beyond that, we have little information and we are unsure at this time whether or not these girls will leave Haiti.  The incredible communities around the Moneta area have been working to put contingency plans in place to ensure that if the girls are evacuated, they will have a safe haven.

Angel Missions & Safe Haven Network has been attempting to help the church coordinate their efforts.  With our experience finding host families for children coming from Haiti on medical visas, we are sharing what we know and assisting in identifying potential host families.  These host families will work with the Catholic church, not Angel Missions Haiti, but we are using our system as it is already in place.

If you live in Virginia and wish to consider apply to host a child, please go to www.safehavennetwork.org - there are instructions on how to proceed.  If you are interested in finding out other potential opportunities to help, please contact the church (see above).

We again want to thank everyone for the incredible response in this crisis!  You all are awesome!  Our hearts and prayers go out to the country of Haiti and her people and all those who are working so hard to help them.  We have confirmed that Vanessa is there and busy working.  We will update you all as we know more!

Fran

Fundraiser for Earthquake Relief

A friend of Angel Missions Haiti started a fundraiser to help us with our mission.

You can find the Haiti bracelet site here !

Thanks for your support

Partnering with American Airlines Flight Attendants!

We want to tell you about some awesome ladies who are partnering with us to get supplies to Haiti!  You can read about their project below and find them on Facebook as well.  


"Patricia Sund and Pamela Quirin regularly fly to Port Au Prince out of Fort Lauderdale Airport. Patricia became a friend of Vanessa Carpenter throughout frequent flights, as did Pamela. When the earthquake hit, Patricia found a "Tweet" from Vanessa and emailed her asking her what her status was and did she need help. Well, that got the ball rolling! Patricia contacted Pamela who set up a Facebook page:
"AA Flight Attendants Supporting Haiti Recovery."

Four days after its creation, the "AA F/A Haiti" page has almost 600 members with numbers climbing daily. 48 hours after initial contact, Vanessa set up operations in Patricia's Condo living room and they began to set up and plan what Patricia refers to as "Project Peanut Butter." With a donated airplane bound for Haiti, donated supplies, Vanessa and two medical Professionals aboard, "Project Peanut Butter," took off a mere three days after Vanessa landed in Fort Lauderdale. During that time, the flight Attendant's "Guest passes" got 4 of the angel Mission Staff people back into Haiti through santo Domingo. Along the way, the American Flight Attendants began to scheme, plan and communicate about how they are going to bring supplies to Vanessa and "Angel Mission Haiti." It is still an ongoing process, but this group has accomplished an incredible amount of work and generosity in less than a week not taking into consideration the awareness Patricia and Pamela generated along the way about "Angel Mission Haiti."

Host Application Forms - PLEASE READ

Hi Everyone,

Thank you to all the families who are contacting us about hosting.  We are very thankful that so many of you want to help.  Our staff is a bit overwhelmed with the number of calls & emails, but are doing our best to get back to everyone.  At this time, we do not have any definite information on children coming to the US for care or specifics on how long the process will be.  I will update you all when we know more.

We have had numerous requests for our host family application.  Unfortunately, our website seems to be overloaded and not working as well as we like, so I have added a link in the right hand column & at the bottom of this post where you can download the forms.  This link will take you to Media Fire where you will see a screen with four files.  This link does work as there have already been over 150 downloads since this morning.  To help with downloading, please be sure to read all of the instructions below.


You must download the files one at a time.

1) Do not use the download check boxes, they don't work.  Simply click on the file name & you will see a download button pop up just to the right of the file name.  Click on this to download (ignore all advertisements...that is what you get when you use free hosting!).


2) You will see a a yellow box come up that says "Begin download now"; click on this box to begin process.

3) Move back to file page and repeat this process for other files.

4) Download HERE


Please be sure to download all FOUR files.  There is a host family letter, application instructions (including where to mail your paperwork), the application itself and a document that describes our requirements and policies.

I hope this helps!
Thanks again for your willingness to help us in our mission to help the Haitian Children!
Fran

A Big Thank You…

This plane from the University of Michigan Health System has been flying critically ill children out of Haiti. They pilots and medical staff have been working around the clock to help us serve the people of Haiti. Their tireless efforts have been a huge relief to us and we greatly appreciate it! Thank You!!!

 

Jan. 18, 2010

Dear Family,

I can not say thank you enough to the out pouring of love, prayers and financial support.

My son Bill made it out last night and it was so hard seeing him in so much pain on the evening news. He is still alive and God has sent many angel to watch over him and everyone else.

another miracle today they found a 7 year old american girl alive. Her parents were both killed she has back injury and we are working on getting a charter plane to get her out of Haiti. Pray for her, not having a guardian and needing a special flight is proving difficult but with God all things are possible.

