BucketFull of Love
(Jean Dial, Regina, Garry & Luis Manuel)
As many of you have probably already heard, on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 a massive Earthquake occurred in Haiti. Their capital, Port-au-Prince has been destroyed with hospitals, homes and major buildings collapsing. Many have no where to go and nothing to survive with. We are just a few hundred miles from the disaster here in the Dominican Republic and although our church in Tamboril is in its infancy, along with our Haitian mission in Don Pedro we have decided to begin assembling "BucketsFull of Hope" today by simply filling them with a list of everyday items that can be purchased here and used to fill immediate needs. Obviously these buckets will do more than just take care of physical needs, we also want to let these families know they have not been forgotten and will be placing special tracts in Creol inside so they can discover the eternal hope of Jesus' love. The "BucketsFull of Hope" will be well marked with our Non-Profit Associations (Familia Avance: Las Iglesias Biblicas Bautistas) logo in Spanish and its Creol address destination on the outside so as to facilitate its transport. The "BucketFull of Hope" will supply a family of four for at least three days with items readily available for purchase here in the Dominican Republic. We plan to have over 100 ready by the end of the week (Taking a step of faith) and are working on automating the process with nationals in our church so that future "BucketsFull of Hope" can be purchased, filled and sent without our presence. As soon as a Warehouse is rented by Wesley Lane in the lower Delma region of Port-au-Prince (3 miles from the Airport) Pastor Jean Dial, Regina and I will make the initial trip in with the cargo from Santo Domingo crossing through Anse-a-Pitre "Pedemales" in trucks with Haitian plates.
Supply & Cost Outline
After planning, strategizing with Dominicans, Haitians and other relief organizations online and measuring what we could physically fit in a 5 Gallon "BucketFull of Hope" we can now announce that the following items will be purchased in large quantities tomorrow for less than $60. We pray that a lot will find there way to Brother's and Sisters in Christ affected by the earthquake.
5 Gallon BucketFull of Hope Contents and its initial purchase price in the closest store. (No quantity discount has been applied yet)
*Special Letter of Encouragement & Tract in Creol - $.00
1. 10 100mg Anti-inflammatory pills - $2.80
2. Tube of Antibiotic Cream - $3.25
3. 10 500mg Tylenol pills - $1.40
4. 2x5 Ace Bandage - $1.11
5. 10 Band-Aids - $.56
6. Gauze - $.83
7. Hand Sanitizer - $1.53
8. 4 oz Bottle of Water Purifying Drops - $2.75
9. 80 Wet wipes - $2.22
10. 14 oz Bag of Pasta - $.50
11. 1lb 2oz Crunchy Peanut Butter - $3.07
12. 4 oz can of Sardines - $.89
13. 14 oz can of Powdered Milk - $4.11
14. 2.5 oz can of sausages - $.47
15. 5 lb bag of Rice - $2.78
16. 2 lb bag of Black Beans - $1.86
17. 14 oz bag of Green Peas - $.92
18. 15 oz can of Sweet Corn - $.78
19. 1 Small Bottle of Cooking Oil - $.94
20. 18 oz Salt - $.79
21. 6 Cubes of Seasoning - $2.39
22. 30 oz Tupperware Bowl - $1.90
23. 1 Hand Towel - $1.17
24. 300 Grams of Antibacterial Soap - $1.07
25. 2 Rolls of Toilet Paper - $.82
26. 200 Grams of Laundry Soap - $.63
27. Oral B Toothbrush - $2.92
28. Closeup Toothpaste - $1.39
29. Flashlight with Batteries - $5.22
30. 15 24 x 30 Bags of Trash Bags - $1
31. 1 Spoon - $.47
32. 1 Roll of Duct Tape - $3.59
33. 1 5gal bucket & List of Contents - $3.50
Total $59.63
Cash Donation Information
Any donations that are processed into our account in the missions office - www.bbfimissions.com marked "Haitian Relief" will be used for this project and to meet the needs of the churches that BBFI Missionary Wesley Lane - www.bbfi-northamerica.org/Lane - has established and can contact in the Port-au-Prince area.
Trips Into Haiti
Spoke again yesterday with Wesley Lane and the best plan at this time is for Wes and Melina to try and cross the border via bus from Santo Domingo / Anse-a-Pitre "Pedemales" to Port-au-Prince, make contact with the national pastors and churches they have there and and locate key missionaries and relief organizations on the ground to access the situation. Once a staging area (Warehouse) can be located and secured in the Delma region of Port-au-Prince (3 miles from the Airport) Wesley will return and we will all go in with equipment and supplies that are needed and can be found here in the Dominican Republic. We need to pray that they will get through, make contact and return safely and as quickly as possible. We will coordinate our efforts with Filipino missionary Lenny Funtecha who has a feeding center ministry for children with Manna Worldwide - www.mannaworldwide.com In addition we are aware of the need to rebuild several churches that have been destroyed so that these locations can be used for more relief. We are going to need tools and we are going to need to bring in materials ect. from the Dominican Republic therefore Pastor Jean Dial, Garry and I will begin establishing contact today with as many Haitian drivers as possible.
Material Donation Information
Many of you know that we work with Agape Missionary Flights and Missionary Flights International. It is our understanding that both will be staging relief efforts from Florida directly to Haiti making multiple flights every week. With the amount of missionaries they serve it might take a little longer for things to get to us but we already know that this is going to be a Marathon rather than a Sprint. It may be necessary to rent a plane for some initial stateside equipment and supply needs until Agape and MFI can catch up to us but anything you physically have and are led to give can be sent to our respective accounts:
BBFI Missionary Tom and Regina Franklin
Agape Missionary Flights - SGO 18867
100 Airport Ave.
Venice, Florida 34285
BBFI Missionary Wesley and Melina Lane
MFI - Unit 3031 - BBFDR
3170 Airmans Drive
Fort Pierce, Florida 34946
1 comment:
thank you for this list - we will definitely see what we can do!
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