Blessing through ESMI

Ed O'Brian, who has been organizing Florida-based food donations for ESMI, has just reported that they've filled a 20-foot truck container with $3000 worth of food and water supplies, to be shipped to Haiti next week. The container full of rice, beans, tents, water, and other supplies will arrive at Gonaives, Haiti and be conveyed to food distribution sites, as well as to pastors' families that are in need, on its way to PAP.

The container's contents have been donated by people from Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church and others in the local area, and Ed estimated over 500 people got involved. Ed noted that he'd been on mission trips with Spanish River Church in the fall, but couldn't leave on the latest mission to Haiti, so his involvement in coordinating the food donation became his mission.

For those of you seeking similar ways of participating in what God's doing, Ed noted that food is becoming less of a need, rather direct monetary donations to ESMI will go further. The ministry is attempting to buy 5 trucks in order to facilitate the distributions, transportation of teams, and to serve other needs in Haiti.