We are still working on pinning down heavy duty equipment and an operator to remove the rubble and bring down the rest of the kitchen/guesthouse complex as well as the school before the reconstruction process can begin. There were some initial scheduling compications with Jose (the business man Roger and Albert met in the Dominican Republic), but we are hopeful he may still be able to help us out. We have also made connections with Samaritan's Purse who are conducting rubble removal for much of Grande Goave. If neither of these sources work out, we will look into leasing equipment.

Please check out Rebecca's blog for more information on what is happening in Haiti. (www.rebeccalarkin.blogspot.com)

Here at home, our food and rice collection programs are maintaining a steady pace. To date, we have collected the following:

• 6 pallets of relief goods from Kodak
• 517 buckets of food
• 303 boxes of rice (over 40,000 kg)
• Most of the schools in the Abbotsford school district have donated rice and/or money, as well as several other schools from Mission, Coquitlam, Surrey, Langley, Richmond and Clearwater.
• In Alberta, the Rocky View School District is currently gathering rice and/or money and will continue to do so until at least March.

Two more containers, these ones filled with flour donated by Rogers, are now in transit to Haiti. Another container being filled with lumber and other relief supplies will be leaving Red Deer Alberta within the next couple of weeks.

Many of you have emailed asking about possible medical and/or construction teams going down to Haiti over the next year. We are compiling names of volunteers wanting to travel and work, so if you are interested in joining a team, please send an email to John Neufeld, our chairman, detailing your name, address, phone number, skills, age and availability for 2010. John's email is: johnneufeld2@gmail.com

Thank you for your willingness to serve and stay involved.