HIM Responds to Tragedy in Haiti

ON JANUARY 12, 2010, at 4:53pm, a 7.0 earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We anticipate many expenses related to this catastrophe. Please pray for the people in Haiti and for wisdom as we assess the situation.

HIM has a school and mission house in Grand Riviere and a church and orphanage in Port-au-Prince. At right is a photo of HIM Caribbean Regional Director Frank Vaughn and some of the children at the orphange in Port-au-Prince before the disaster.

Steps HIM Is Taking in Haiti

• We are making plans to transport our orphans from the streets of Port-Au-Prince to Grand Riviere. We have a house there, but it is not prepared to house the orphans. We need to prepare the house. We also will need to provide the orphans with food and bedding.
• We have a school at Grand Riviere that we will plan to prepare for refugee families. We will also need to make provision of food and bedding to these families.
• We are currently working on a medical team. More information will be forthcoming.
• Caribbean Director, Frank Vaughn, is planning to go back to Haiti on Thursday, January 21.
• What you can do: Money is needed for travel expenses, food, bedding, telephone communication, etc. We will purchase the needed supplies inside the country or purchase in Florida and transport through Missionary Flights International. You can donate online.
• We have two satellite phones and plan to establish communication with our national director. There will be ongoing costs to operate these phones.
• We will need work teams in the near future. We CANNOT take work teams into the country at this time.

We will update information as we obtain it. To learn how you can help, please contact our office at 772-546-1113 or e-mail us. You may also make a donation online.

HOPE INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS is an interdenominational conservative evangelical Christian organization within the Wesleyan Methodist traditions. We are on a mission for God to see the world transformed one person at a time. We are working on four continents in 20 countries involved with church planting, leadership training, literature development and distribution, family care, children’s ministries, orphan ministries, humanitarian aid, radio ministries, and urban ministries.