Yesterday’s earthquake in Haiti will soon prove to be one of the most challenging and tragic disasters in history. An Associated Press update noted a projected death toll of up to 500,000 people in the city of  Port-au-Prince and the surrounding communities. The government infrastructure, basic systems like water and sanitation, as well as the general morale in the country has undoubtedly gone from bad to worse in the last 36 hours. This has already proven to be the biggest tragedy in Haiti’s history, and the worst is on its way with the country struggling to figure out the way forward for the already impoverished country.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), one of the ministries that FBCG Students serve on a regular basis donated 25 million meals to Haiti in 2009, making it the number one receiver of FMSC meals. FMSC is beginning to put together a response plan to the crisis in Haiti with opportunities for volunteers to donate and serve.

One of the greatest God sightings is learning that the centralized warehouse where FMSC meals are stored in Haiti managed to survive the earthquake and 18 aftershocks, leaving the food to be able to be distributed. God’s hand and protection is on this ministry, and with the 60 students from FBCG that will be serving at FMSC on Wednesday evening as well as the 140 adults that will serve on Saturday, FBCG’s partnership with FMSC will prove to be a real collaboration  with God’s spirit to rid the world of poverty.

Learn more about donating to the FMSC Haitian Response Plan here the Feed My Starving Children website.