Capstone Response in Haiti
Email sent out to Capstone Family this am: 
It is with a heavy heart I send this email out with images from Haiti still on mind from the last news report. As many of you know this fall God put Haiti on our hearts as the place we felt we needed to plant churches, help the orphan, and bring light the only third world county in our Hemisphere. We annouced two weeks ago we were partning the Lashbrook Ministry ( http://www.lfmintl.com/) in Haiti. Keith and Cindy have been missionaries in Haiti now for 13 years. They have started a church, a school, a boys home, girls home, care for over 100 orphans and reaching out to the many lost in the name of Christ.
Last night was able to contact the Lashbrooks and they are OK. They aren’t in Port Au Prince, but in northern Haiti. The issue for the Lashbrooks is that everything come from PAP – gas, food, water. And with PAP in chaos there is no way to be certain when or how supplies will reach them. They are also expecting many refugees to come over the mountain to their area fleeing from the devastation of Port Au Prince. Here is a part of the specific email to our family at Capstone:
“Right now we know that there are still some supplies available on the store shelves in our town so our goal is to purchase what we can while it it available. We want to not only be able to feed our children and staff but also have enough to provide for the needs of some of the refugees that we know will be coming our way from Port au Prince. That is why we are pushing so hard to raise money right now. It is important to get the money to the mission just as quickly as possible so that plans can be made to meet the most needs. We know this is a perfect opportunity to speak Christ’s love into needy lives and we want to be ready to do just that. We thank you for being willing to help us in this work God has given us.”
Yesterday they cleaned out there bank account to purchase as much as possible. They only have supplies for 4 days. So with that said, Capstone has taken $5000 out of our saving and will be sending it this morning to allow them to buy as many supplies as they can. But we think this is only a small amount to what will be needed. Sunday we will be sending everything taken up on Sunday Morning to the Lashbrooks as well. We need to you spread the word. People will be talking about Haiti much this week. Talk with your neighbors, co workers, family, etc and tell them your church has partners there and you know someone by name who needs help. And people will want to help! They can help by giving to Capstone and designate it “Haiti”. We plan to be asking the city of Fountain Inn to help and will begin to take up supplies next week to send down there as soon as they are open to shipments.
I don’t think it is by coincidence that we as a community of faith were lead to Haiti right before the greatest disaster in this country’s history. Capstone WILL BE apart of rebuilding Haiti in the next week, month and years. Thank You to all the Capstone Family who have called and emailed asking how the Lashbrooks were and your heart was breaking for the people of Haiti- an extension of Capstone’s family!
So lets get on it. Pray hard that the Lord works in the chaos and devestation. And lets not just watch the world help, but roll up our sleeves and be the voice for our friends Haiti!
Walt Tanner
Lead Pastor
Capstone Church
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