Haiti - relief efforts

In partnership with Coram Deo International Aid, Word & Deed is funding 50% of two projects in Haiti.



Project 1: Food Distribution ($50,000 project)
Provide a food package to 250 families for 10 weeks (an estimated 2,000 people).
Each package contains: beans, rice, corn meal, spaghetti noodles, sardines, maggi

Beneficiaries: Families in the Cabaret area including members of the local PCA church and the local refugee camp.
Duration: 10 weeks, March - May

Project 2: Temporary Adoration Christian Center ($50,000 project)
The multi-purpose facility will provide: School program, medical care, food distribution, water treatment, residence for staff (security)

Includes: 31x50 coverall tent with foundation and floor, cistern, toilets, tables and benches, kitchen, secure depot for storing food (as well as supplies and tools), generator, propane tanks

Container:
In partnership with CDIA, Word & Deed was able to send a truckload of blankets and clothing to Haiti. The large back room at the office was completely emptied out!

Additional projects will be undertaken in the future.

Please pray for the Lord's blessing on the above projects, on the workers and on the people of Haiti.

Seminary Visits

Word & Deed's Rick Postma had the privilege of speaking at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PRTS) in Grand Rapids and at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana recently on the topic "A Biblical View of Poverty". Pictures are shown below as well as recommendations from Dr. Jerry Bilkes of PRTS and from Dr. Nelson Kloosterman of Mid-America. Rick hopes to take the presentation to additional seminaries, colleges and, in modified form, high schools.

Below Rick is addressing the faculty and students at Mid-America.

Rick in conversation with Dr. Nelson Kloosterman.

Below is Puritan Theological Reformed Seminary in Grand Rapids (unfortunately no pictures were taken during the presentation).

'Rick Postma's "A Biblical View of Poverty" is an extraordinary, mind-bending, and heart-stirring presentation on the church's calling with respect to global poverty. Thoroughly biblical, and unabashedly confessional, this compelling, one of a kind lecture emerges from years of thoughtful study as well as wide-ranging, hands-on experience. Hamstrung by the cacophony of approaches and cynicism of many, the church needs the panorama of biblical truth to see things holistically, not just for those in the two-thirds world but also for ourselves - and this Rick postma does grippingly in 90 minutes. For church leaders, seminary students, and ordinary Christians seeking a biblical view of poverty and the calling of mercy, I know nothing quite like it.'
Dr. Jerry Bilkes,
Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

'Audiences of various ages and interests will find Rick Postma's introduction to Word and Deed Ministries to be instructive and motivational. Churches and schools will be introduced to a clearly biblical and Reformed understanding--and practice--of poverty relief. It begins with asking the right questions, and then searching for the right answers with those receiving such relief, in order to place Christian benevolence in service to human growth rather than further dependence. Warmly recommended!'

Nelson D. Kloosterman

Professor of Ethics and New Testament Studies, Mid-America Reformed Seminary

Executive Director

Worldview Resources International