update #3

The situation in Haiti is changing by the hour. As of now, our plan is to go forward with our trip on Monday (as long as AA will let us fly). Here's a little more background information about what we do in Haiti. The Canaan Christian Community is a Haitian-run ministry established in 1979. In addition to being home for over 100 people (many kids), in the last 5 years, a major medical clinic and nutrition program (the haiti nutrition project - this is Mandy and I's primarily development responsibility) have been established from Canaan.

On Tuesday, in light of the earthquake, Canaan basically became a relief agency. Their hearts are to serve their people in the midst of this catastrophe, but they also must stay afloat as well. In the coming days, there will be major food (rumors that basic food items could shoot up to astronomical prices), fuel, and medical needs all over Haiti. They will be called upon to help is so many ways.

Our goal is to attempt to raise a lot (please contact me jtbusby@gmail.com if you need to know our goal) of funding in the next few days, so that we can bring these resources to them for their needs and the needs of the nation - as they see fit (our philosophy is to come alongside the Haitians and help them solve problems their way). We'd love to ask you to consider giving and connecting others who can give to this effort. In the event that we cannot travel Monday, we will simply postpone our trip until it can happen.

If you'd like to give, please go to www.canaanorphanage.org and look for the "support canaan" tab on the upper left hand corner. These funds will be wired to us before our trip.

- (update to the update 12:47 pm) Many of you have asked about the grounding of flights. AA has given us some information, we'll have to wait and see. We also have some other potential transport options, as well as some other avenues to get the funding down there ASAP...