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Hundreds are expected to gather at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs on Friday for a prayer service organized by Food For The Poor (FFTP). The service aims to rally support and hope for Haiti amid its deepening crisis.
The event will bring together community members, clergy, and Haitian dignitaries to pray for peace and provide updates on the dire situation in the troubled nation.
The prayer event was the brainchild of Coral Springs resident Michael Chin Quee, Executive Vice President of Church Alliances at FFTP, who expressed the community’s desire to support Haiti amid current hardships.
“It’s really bad in Haiti right now – beyond bad,” Chin Quee told Coral Springs Talk. “Many people want to help but feel helpless. The one thing we know we can do is pray,” he said.
There will also be a fundraising effort during the prayer service on Friday. Chin Quee mentioned they are also running a campaign to collect $20 million as soon as Haiti reopens.”
In 2023, the U.S. Department of State released a travel advisory warning Americans to avoid traveling to a certain place due to a high risk of kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor healthcare infrastructure. Moreover, they ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees and non-emergency U.S. government employees from that place.
Michael Chin Quee, Executive Vice President of Church Alliances at FFTP.
Chin Quee said that Food for the Poor, based in Coconut Creek, has been working in Haiti for over 38 years.
“We know Haiti. We ship hundreds and hundreds of containers to Haiti every year.”
Food For The Poor (FFTP)-Haiti recently provided 20 cases of MannaPack rice and soy protein meals from partner Feed My Starving Children, 24 bags of Taiwanese rice, six cases of red kidney beans, and 20 cases of mackerel to displaced families through Réseau National de Défense des Droits de l’Homme. {FFTP}
The service will feature updates from Mario Nicoleau, CEO of Food For The Poor-Haiti, and the Bitar brothers, physicians at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince, describing dire conditions in Haiti. “It’s an emergency for Haiti right now. The general hospital is closed,” said Bitar.
Pastor Eddie Bevill of Parkridge Church and Pastor Dr. Keny Felix of the Southern Baptist Convention National Haitian Fellowship will offer words of encouragement, accompanied by a performance from the Redemption Baptist Church Choir.
“We are hoping that people come together and lift their prayers up to the Lord for Haiti,” said FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine. “It is imperative to get our work done in Haiti, and it begins and ends with prayer.”
Parkridge Church will hold the service from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 5600 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs. Attendees and online viewers can contribute to relief efforts by visiting foodforthepoor.org/prayersforhaiti.
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