As most of you know by now, we have people doing assessments as well as finding locations for volunteers/command centers in Haiti and hope to have things in place very soon for those of you who want to volunteer.
I have been taking calls all day and night thanks to so many of you who want to help with the Haiti effort. The last 2 weeks have been spent making phone calls to international agencies, congregations here in the states and anywhere else I can think of to get help shipping supplies in to Haiti as well as flying volunteers in. This has definitely been a challenge and can become frustrating. Working out of the country is so different from disasters here in the states. When we're working in the states, we are on site and set up within 24-48 hours. So if you're used to volunteering with us and wondering why it's taking so long to get set up, please try to be patient. We hope to have things in place very soon. But we want it to be organized also like you've come to expect. Much more can be accomplished that way.
Mark is expected to return to the states sometime today. We will then get things in motion to really begin helping the Haitian people. Hopefully I can have pictures uploaded by tomorrow.
If you would like to volunteer (we will need many) please go to the DRT website to register. Don't worry about the arrival and departure dates that it asks for since we don't have schedules made out yet. I'm thinking we will most likely be taking in teams for 1 week at a time to begin with.
I will update with specifics as soon as I hear from Mark.
In the meantime......Please tell everyone you know about DRT's effort in Haiti. There is such a tremendous, overwhelming need there. We will need volunteers, supplies and funding.
WE NEED YOU!!
You can donate online through PayPal on the DRT website or by postal mail to:
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team
810 Hollywood Blvd.
West Melbourne, Fl. 32904
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