Thursday, February 4, 2010

Help for Haiti

Last night, 13 of our resident moms and children gathered in the dining room to put together hygiene kits for Haiti. One of our volunteers – Miss Dawn – who comes every Wednesday evening purchased all the required items for the kits. The moms and children worked together “assembly-line” fashion filling the Ziploc bags with towels, soap, toothbrushes, band aids, and other basic hygiene supplies. Both moms and children felt so proud that they were able to help others. It was an especially important project as one of our resident moms is originally from Haiti and still has family and friends living there (see my previous blogs).

After the assembly was completed, Miss Dawn put all 40 or so hygiene kits in a pile and gathered everyone around to pray over them. The sweetest prayer was from one of our 8 year-olds who asked God to keep the people safe.

Like everyone else, we’re preparing for the snow storm – stocking up on groceries, filling extra tubs with water in case the power goes out (so we can flush toilets), and having enough activities to keep energetic children busy. (Remember we don’t have TV at Hope Alive!) Keep our families in your thoughts and prayers – several moms and children are recuperating from illnesses and we’re praying they get well and stay well!

Enjoy the snow and stay safe and warm. Until next week …

Sue Oehmig
Founder and Executive Director

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