On the Wings of Love
By Robert Haskell:
The Lord is wonderful how He engineers so many things through His Spirit. How He unites different groups to work as His hands and His fingers to help the needy. All we did was say, “Yes, we’ll help!” A Canadian children’s charity Harmony for Youth that had helped us in the distribution of the toys that arrived last week from Miami, was approached by Canadian businesses and individuals who wanted to help Hurricane Katrina’s victims. They contacted a medical charity, Hope Air, that arranges medical mercy missions in Canada, and they agreed to deliver those needs thousands of miles away-to Houston.
They delivered them here in Houston as the New Orleans airport is closed, and they asked our Family International team if we could make sure that the supplies reached the needy. It was beautiful to see the Lord’s fantastic timing as we organized the arrival and unloadin. When we arrived one plane had already arrived, and then the 40 ft. container truck arrived shortly afterwards; so we unloaded everything into it. We then unloaded our two vans full of 250 “love buckets” from Global Vision. These “love buckets” are wonderful things to receive if you’ve ever been through a disaster.
They have everything you need (Personal toiletries, snacks, deck of cards, small games for children, writing equipment, religious reading materials.) Then the second plane arrived, we unloaded it and no sooner had we finished but the third plane landed. We were helped today by some teens of Family International that recently arrived from the Philippines. They have been volunteering for the last two weeks in a shelter in Pasadena, Texas. Our team of Family International Volunteers, working together with Harmony for Youth, Hope Air, Global Vision and others was truly a work of God’s hands. We were planning to leave tonight with the truck, but Hurricane Rita is temporarily changing the plans as officials are blocking West I-10 from Houston so people from Galveston can evacuate first. However a small team of five was able to make their way to Waveland, Mississippi to scout out the need and prepare the way.
