"The hand that gives gathers." English proverb

It's raining hard in Haiti. Pls don't forget the thousands who have no where to keep their children dry. Pls pray for the people of Haiti.

If you haven't seen this photo essay, it's one of the best there is... http://ping.fm/rvpU2

GLOW to receive 500 tons of supplies for earthquake relief : South Africa, Gift of the Givers. Dr Sooliman confirming partnership in Haiti.

Rainy season in Haiti begins in 11 days. Send tents here: http://bit.ly/bzALjj

GLOW is looking for a grant writer to help obtain a grant for relocating displaced Haitians. Pls reply to this if you can help.

There is one latrine per thousand people in Port au Prince.

http://ping.fm/zvY5f update on refugee camps. Haiti

Phil was in an accident in Haiti, flipped the 4 Runner on the way home from PAP when he was run off the road. He is banged up but alive.

Haiti earthquake field report - URGENT MESSAGE: http://ping.fm/0N17H

Very Important Letter From Phil. Please Read!!!

Please read this report carefully and understand the impact of its message. Our men, military servicemen, and many others are not able to carry out the relief work of providing food to thousands upon thousands, in Haiti, because the WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, USAID, and UN, are not willing to allow us distribution access to food which rightfully belongs to every citizen, American, Haitian or world. This constitutes a crime. HOARDING in a time when DISTRIBUTION should be of UTMOST IMPORTANCE. Please read this report, Share it with all your concerned friends, and SPEAK UP NOW on behalf of the voiceless hungry people of Haiti. -Amber Snyder Field Report Sunday, February 7, 2010 The seconds blur into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days. Shock and surprise in the quake zone, Haiti, meet us around nearly every corner. It is impossible to absorb the flood of sights, sounds, smells and expressions. The roller coaster of urgency is overwhelming while the slow crawl of response fogs up our hearts and eyes with frustration. Today is Saturday, February 6, 2010, nearly one month since the 7.3 earthquake demolished much of Port au Prince and the southern cities. Those of us here are living moment to moment. Loss of life and human suffering often become vague in a catastrophe of this magnitude. I personally extend my deepest sympathy to those of you who have suffered such loss. The trauma of this event will not soon be forgotten. The death toll is now estimated at as high as 200,000, some 300,000 have been injured. An estimated 700,000 people are in need of immediate heath care. Close to a half a million people are living in spontaneous shelter areas (refugee camps) and sanitation is becoming a very alarming concern. Freshly dug latrines are often filled to capacity within days. Water seems to be getting out to people and is not a major issue at this time. Approximately 2,000,000 are in need of food though. Organized food distribution points in Port au Prince are extremely congested further hindering food insecurity issues. Food insecurity outside of Port au Prince is becoming a concern as food prices have more than doubled since the earthquake. Cities outside of Port au Prince are receiving more and more refugees every day, overpopulation in rural areas will soon become an issue. Air traffic is slowing to approximately 90 flights per day, down from 140, commercial air transportation is expected to resume soon. The port in Port au Prince is congested with around 900 containers on site, capacity is 2,000. Notice of arrival will be required for good coming in by sea. The border crossing from the Dominican Republic is congested, crossing the border is currently taking 2 hours. Automobile and truck traffic in Port au Prince is extremely congested. GLOW First Response teams have partnered with 5 refugee camps and have worked tirelessly to help meet the needs in these camps. These people are living in makeshift shelters constructed of sticks, tarps and plastic. GLOW has helped dig latrines, provide water and food. Logistics are hindering but at maximum production we can provide up to 6,000 meals per day in the combined camps. The food we are providing has been acquired from our own sources, mostly food we had purchased for use in our school feeding programs. At the pace we are working we will have enough food to provide meals for 2 or 3 more days. Attempts to procure resources from the UN, USAID and the WFP have been fruitless and extremely frustrating. The clock is ticking toward the rainy season. It is now imperative that the Haitian government take lead in this situation and begin setting up secure areas outside of Port au Prince. Sites must be considered which will provide space for large groups of people, shade and have proper drainage in case of heavy rains. Huge latrines should be dug in advance. Mass feeding stations complete with kitchens and ‘dining tents’ should be on site as well as convalescent care hospital facilities and schools. Five camps of this type with the capacity of serving 50,000 people each should have been under construction yesterday. “Build it and they will come.” Vehicular traffic in Port au Prince should be limited to the most feasible minimal possible. Attempts should be made to bolster public transportation for all classes in an effort to minimize congestion and maximize relief response potential including demolition teams currently forming. Many smaller NGO’s are standing by ready to help in capacities not considered feasible by the powers governing the control of relief supplies and support currently in Haiti. This is a crime against humanity. One of the greatest assets to this relief effort is and will be the established NGO community in Haiti. Although the response potential of the NGO community is “under consideration,” consideration is not enough. The community of smaller NGO’s could impact the relief efforts exponentially. Haiti has experienced a catastrophe that has echoed around the world. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised for disaster relief on her behalf. The majority of this money could very well be squandered and lost through inept and unscrupulous investment. It is our responsibility to see that this money is used effectively and wisely. Investment into widespread development throughout every province in Haiti is crucial right now. This could be the turning point towards a self sustaining future for Haiti. Only time will tell. Phillip Snyder, GLOW Ministries International GLOW Ministries International Haiti GLOW is a first responder in all disasters (616) 283 9616 Cell (616) 772 6389 Home (616) 772 3370 Office www.glowmi.org

