Welcome everyone! Since you are reading
this blog I’m guessing you are interested in what “CCFred” is up to regarding
missions work. Though there have been
many mission opportunities here at CCFred, this is our first effort at keeping
The Body appraised of progress and events via a blog. So be gentle in your critique!
This summer (June 14-21) our
mission to Haiti, in cooperation with Cross-to-Light Ministries, will bring spiritual
nourishment through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and tangible support in the form
of basic necessities to a hurting people.
Almost all of those we will meet live in “Tent City” just north of Port
au Prince, Haiti--the capital. The birth
of Tent City was probably a response to the devastating earthquake of 2010 but
the Haitians have been very poor for a very long time and for many
reasons. If you’d like to see for
yourself, try googling Port-au-Prince Tent City and select “Images”.
CCFred has put together several “Home”
teams to make sure the mission “gets off the ground” and to ensure sustainment
during the effort. In our next post, we
will touch on the “Visiting” team and their efforts. The teams are focusing on
the following areas:
Prayer Team – The Prayer Team will cover the entire
evolution to include the Home Team (not traveling) and the Visitors
(travelers).
Dress Making Team – These great
and talented folks are making dresses for the girls who, believe it or not,
simply have nothing (or very little) to wear.
Some kids stay in their tents all day long because they have no clothes.
Obviously the need will outweigh production but those who do receive the dresses
will provide us in return with the BIGGEST SMILE “this side of the Pecos!” (Google it…)
Supply Team – The Supply
team has put together a great list of requirements for the mission. These needs
have been identified by Cross to Light so we can be assured they are truly
necessities. After each church service,
please visit the “Board” and grab one or more cards that identify a supply needed. This is a great way to participate in the
effort even if you don’t have the time to support in other ways. Please support this effort because let’s face
it, if we don’t care enough to help satisfy their basic needs, it’s pretty
tough to make the leap to satisfying spiritual needs.
Logistics Team - Sun Tzu
said “the line between disorder and order lies in logistics…” (No, I don’t
think he was a Christian. Can I still
quote him?!?). The logistics team is
working multiple angles to include transportation of people and stuff from
CCFred to Tent City. Organizationally, we
plan on bringing about 30 full-size suitcases stuffed with items appropriate to
our mission.
Pack–Out Team – In
conjunction with the Logistics Team, the Pack-Out Team will organize,
categorize, and itemize each case and its contents. This is a crazy effort that
would be chaotic but, thanks to our energetic and far-sighted pack-out commander,
who orchestrated the same event in 2013, the evolution will hopefully turn out
to be just as ridiculously smooth as it was in 2013, with every “jot and
tittle” accounted for, their location by suitcase identification, and in case
of suitcase separation anxiety, the final destination of the case (i.e.
orphanage, tent city, Cross to Light, Bible Training Center, etc.). Pack-out date is 6 June so considering
helping if you are available.
See next post for information on the the "Visitors".
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