Welcome to Mission Crossroads! We hope you will enjoy using this site to connect with and learn from others who are passionate about engaging faithfully and effectively in God’s mission in the world.

The following document outlines the purpose of the site and provides information about membership and important security issues. Please read it carefully and save it for future reference; your membership in Mission Crossroads implies you have read and agreed to the site’s purpose and guidelines outlined here.

Purpose and Guidelines

Security issues and this community
We in World Mission sometimes refer to “security countries”. These are places in which we have mission personnel about whom we have special security concerns. Read more about security countries:

Security Countries

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Haiti
Visit the PDA website to read about how you can help the people of Haiti as they recover from the January 12th earthquake. In the blue box "Earthquake Response" at the top of the page, click on "What volunteers need to know" to see how international volunteers may be most helpful.

Visit the Haiti Mission Network main page to see regular updates on church partners and mission personnel in Haiti.

Living Waters - Critical Haiti Update

Dear Friends of Living Waters for the World,

LWW Haiti Network Coordinating Team moderators Chris McRae and Bob McCoy have completed their assessment in Haiti. The ability for these dedicated volunteers to get into Haiti this quickly required hard work, both human and divine intervention, and we are grateful for their safe return.

Their official trip reports span several pages – here is a summary of key findings/recommendations:

1. All of our Haitian partners and their families are unhurt! They were deeply grateful to see Bob and Chris as tangible proof that we are partners with them, even through the chaos, death and destruction of this massive earthquake.

2. Six of nineteen clean water systems were destroyed. This is particularly remarkable given that the epicenter of the earthquake was near Leogane, which has been the center of our work since 2001. Note: Valdez Innocent, one of our full-time employees, immediately went to several damaged sites, crawling into destroyed buildings to salvage as much equipment as possible. Using parts from several systems, Valdez soon had a new system pumping out clean water!

3. LWW system sites that were unharmed are continuing to produce water to the best of their abilities. Note: After the earthquake, our partners at our first solar installation, located in Arcahaie, immediately began producing clean water seven days per week, 24 hours per day.

4. Following the Priority Plan of Action for Haiti mentioned in our last communication, destroyed systems will be rebuilt as soon as possible, with first priority given to reconstructing the building and system at the orphanage in Leogane, where presently 100 orphans are now homeless.

We thank you for your prayers and financial support thus far. To date, donors have contributed and pledged $41,000 toward our clean water system rebuilding and expansion efforts in Haiti. This is a great start. Significantly more funds are needed – at least $100,000 in total – to fully implement our Priority Plan for Haiti.

We continue to need your help!

Please:

1. Pray for all involved
2. Donate to the LWW Haiti Network
3. Spread the word about our plan by sharing this email with others

Thank you for your support and Let Clean Water Flow!


Note: If you are interested in becoming directly involved in our work in Haiti, we encourage you to register for the Solar 101 session at SUTS Solar School will be on held May 13 – 16, 2010 at Ferncliff Conference Center (outside of Little Rock, AR)

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