PERSONAL KITS FOR EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS

Many in our church want to do something besides send money. I think it is wonderful that they want to "put their hands on" something that is going to these suffering people. We devised a plan: to prepare personal kits for survivors, with necessities that may make their days a little less difficult. We will dedicate these gifts to the Lord, and take them to Homestead, Florida for shipment in a container to Petit Goave during the week of February 1, 2010.

Each one gallon, zip lock bag should contain the following:
1 hand towel (no kitchen towels, please)
1 bath cloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket sized)
1 large cake bath soap
1 nail file or fingernail clipper (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 toothbrush (single brushes in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages (Band Aids)
Toothpaste (6.4 oz., taken out of the box)

All items must be new. Strict government rules require that they be alike. DO NOT ADD ANYTHING NOT ON THE LIST.

Deadline for return: Sunday, January 31, 2010

We are preparing a card to be placed in each bag, telling the recipient that we haven't forgotten them and are praying for them. My Haitian friend, Montreuil Milord will translate our message into Haitian Creole so that the message can be in English on one side of the card and in Creole on the other.

Another team member and I will take the bags to Homestead for shipment in a container.