Phillip will accompany US Army RED FALCONS on a food distribution mission tomorrow.

Phil Snyder on CBS evening news. http://ping.fm/jHs0o

http://ping.fm/jHs0o

Phil says, "Keep your eye on CBS news"....

Crazy Horse Haiti Benefit changed to Feb 21 11am-2pm. Come for an authentic Haitian meal.

Phil is on his way to Haiti this am. Will sleep in DR tonight, and cross the border tomorrow, God willing.

Update on GLOW Website posted today. Click on Earthquake Update on the home page: http://glowmi.org

Initial food supplies running out. Pray for USAID to release supplies now.

It looks like all those relief supplies in Port au Prince Haiti are just a mirage.

Are yurts the emergency shelter of choice? Rainy season will be upon Haiti soon. haiti

I hope you have had a week filled with good ideas and prayers for our Haitian friends. Upcoming QB Events include:

A Day for Haiti
Midtown Center,
96 W 15th S, tHolland, Mi
Tuesday January 26, 12-5pm

QB Ideas & People Network & Get Things Done Meeting.
GLOW HQ 100 S Pine, Zeeland
Tuesday, January 26
7pm-8pm
All welcome, including kids and teens

Pop can drive, Zeeland Area Youth Groups
Third CRC, corner of State & Central
6:30pm, Wednesday January 27
Contact:Carrie Beyer jcbeyer3@sbcglobal.net
All youth welcome to join.

Merle Boes Gas Stations- Buy a Tag Promotion
Pay a dollar to buy a QB tag at select BP & Marathon Locations
Starting next weekend, continuing for 4 weeks

Zeeland West BB Hoop Shoot
ZWHS
February 5, 7:30pm
Everyone come cheer this halftime fun. One dollar per 3 pt attempt

Casey's Food and Spirits
91 Douglas Ave
Holland, Mi
Feb 2-8,15% of total sales, Silent Auction
Live Auction February 6, Starting at 5pm
50/50 Raffle starting at 6pm Saturday.
Casey's is asking the community for donations of goods and services for their auction. It is a sports bar atmosphere. Questions or donations, Call Linn Chau (517)927-5090
QuakeBuster Volunteers, This is a great way for you to help, by soliciting items for auction, or creating them yourselves.

Crazy Horse Steak House
2027 North Park Drive, Holland, Mi
Sunday February 7, 11am-2pm
Authentic Haitian Meal, Benefit
Heather Laninga, Contact


Hudsonville Grille
4676 32nd Ave, Hudsonville, Mi
Tuesday, February 23
4:00-9:30pm
Percent of sales

As you can see, the ball has gotten rolling! Special recognition goes to Shelly Leys family for their successful cookie sale at Turning Pointe School of Ballet. Maybe a message of congratulations is in order for her and the girls! After all, we are a team, and as we cheer each other on we will get to know and love one another, serving God and the people of Haiti together.
And Here's a fun piece of news: The Big Rapids Chapter of QB has formed and they are really Jumping To It! More later.

It is a privilege to keep you informed. Our Haitian Staff and Chad and Frank are feeding five thousand people per day. Pray that our food store multiplies and is refreshed before it runs out!
Thanks a bunch!

