Helping Haiti on a Large...and Small Scale

There is so much going on it is hard to know where to begin. It has only been 4 days since the devastating earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. But in those 4 days MFI has gone into overdrive. As I (Terah) write this, Brian is sleeping in between shifts. We are humbled to be a part of what is going on here. I am having a hard time finding the words to describe the feelings I get when I go to the hangar and see what is happening there. I am choked up every time. The first day Samaritan's Purse had a truck here filled with water purification systems to be sent. Then they decided they wanted to help get more stuff there even faster so they chartered a DC-6 plane for cargo and our plane was able to take a load of rescue workers and cargo. We have had donations flooding into our hangar. We now have the Hendricks (NASCAR) plane, with 7 crew members to use to transport people so our planes can take the cargo. We are amazed at the generosity we are seeing all around us.

The donation sorting area set up inside our hangar.

People getting ready to leave today.

All three of the planes that left for Haiti today.

On a more personal note, we had been talking about how we as a family could help. The kids and I were able to go in and help sort donations on the first day but it has become so busy and fast paced now it is hard to have the kids there. We decided since we had a direct link to getting actual goods to Haiti that instead of giving money we would take our kids out and shop for Haiti. We filled 2 shopping carts at WalMart and the kids carried all the bags in to MFI.

The kids with their donation to Haiti.

The kids and I helping with donation sorting.

This is the DC-6 being loaded.

One more amazing part to the story is that right now the only planes being let into Port-au-Prince are US Military and MFI. Our reputation goes before us and our God is a mighty God. May He be glorified through this tragedy.

So, from the large organizations pitching in down to the small WalMart shopping trips we are so thankful that we can be a part of what is happening to help the nation of Haiti as they are hurting and devastated.