Friday, October 10, 2008

Pilots of the Caribbean III: Stats and Pics

This is an email that Harold sent out detailing the Hurricane Relief efforts that MFI has been a part of . I added a few pictures.


MFI DISASTER RELIEF 2008

Partners
Air Calvary (helicopter use)
FEA Ministries
United Servants International
Humanitarian International Service Group
Wal-Mart
Feed My Starving Children
MAP International
Hosean International Ministries (Caleb Lucien)
World Outreach Ministries (Karen Davis)
Haitian Indigenous Baptist Ministries (Rodney Fitzsimmons)
Feed the Children
Myers Park United Methodist Church
Turks and Caicos Disaster Relief (Horatio Tuitt)
OCE Foundation (Tiffany Schaurer)
Samaritan’s Purse
Grand Turk Red Cross
The Rotary Club
Graceway IGA Supermarket
Coalition for Haiti (Karen Carr)
Hope Seeds (Mike Mueller)
Many area churches and supporters

Projects
- 1600 pounds of food sent to the town of Bayonnais via helicopter in cooperation with Air Calvary and Myers Park United Methodist Church. People had not eaten for over a week
- $600,000.00 of meds and supplies sent to Goniaves Hospital in cooperation with Caleb Lucien. Meds donated by MAP International.
- N300MF stayed in Turks and Caicos for 15 days. Flew 31.1 hours to the islands of Grand Turk, North and South Caicos and Salt Cay. This was done in cooperation with the TCI government, Graceway IGA supermarket, the Rotary Club, and Samaritan’s Purse. 87,000 pounds of supplies were transported between Islands.
- N400MF was flown to Grand Turk with a 6000 pound load of food and water for the Grand Turk Red Cross. This was done in cooperation with the OCE Foundation and Tiffany Schaurer.
- Provided logistics planning and transportation for a team of 10 sent to Grand Turk and South Caicos in cooperation with FEA Ministries.
- 4 flights coordinated with local pilots wanting to help out. They carried approximately 3000 pounds of supplies to various islands in the TCI.
- $5000.00 sent to partners in Haiti to purchase and distribute food there.
- Provided transportation for a team of 5 and 2800 pounds of supplies to the Island of Great Inagua in the Bahamas. Team from United Servants International.
- 25 boxes of seeds (532 pounds) delivered to CAP and Pignon for crop redevelopment. In cooperation with the Community Coalition for Haiti and Hope Seeds.
- Flew a flight of 122 rolls of plastic to Port-au-Prince for Samaritan’s Purse.
- Paid for the transportation of 1800 tents to be delivered to Ft. Pierce from Oklahoma. To be sent to Haiti for the refugees.
- Delivered 12000 pounds of donated supplies to Cap-Haitian and Pignon to be trucked to Gonaives by Caleb Lucien.
- Delivered 2 airplane loads (11000 pounds) of relief supplies from Nassau to Cap-Haitien in cooperation with the Bahamas Connection of the Methodist Church and the Rotary Club.
- Sorted and packed many thousands of pounds of relief supplies donated by friends and the churches in the area.

STATS:

- We have moved approximately 46,500 pounds of supplies to Haiti or the Turks
and Caicos Islands.
- We shuttled approximately 87,000 pounds of supplies within the TCI.
- We have taken 2 teams (15 people total) of relief workers to Great Inagua as well as the TCI. - Approx 79 flight hours have been dedicated to Hurricane Relief
These tents were donated by Coleman and are now the only shelter for all these people.

Harold with the men from MAP Int.


With some helpers.


Harold landing in the Turks & Caicos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ullODu3OPBQ
This is a video we found the other night on Youtube. We don't know which passenger did it, but were very moved at their appreciation for the work MFI does. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

7 comments:

Kimberly said...

Go Harold! What an overwhelming amount of need and work.

CharleneOwensMomof2 said...

First your title was cute. Second, those poor people and the sights that Harold must see. He must feel such a sense of accomplishment at times, and other times overwhelmed at the need of all these people. We are so very blessed, even during these horrible economic times, we really don't know what hardship is.

Beth Stetler said...

What a blessing your husband's work is to hurting people! God bless you both as you give of yourselves to His kingdom.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. What an incredible difference MFI is making in the lives of so many needy people. Blessings on your work!!

Mary Ellen said...

Loved the title too!!! Those pictures really bring it home, especially the heart breaking one of the small child asleep alone under the makeshift tent.

God bless Harold and the other Pilots of the Caribbean...and their wives who wait patiently at home keeping things humming smoothly as their husbands are out doing God's work!

The Dickinsons said...

WOW! Like Kimberly said, There's a LOT of NEED in this world...so Glad there are those like your Harold to do what they can to help. Neat video.
I don' know what orders the doctor gave Jimmy, but I know that they said that the retina does not want to stay attached. Thanks for your prayers and concern for him.

Kim M. said...

May the Lord continue to bless this ministry!!!