Pass it on, we are getting things done right now which are going to save the lives of earthquake victims. Invite your friends to join us in their own neighborhoods!
Amber Snyder

Mark your calendar for Casey's Haiti Relief Benefit Holland Michigan Feb 2-8 http://ping.fm/ePWs3

Chad says his men fed 2,000 today. Taking water in 800 gallons at a time. Fed 2 orphanages who were out of food.

Engaged couple donates part of wedding budget to Haiti: http://bit.ly/5T6Dhs

10K Matching Gift B fulfilled! Many Thanks to those who contributed. Let us find another!

Lets Connect!

ANOTHER 6.1 Earthquake has hit Haiti
Posted by Ellen Tift Goebel at 9:58am yesterday
More can be read here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5...

Please connect with GLOW on other social networking sites to stay current on the situation:

http://www.twitter.com/GLOWMinistries
http://www.myspace.com/glowministries...
http://www.twitter.com/quakebusters [the fund raising street team for GLOW]

BLOGS

Phil Snyder's blog: http://web.me.com/zbztster/Phil_Snyde...
Quakebusters' Blog: http://quakebusters.blogspot.com/

FB Pages for GLOW MInistries:

Be a fan of GLOW: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb...

Join the Quakebusters group if you'd like to be on the street team for raising funds and awareness: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb...

Please pray for the workers to be strong, safe, and organized. And above all else, please pray for the Haitian people. Also, please promote these links to spread awareness of the important work GLOW Ministries is privileged to do for the people of Haiti, and invite your FB friends to join this cause.

Phil Snyder gives an interview about Haiti: http://ping.fm/DS9W5

Oprah's about Haiti today.

Haiti photos by @firesideint http://ping.fm/sEVjz

Letter from Frank King in Haiti

Letter from Frank King in Haiti
Posted by Ellen Tift Goebel at 11:12pm on January 18th, 2010
This is from Frank King who is in Haiti with Chad Snyder, giving out supplies to the people.

"Hi all. This is my attempt at blogging my day.

Frank King is an emotional wreck. Today we distributed 2 truck loads of food and a dump truck full of water to a refugee camp. Our team started at 7:00 am cooking huge pots of rice and beans to give out. We put each portion in styrafoam containers and packed a SUV and a pick-up with them. We also got an entire dumptruck load of water bags to pass out. All of this was organized by a small Haitian Church. As we were loading the trucks, singing broke out in the church and i found myself drawn inside to participate. This was amazing to me that the entire church was packed with people singing and praising God. We then loaded approximately 20 Haitian men from the church and started the convoy into Port Au Prince. What met us there is difficult to put into words. There were far more people at the camp than we expected, probably over 1000. For the most part the distribution went well, there was a lot of pushing and shoving, but we expected that. The more amazing part was that I saw people taking food, then giving it to someone else in the crowd and not taking any themselves. A saw a young girl approximately 12 years old, fight her way through the line to get food. I was impressed with her tenacity, pushing past people twice her size, to get to the front of the line. When I gave her the meal, she turned immediately and started feeding it to 2 younger children. When i asked her about this she told me that both her parents were killed and she needed to feed her little brother and sister. (She got my lunch of a granola bar and a piece of peperoni). I also saw the darker side when I spied a young man about 20, taking the food from a small child, I must admit, my temper got the better of me and I went and got the food back for the child. After we had run out of food, many people came to me to thank me for caring for them, these people had not gotten any of the food but were still grateful! They have been living in this compound for 5 days and we were the 1st people that had brought them any food! We were only 3 blocks from the Airport, where there is millions of pounds of food sitting on the tarmac. The reason for this? there are a bunch of people arguing over who and how the aid should be distributed! 1 Canadian, 1 Amarican and 20 Haitians were able to feed 50% of that camp in 20 minutes and we had come from 70 Km away. After the food and water were gone, I was approached by a very observant man that had noticed my stethascope on the dash of our truck. He asked if I could look at some people before we left. He took me first to a 17 year old girl that had a filthy bandage on her left foot. She was obviously in a lot of bain so I gave her advil and tylenol. I slowly removed the bandages to reveal a oozing wound that had almost severed her foot. It was obvious that she needed to have surgery. I redressed the wound with about a gallon of antibiotic cream and told her I would bring her to the hospital. I was then shown a young girl who had an obvious broken leg, I straightened it as best I could and applied a splint. The only other thing I could do for her was to give her Tylenol. I was then shown a 2 year old boy that his father told me was peeing bloody urine. he had scrapes and abrasions all over his little body. I tried to examine him and he screamed. It appers that his pelvis is broken. I then loaded the girl with foot injurie and the little boy into the truck to take them to the hospital neer where we are staying, only to find out that the doctors were not there until tomorrow morning. I now have 2 patients to care for overnight. It is 1 am here so I better go to bed as I have to be at the hospital at 7

Please continue to pray

ANOTHER QUAKE has hit Haiti!

