Letter from Alan Taylor, minister of the Mountainside Church of Christ concerning their work in Haiti and the recent earthquake.

Thanks for your inquiry.

We supply all of the food for an orphanage in Ranquitte, Haiti, and we help with support for one in Cap Hatien. Cap Hatien is in the north; Ranquitte is in the east. Neither orphanage was damaged by the quake; however, with the shortage of food, fuel, and medicine which must necessarily accompany such a disaster, they are anticipating that, at least in the short term, prices will skyrocket.

We will be taking a contribution for Haiti. We will use some of it to insure that the 57 children at Ranquitte get food. We will send the rest of it to the Haitian Christian Foundation. This foundation is active mostly in the north, but they do have people on the ground who can get help to the south as needed. We chose HCF because one of our deacons, John Painter, is on the board of HCF. We trust John and the work the foundation does.

So, if you would like to participate with us, we would be glad to receive anything you can send. Just make sure that your people know that our missions are located mostly in the north. We will be taking care of children and families who are impacted indirectly, not directly, by the earthquake.

If you want to be involved more directly in the south, go to the Christian Chronicle web site. They have updated stories about the devastation and a list of at least four Christian agencies who will be working in the south.

Have a great day...

Alan

Mountainside Church of Christ…………………………………….              292-8347

http://www.mtnsidechurch.org

                12300 Indian School Rd., NE

                Albuquerque, NM  87112-4760

                                Ministers:  Alan Taylor—Pulpit Alan10813@Yahoo.com

                                                 Rick Hankins—Youth  rvhankins@yahoo.com

                                            (Rick is also one of the elders there)

Found on the Haitian Christian Foundation website
(http://www.haitianchristianfoundation.org)
Churches and mission efforts in Port au Prince suffered damages.  Members
of the churches have died and are suffering.  We are exploring ways to be
most helpful to those in need.  If you wish to make a donation, you may
send a check to our Abilene office, marked for "Earthquake Relief".

Earthquake Relief Fund
Haitian Christian Foundation
402 Cypress
Suite 511
Abilene, TX   79601

the Christian Chronicle web site
 http://www.christianchronicle.org