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Brothers and sisters...Alberto and I have been asked to fly into Haiti for a couple of weeks. Jay is sending his American staff out and needs some reliable men on the ground to help coordinate relief efforts. No schedule as to when but within 24 to 72 hours probably. We will fly in with a relief team as soon as arrangements can be made.
Our biggest need will be to bring in cash into country so as soon as I know, please be generous and quick, knowing any amount will help. The conditions are beyond harsh and there is still no reliable source of water, food or anything else. Security is breaking down as men and women begin to get desperate.
I will need people in my church to step up to a new level for this new season as we will need help with church, skate church, caring for families and helping Wendy and Alysia.
Checks can be made out to Elysium and sent to:
ELYSIUM
410 Freeman Rd NW
Palm Bay, Fl 32907
You can also go to our website: http://www.elysiumchurch.com and donate through PayPal.
12 hours from now I should be on the ground in Port Au Prince. Love to all and keep your eyes on FB for updates when I have computer access! if this water purifier arrives at Morning Star you will have helped 1000's with clean drinking water! Other than this, prepare the church for teams to go in in the coming months and consider giving to Fishers of Men. Freedom Christian, Elysium, COTR Melbourne and Fire Dweller raised almost $10,000 in the past 3 days but that is a drop in the bucket...
This email came to us yesterday from the church in Haiti:
Beloved,
It the midst of trial, I can still say, God is awesome! We know he's moving off of your and our prayers, and we see his hand on the situation.
Let me first give you the testimonies. We were out of fuel. We went to our distributor and told him what we're doing and wanting to do and simply explained we are out of fuel. He sat there scratched his chin and then said, he'll have us 1,000 Gal. of diesel delivered in the night. He had to deliver in the night so that no one would see the truck in the day. Hallelujah. This should hold us about two weeks. Hopefully by then regular deliveries will be up and going.
Second, we had our first church service since the catastrophe in our open field where eventually we'll be building our new church. Numbers were limited but the word is out. Next week we'll be packed. God was so gracious and His presence so sweet. I gave a word from John 11, the story of Lazarus. I likened Haiti to Lazarus. Was sick, has died, but now Jesus is at the door of the tomb telling them to roll away the stone! With all my heart I believe God will raise up Haiti as a living witness to what He can and is willing to do for a people who will humble themselves and pray!
We started feeding the people in the tent city on the property. We've already distributed 10,000 meals and will continue. Thanks to God, we received a container of food earmarked for our feeding program the Friday before the catastrophe. We have enough food to last these next two weeks until the committed aid gets to us. Drinking water is still an issue. We're putting the word out that we need a large purification system that can be connected to our well. If we can find such a thing, we'll be able to provide water to all in the area along with our own needs.
We're still desperately trying to repair our water system Pipes broke everywhere. The problem is because stores are not open, we are finding it very difficult to find the materials to do the repairs. We're flushing toilets and bathing with buckets. Tomorrow I'll send drivers to towns outside PAP to purchase the materials. Pray that all this works for the good.
Third, as you know we are being contacted and trying our best to work with many groups that want to bring in aid. I spent two hours on the phone last night with representatives of TBN, Smilie of a Child. They want to bring in ships of aid and partner with us to distribute to the hurting. It's in the pipe line and hopefully not to long will be realized. We are also working with a large ONG, called 2 Life 18 Foundation, that wants to fly in much aid. Again they are looking to partner with us to move this aid to the people who need it. We've been contacted by unlimited amount of churches and groups wanting to do something and we are planning and scheduling as we speak to get this aid into those who are hurting.
Many of you are assisting us with Love offerings. What most of you don't understand is that we created half our budget from revenues, offerings ect. here in Haiti. Well, needless to say this revenue no longer exists. We will do all we can to maintain our staff and use them as a support group to all that we're doing. However that's about a $70,000 a month budget. This is why it's imperative that those who are willing to give, continue to give.
After we get through this first phase of survival, we already have set up accounts for "Rebuilding Haiti". These funds will go to building a new church, repairing existing facilities and then we want to rebuild the small houses of our staff members that have lost everything. We're pricing a large tent that will hold around 6,000 people in a service to put on the land. This will be a temporary shelter until we're able to construct the new sanctuary. We have the transport to get it in. We have the people to put it up. We just need the money to purchase it. This is about $60,000.
Last but not least, we've been working diligently to bring in a small support staff. Well as we speak they should be able to fly out on Tuesday and begin working with us. I got to have those guys here....I'm really tired.
I do want everyone to know that we basically have two point people on the ground in the U.S. that are coordinating all these efforts. A good friend for 25 years and a board member of Fishers of Men Ministries, Dr. Jerry Wolcson, along with a Networking guru mighty women of God, Dr. Deborah Hamilton These two have worked almost around the clock helping to coordinate. Their emails are: dr.j@integrity.com and tks2u@aol.com. respectively. For logistic coordination, pledges, donations, aid, containers, shipments, teams ect. The best way to do this is to contact these two who are working on my behalf. They will set you up, put you in the loop, find you shipping info, even find an airplane and pilots if you need. WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET! None is too small or too great. Your more than welcome to email me and I love to respond but for emails needing coordinating I will forward to these two blessings of God to help with all paticulars. All love offerings are to be directed to our stateside office.
Again I want to thank all of you for your hearts, prayers and sacrificial giving. Don't stop! Use your sphere of influence to touch and use others. We've got a long way to go and we've just began the process to witness the resurection of Haiti.
Much love and Blessings,
Pastor Jay Threadgill
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