More can be read here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583420,00.html

Please connect with GLOW on other social networking sites to stay current on the situation:

http://www.twitter.com/GLOWMinistries
http://www.myspace.com/glowministriesintl
http://www.twitter.com/quakebusters [the fund raising street team for GLOW]

BLOGS

Phil Snyder's blog: http://web.me.com/zbztster/Phil_Snyder/Blog/Entries/2010/1/19_One_Week_After_the_Earthquake.html
Quakebusters' Blog: http://quakebusters.blogspot.com/

Facebook Pages for GLOW MInistries:

Be a fan of GLOW on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GLOW-Ministries-International/259136486235?ref=ts

Join the Quakebusters group on Facebook if you'd like to be on the street team for raising funds and awareness: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=253943311922&ref=ts

Please pray for the workers to be strong, safe, and organized. And above all else, please pray for the Haitian people. Also, please promote these links to spread awareness of the important work that GLOW Ministries is privileged to do for the people of Haiti.

New Quake Hits Haiti today: http://ping.fm/eLIrA

Another bad earthquake has hit Haiti today. Hard to assess new damages, but clearly we all need to PRAY for the Haitians and rescue workers

Damil just got back from P-AU-P. 14 babies need formula. Found 2 more refugee camps to go see if we can help. 2,000 and 950 more people

Grade schoolers make & sell Valentine's Day cards & ALL MONEY GOES TO HELP HAITIANS. http://innocademy.com/ They look pretty great!

Boss nene and a truck full Haitian men on there way to refugee camp to dig latriens and drop off a 1,000 gallon water tank. We will be filling the tank each time we go into camp.

I just had to get it off my mind...
http://ping.fm/qRHrs

$10,000 matching gift made available for one week.

GLOW has an offer of a $10,000 matching gift made available for one week. Please visit the website to donate or send a contribution directly, to:GLOW PO Box123 Zeeland, MI,49464 Matching gift B! 100% of funds raised for relief go to Haiti.

Kick Off Event

Host:	Quakebusters- We Can Help Haiti in Our Own Neighborhood!
Network:	Global

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Date:	Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:	City on a Hill GLOW office Suite 380
Street:	100 s Pine
City/Town:	Zeeland, MI

Pictures of Our Loved Ones

Prayers Needed!

Chad called today to say he and several of our workers will be taking cooked food in to a refugee camp tomorrow. They have purchased bags of culligan water, and will distribute them as well. He asks for our prayers that things will remain calm and orderly. He brought seven orphans and a caregiver out to our compound, because their house was unsafe and the kids were having to hang out by the garbage pile. pastor Elitesse Morvan has lost 27 members of our family. He is a backbone of GLOW. He is the man with the white beard and sunglasses everyone remembers. 63 homes were destroyed in Pierre Payen, 20 minutes north of our home. Two people from LaKoline have perished.
Thank you.
A

Pastor Elitesse Morvan

HELP HAITI - DROP THE DEBT

Take action for the immediate cancellation of Haiti's debt and to ensure new aid comes in the form of grants.

Go here and do this. It takes two seconds!

Matching Gift Offered

A local friend says that there is a matching gift offered for $1000 to Haiti Relief. All we need to do is encourage people to donate to GLOW and mark their donations Matching Gift A. They can use clickandpledge through our website, or send a contribution and write Matching Gift A in the comments or on the memo line!

Go to glowmi.org

Quakebusters- We Can Help Haiti in Our Own Neighborhood!

Our first QB Event Saturday, Turning Pointe School of Dance Cookie Sale!

All funds raised through QuakeBusters will go to immediate relief for the people of Haiti. GLOW Ministries International is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization . We have helped the Haitian people for 30 years.
GLOW Ministries International
100 South Pine Street Suite 380
Zeeland, MI 49464
616 772 3370
www.glowmi.org

The Faces of Haiti