When I first read this article I was expecting the same type of news that I had been hearing out of Haiti this year. I was very encouraged by the hope that is coming out of Haiti and how in the midst of the descruction there is hope and the Kingdom of God is advancing
Earthquake Relief Efforts
When last January’s earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, it did a great deal of damage to the part of the capital city where HCM works. HCM’s largest church building and all three of its school buildings in the Nazon area were heavily damaged. Many lives were lost in that neighborhood and even today houses remain in ruins while the people live in tents. Some people have chosen to leave the area, but many feel they have no where else better to go. Since that horrible day the following things have taken place:
- 807 people have been baptized in the HCM churches
- 170 tents have been distributed
- 65 mattresses have been distributed
- 3 houses have been built with many more to come
- 2 new offices have been completed
- 11,193 patients have been treated in HCM clinics
- 102 babies have been born at the HCM hospital
- 103 surgeries have been performed
- 7 churches have been repaired
- 5 schools have been repaired
