How You Are Helping Haiti

225 days ago by Jenn Collins

Last weekend and all this week, we took up a cash offering for the people of Haiti who have been effected by the 7.0 earthquake. We have received $4,000 so far! All of the cash is going to the Florida Baptist Convention in their efforts to help. Below is an excerpt from their web site about how God has provided so much in so little time. Praise the Lord! Continue to pray for Haiti.

The Biblical miracle of the fishes and loaves had a modern day twist for the Florida Baptist Convention when it made an initial purchase of 21 tons of rice for use in Haiti relief efforts. An Arkansas Baptist church’s matching gift of rice has multiplied the initial commitment into a total 84 tons of rice being earmarked for Haiti.

This miracle of multiplication started on Friday, January 15, when Executive Director John Sullivan negotiated to purchase 42,000 pounds of rice from a grain distributor in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Sullivan negotiated for a low price of $20 per hundred pound bag. With the deal confirmed, the Convention arranged to send one of its disaster relief semi-trailer units to Stuttgart to take delivery of the rice. On Monday, January 18, a second order was placed for another 21 tons of rice for delivery at the end of February.

On Tuesday, January 19, Sullivan received a call from Pastor Sam Roberts of the First Baptist Church, Stuttgart, Arkansas, who had learned of the Convention’s purchase and planned use of the rice. He told of the church’s mission committee authorization to purchase 42 tons of rice to supplement the Convention’s commitment to feed Haitians. The combined purchase and donation brings the total commitment to 84 tons or 168,000 pounds of rice which will be distributed in Haiti as soon as possible.

To read more about how the Florida Baptist Convention is helping Haiti, go to their website.