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How Southern Baptists are Helping in Haiti 

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PRAY
• Pray for those who have been affected by Haiti’s earthquake — people who are trapped in rubble or homeless, those who are hungry, injured, traumatized.

• Pray for victims’ loved ones, both in Haiti and in other parts of the world, who are mourning or anxiously awaiting word about their loved ones.

• Pray for all those who are involved in the relief effort, that the Lord would give them strength to deal with the awful conditions they are facing. Pray for those who are trying to organize people and resources to assist with the relief efforts. Pray especially for the Southern Baptist disaster relief assessment teams who plan to arrive in the country the week of Jan. 18 to form plans for volunteer deployment, both to meet urgent needs and to help Haitians’ rebuild their lives in the longterm. Pray that God would stir up His people to respond with the love of Christ to help people in desperate need.
• Lift up in prayer IMB personnel in the Dominican Republic who will be training national believers in post-trauma counseling for Haiti earthquake victims.

GIVE
• Southern Baptists are mobilizing to assess disaster relief needs. Contribute toward the relief effort at the Haiti Response Fund at www.imb.org.

GO
• Near-term attempts to travel to the country would be ill-advised because basic infrastructure in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the largest earthquake in 200 years. Serious security concerns could emerge as people become more desperate for food and water in areas where police and military control has not been established.

• Southern Baptist disaster relief assessment teams plan to arrive in the country the week of Jan. 18 to form plans for volunteer deployment, both to meet urgent needs and to help Haitians’ rebuild their lives in the long-term. Disaster relief volunteer efforts will be coordinated among Southern Baptist entities, including BGR, NAMB and Baptist state convention disaster relief teams.

IMB is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest evangelical denomination, claiming more than 40,000 churches with nearly 16 million members.