update

Wow. It has been a crazy 2-3 days. First, thanks so much to all of you who have been keeping up. Nearly $10,000 has come in the last 24 hrs. Second, thanks to especially to Josh Hausen and Jimbo Tucker who has been assisting in all kinds of ways to coordinate all of this. Other developments:

1) Dr. Ric Bonell (who has been a huge part of the development of Canaan's medical clinic) from DFW, TX (per recent blog) is in Ft. Lauderdale. He's with multiple medical personnel (including trauma surgeons) and they now have a plane, supplies and a time slot to land in Port-Au-Prince! They should be on the ground helping people in less than 24 hrs.

2) Jimbo Tucker's dad organization, Med Mission (http://med-mission.blogspot.com) is working out some shipments options in partnership with two non-profit orgs into St. Marc (a port 45 minutes from Canaan). A portion of the food collected will for shipment has promised to go to Canaan. This is amazing news.

3) We've mentioned that Canaan will be effected as a result of this tragedy. They will not only take care of their needs, they will have a primary role in providing relief. Our goal is to come along their side and help them help their people. Here are ways we see Canaan and providing help:

- the medical clinic is already seeing patients
- the hospital up the road is staffed and ready to go and is awaiting for Dr. Ric to arrive
- the orphanage facilities will/may turn into a some kind of homeless shelter for an undetermined period of time as people migrate north.
- the malnutrition clinic should see an increase in malnourished kids due to the fact that the economic and political epicenter of Haiti is destroyed. this will hit in the months to come.
- The Orphanage will deliver food to hard hit areas and families they know (usually bags of Rice and beans).

4) YOUR GIVING (THAT KEEPS COMING IN) IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE THINGS! THANKS!