As you know Southland has been actively involved in serving the people of Haiti for over 30 years. We have a lot of Southland members who work in Haiti on a full-time and part-time basis and as of this morning, everyone we are affiliated with is safe and out of harm’s way. Most of our mission efforts are located in the Northwest region of Haiti and though they did feel the earthquake and several aftershocks, there is no visible damage to the ministry facilities (hospitals, schools, orphanages, churches, etc…) that many of you have labored to build over the years. The concern right now is for our Haitian brothers and sisters in Christ who have family members and friends who work or go to school in and around Port-au-Prince. There is currently no way to communicate with their loved ones, so we are currently in a wait and see pattern in terms of our outreach plans. We will respond to this disaster in some way and in due time. I will use my blog and our weekend services to communicate our intentions as a church family. The best option for all of us at this point is to pray.

“If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” (Isaiah 58:10)