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UPDATE:
Thursday, September 06, 2007
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The second 40'
truckload of heavy duty tarp material and accessories for fabricating
tents, left Port Mercy today to be loaded aboard a ship on Friday,
bound for Lima, Peru. There it will be received by a missionary team
with the Southern Baptist International Missions Board who will
utilize this great commodity to provide shelter for hundreds of
people.
Thank you for
your prayers and support, helping us to send this aid! Please
remember to pray for the victims of this terrible earthquake.
We will keep you updated as we receive reports and determine
what future steps Friend Ships may be able to take to ease
their suffering and demonstrate the love of Jesus.
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 Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The first
shipment left Port Mercy today for earthquake victims in
Peru. A 40' shipping container full of heavy duty tarp
material for roofing and tents was delivered to the Port of
Houston for shipment out of the country on Saturday. On
Thursday, a second 40' container of tarp will also leave Port
Mercy and be delivered to the Port of Houston.
A huge thanks goes to CSAV shipping for their generous
donation of the transportation of these items to Peru and to
Seaman's Corporation for their ongoing
support of Friend Ships disaster relief operations.
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Last week we received permission from CSAV Shipping Lines to send 40
tons of tarp to Peru free of charge. We will receive the containers
at Port Mercy and they will be returned to the port and
shipped out on September 8th!
We are still in need of a heavy duty
commercial sewing machine for the shipment.
Listen to Pastor
David Jessen of the Peru Dream Center with a
first hand and
exclusive report from Peru on the devastation from the August 15th
earthquake measured at 8.0 on the Richter scale. Aired on
Radio Friend Ships Aug 27, 2007.
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HELPING
PERU!
The recent
8.0 earthquake did major damage to the area south of Peru.
Hundreds of
deaths and injuries have been reported.
 Up
to 80% of the homes and buildings are damaged. Thousands
of people are reported sleeping in the streets.
We will start with an
urgent need of sending shipping containers of heavy duty tarp
material for shelters. With people helping to support
this response we can send tons of this material and some
personnel to assist training church volunteers how to
fabricate it.
 We
have truckloads of this very expensive material on hand
already here at Port Mercy. We need help with the cost
of shipping the containers, purchasing welding machines to
fabricate the material (sears the fabric together) and for
traveling expenses for our Disaster Relief Team to train the
local people.
YOUR DONATION MAKES A
DIFFERENCE: If you would like to support this outreach, make
a financial gift and indicate that you would like your gift
to be designated for “Earthquake Peru Relief”
click here
to make a contribution.
We will post more
information and updates on the progress of sending containers
as soon as possible.
September 2007
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