Iris Ministries Inc. Weblog

Dear family,

It has wrecked our hearts to watch the natural disaster in Haiti and its effects. We have been partnering in prayer for God’s breakthrough and victory to show up in this desperate situation.

Once again, we have felt the heart of God to bring His love to a place in such a need of Him. Therefore, Iris Ministries is presently putting together a team to provide on the ground support, medical help and assistance for earthquake victims in Haiti.

Around 3 million of Haiti’s residents have been affected by the quake and we will be sending our team to Port-au-Prince where the worst damage was centered.

We are putting together a team including nurses and missionaries that will be leaving the last week of February.

We believe that Haiti is a perfect opportunity for God to show up. It is only God who can bring relief to His children that have gone through such a traumatic disaster. We want to bring God’s love in action.

Here are some of the things we intend to do:

-Feeding at least 10,000 people.
-Bringing medical supplies and help relief.
-Praying for the sick.
-Partnering with Orphanages that have been affected by the devastating earthquake and are in desperate need of help.

This is a wake up call for us to partner together as a family and make a difference as God’s instruments of love and power in the worst situations on the earth.

We welcome you to be apart of this amazing opportunity in any way you feel led.

We are receiving donations for the Haiti project. You can help and partner with us, provide emergency aid, including medical supplies.

For information on how to contribute, please visit:
http://www.irismin.com/contact_support.cfm

You can also contact info@irismin.org if you have any further questions or would like to be involved in any way. We are extremely thankful for all your prayers and love.

Much love and hope in Jesus,

Iris Ministries

UPDATE to Emergency Prayer Request for Iris Ministries’ Evangelism Boat, Pemba Mozambique – 15 May 2009

Dear Prayer Partners,

Thank you for your fervent prayers and for your many notes of encouragement.  Here is a fresh update from Don Kantel in Pemba:

Everyone returned safely from their boating adventure…although Heidi and a few others had quite a harrowing journey back (including a ride in a fishing boat, whose engine then quit…then in a tiny dugout canoe…followed by a long walk through a village in the pitch dark…wet and cold!).

The ailing boat has been towed back to Pemba. It seems the salt water which incapacitated the bilge pump has also damaged the electrical connections to the engines and the batteries. Our boat mechanic will begin assessing the situation today.

Heidi is very grateful to all our friends who joined forces around the world in prayer to avert more serious consequences.

With Love and Blessings,
Don Kantel, for Heidi, Rolland and all the Iris family

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Emergency Prayer Request for Iris Ministries’ Evangelism Boat, Pemba Mozambique – 13 May 2009

Dear Prayer Partners,

This emergency prayer request has just be relayed to us by Brian Wood at the Pemba base:

Heidi and Rolland, and a team went out today (Wednesday, May 13, 2009) on an evangelistic outreach to the area of Londo across the bay from our “Village of Joy” Pemba center.  Londo is the unreached area that we have been sharing about over the last couple of months.

Upon arrival off the shore of Londo, the boat experienced mechanical difficulty.  The engines will not start.  The waves are extremely high today so water has been entering the boat with each large wave.  The pumps do not currently work.  If the water continues to enter the boat faster than it can be removed, the boat could sink.  Three team members stayed with the boat, which must be anchored about a half a mile off shore because of the shallow reef.

Most of the team members, including Heidi and Rolland, have been taken to shore on the outreach dinghy.

We need your prayers!  Please pray with us that everyone will be safe and that the Lord will miraculously save our evangelism boat.