Haiti Disaster - Update #4

Eight days have passed since our last update. We continue to serve as a drop off for MERCI. Here is an excerpt from an email received January 26 from Jo Elaine Harris who has managed the collection for MERCI at Clayton."Many thousands of pounds of our medical supplies, food and water are on the ground and being used. While some agencies and groups are unable to get their materials there, we are successful. Keep the collections coming! On behalf of the literally thousands of people whose lives have been positively impacted because of your willingness to collect and deliver goods, I thank you."

The Clayton collection point has closed but we are excited that Edenton Street United Methodist Church where Sara and I attend is now one collection point here in Raleigh. Feel free to continue to drop items at the store. Please see check here, Items Needed, to see what is needed. We are open 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 on Sunday.

Food and medical supplies are high priorities. Clothing is not being shipped now since the people are not in living conditions that will allow for accumulation of goods.

To date we have delivered about 28 pick up sized loads of good from you to the people in Haiti through Merci. We will continue to collect and deliver your gifts until we are told to stop.

On March 20, Philip is leading a team of doctors and nurses to Haiti. This trip was planned long before the earthquake.Please read here Global Outreach for more information. The team will need to carry all needed medical supplies. At this link, we have a list of medications we need and a way for you to contribute to help us purchase those on the list which are not over the counter. We are expecting six doctors and six nurses to go. We will be serving people in the poorest parts of Port au Prince using clinics operated by Haiti Outreach Ministries. The director of this organization in Haiti, Pastor Leon Dorleans, is a good friend of ours. He does remarkable service.

Note: We found a ring we think may have been dropped in a bag of supplies delivered to our store. If you have lost an important ring, call Sara at 919-832-4775.

We will update you more as needed. You and the contacts you have made for this outreach have amazed the community. Thank you so much!

--Sara and Philip Dail