Message from Pastor Luc

Pastor Luc asked me to share this message with all of H2H's friends, family & supporters:

"Hello everybody I am very happy to talking to you but also very sad because that hurricane or that storm really broke my heart that hurricane broke down all bananas so many mangoes lots of coconuts if you coming to heart to heart valley now you may not recognize that place because it turn up side down some mangoes gone bananas gone that's really make us worry because in 6 years we have two big troubles as you know Haiti is a poorest country in the world so we really need your prayers and your helps after that storm so all of YOU my friends I calling out to YOU be ready to see us through may GOD bless YOU watch over YOU LOVE YOU protect YOU much LOVE and blessings from pastor Luc Honorat"

Pastor Luc has a great burden to provide for not only the H2H kids, but also his church members and the people who live in the community surrounding H2H.  He is a respected leader and so many people are coming to him for help.  H2H board of directors are collecting financial donations to provide Luc with resources to help those living at H2H and the community around it.  Any donations made to H2H will be used to repair the damage done to H2H compound, increase the security of the compound and provide relief food for those desperately in need.

A great benefit of supporting H2H is allowing the local Haitians (led by Pastor Luc) to determine the needs and provide aid directly to their community members - helping those in need and the economy at the same time.

I'd like to comment about something else too.  H2H is incredibly relieved to walk away from this hurricane with the minimal damage that we have.  There are communities that have reported complete devastation - the pictures in the media are heart breaking.  It does not make sense for H2H to get involved in helping other communities as we have no connections there and the people around us have substantial needs... even if they can not be compared to those in the south.  If anyone would like to donate to an organization who is planning to provide relief work to those most affected in the south please be diligent in choosing an organization - one that has minimal administration costs, buys supplies locally & ALREADY has people on the ground with relationships with local people.  Email me if you are interested and I can provide you with a list of grass root organization in those areas.

If you would like to donate to H2H there are 3 ways to do so:

1. If you are on automatic debit already, you can simply email our treasurer, Colleen Sandberg (wcsandberg@shaw.ca) saying you give H2H permission to do a one-time withdrawal of $____.  H2H will then withdraw the amount you say from your account and send the money to Haiti.

2. You can mail a cheque to Colleen with a note attached saying it is for the hurricane relief.  Colleen's address is 35138 Page Road, Abbotsford, BC, V3G 1N8.

3. You can go to H2H's website (www.hearttohearthaiti.com) and click on "Ways to Give" at the top, and then "Donate".  You can the use your credit card via PayPal to donate to H2H.