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Jed Blackwell, Editor 
Inman First Baptist Church is reaching out to those in need in Haiti in a very interesting way.
The church will fill an old school bus purchased from the North Carolina school system with thousands of pounds of rice, beans, and personal care products and ship them - along with the bus - to Bayonnais, Haiti.
Greg Herbst, a deacon at the church, said that church leaders were looking for a way to help after the January 12 earthquake that devastated Port-Au-Prince, the capital of the island nation. They contacted First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, N.C., a supporter of OFCB Ministries which operates a church and school in the Bayonnais area.
Bayonnais, a city of about 80,000 has been a haven for refugees from Port-Au-Prince, with some coming into the area with nothing except the clothes on their backs. It is expected that the population of the area could swell by 60,000 thanks to those displaced by the earthquake. That’s where the church’s relief efforts come in.
“The idea is to ship the bus full of supplies over to Haiti, where the bus can be used as a transport for the supplies,” Herbst said.
For the rest of the story, see this week’s Inman Times.
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