A man I do not know called and is helping us with paying for some charter flights to get doctors and nurses. Again a God thing. Thank you lord for all you are doing and will continue to do to help us and the people of Haiti.

For all of those worried I left the triplets. They are at a loving host family and are doing well. I miss them dearly but God knew this was coming and had them placed and in great hands so I would not worry. Again thank you Lord you are doing so many miracles.

When I get a chance to see the news, I see the wonderful people of Haiti still praising God. They love God and know he is there with them. I would like to think we would be like them praising God if we were going through the same thing.

All my Love Momma V
Vanessa A. Carpenter

Email for staff

Here are a few email addresses for our staff.  We have had such an overwhelming response that we have added staff.  For the time being, Kris Meadows and Britnie Carpenter will be coordinating all medical mission trips.  If you are a medical professional and want travel to help, please contact Kris with all your questions.  Britnie will help you with the paperwork needed to make the trip.

Kris Meadows - AMHMissions@hotmail.com   815-739-7656

Britnie Carpenter - AMHMissions@hotmail.com 540-380-4588

For donations and general questions, please contact:
Beth Richardson - AMHStaff@hotmail.com  540-380-4588


**Please note that in an earlier email this address was misquoted...it is NOT "AMHMedical"...sorry!**

If you are wanting to ask general questions about Angel Missions or discuss hosting a child here for medical care, please contact Heather at AMHFamilies@hotmail.com or 434-426-1791

Vanessa is currently en-route to Haiti.  It will be difficult at best to reach her by phone or email.  If you need to speak to AMH, please contact one of us and we will do all we can to get you an answer.

Thank you again for your prayers & support!

Note to all families interested in hosting

I wanted to thank everyone who has contacted us in the last few days about hosting!  Your response has been incredible and we are humbled by your willingness to help the Haitian children.  With the overwhelming numbers of emails we are receiving, it may take us some time to contact you individually. So, in an attempt to answer some of the questions, I will try to answer some of the most common questions here:

1) At this time, there are numerous groups working to help Haitian orphans connect with the American families who have been in the process of adopting them.  These children have already been identified,  are in the adoption pipeline (which is long and winding) & their many of their families have been waiting for them for some time.  These children come from many different orphanages, but hopefully a plan will be put into place to help them receive visas to come here without those adoptions being finalized in Haiti.  There are a number of different government groups working on this but you can find out information at this link:
Be The Answer for Children

2) We are not a part of the process described above.  Angel Missions Haiti works specifically with children who have medical needs.  At this time, I do not know how the earthquake will change that mission, but it is obvious that the need to provide medical care for children will increase.  While we do not believe that the need will be immediate, it is likely that we will need host families in the near future for children who need live-saving medical care here in the US.  We have no time tables for when we might need families nor do we know how many we will need.  In the past, most of the children in our program have not been orphans.  This may or may not change, but please know that we are not an adoption agency nor do we work with any specific orphanage.

The length of time children stay here in the US has always been dictated by their medical care.  Some only stay for a month or so, others have stayed up to a year.  Host families must be willing to care for and treat their host child as one of their own.  There are no stipends or allowances to cover costs.  We arrange for the major medical care, but often host families arrange for a pediatrician in their area to donate care for the usual kid stuff (ie: ear infections, colds, rashes, etc.)  Before a match is made with a family & a child is placed, all these details are discussed and plans are put into place.

3) Thank you to everyone who is willing to open their homes & hearts and host one of our children.  We would like to build a database of families who are interested in hosting this medically involved children.  Generally, the hospital & doctor that agrees to provide care for a specific child determines in which area of the country that child will stay.  Families from all states are accepted.  If you are interested in applying, please fill out the application on our website under the "mission" tab (scroll to the bottom of that page).  The website can be found here:  Angel Missions Haiti  - there are three links for pdf files all highlighted.  Please download all three.  Once you have completed the application, please email them to me at: AMHfamilies@hotmail.com

4) As is true with all NGO's working in Haiti, the greatest need at this time is for funds.  Please consider donating.  You can find a Paypal button on this blog.  Our funds are going to provide medical care in Haiti and to purchase supplies, food & water for those coming to us for aid.  We have a number of medical professionals who are interested in going to Haiti to help.  We have several partner organizations who are already there on the ground who we will support once Vanessa arrives.  It is impossible to guess how this response will develop over the next weeks & months, but we have worked in Haiti for many years before this earthquake and our commitment to the Haitian people, especially the children, will continue for years to come.

Thank you again for your prayers and your support!  They mean more than we can say...

If you have any questions about the application or instructions, please email.  We promise to respond as quickly as we can.

Fran

Update on Missing...

Ok Sumens and Menez, Suzanne and Jr are all ok. house still standing and so is Menez place of employment.

Love,
V