VIM-Bahamas Methodist Habitat
Since 2002, youth and adult church members have joined together to travel to Eleuthera, Bahamas to partner with Bahamas Methodist Habitat. Our last trip was December 2008-January 2009. Please visit www.bahamasmethodithabitat.org to see all the work that BMH does for those less fortunate in the islands.
Bahamas Methodist Habitat responds to the needs in Haiti!
Our mission friends at Bahamas Methodist Habitat are uniquely positioned to respond directly to the recent disastrous earthquake in Haiti. In partnership with the Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church, Abe McIntyre and his BMH staff have been working tirelessly to organize delivery of relief supplies and evacuations in and out of the smaller outlying airports in Haiti ever since the January 12th event.
“While, other relief efforts are focusing their efforts on supplying Port-au-Prince and supplies are on the ground there, we have focused on sending our aircraft to Port-du-Paix, Pignon, La Gonave, Les Cayes, Jacmel, Cap Haitien and other outlying towns and islands,” stated Abraham McIntyre, the Executive Director of Bahamas Methodist Habitat and chief coordinator of the organization’s operations from “Command Central” in Nassau. “People are still moving out to these areas seeking help and the clinics and hospitals are overrun there without enough medical supplies. In many cases we are their primary lifeline.” (www.bahamashabitat.org, February 11th post)
The organization has had over 150 general aviation airplanes of all types involved. Mission pilots have come from all over the US and Canada with it not being uncommon for them to come from as far away as California, Vancouver BC, Boston, Ontario and every region in between.
This mission is having an immediate effect on the needs of the communities they are able to reach in Haiti but they need our continued support. The Mission Team and the Administrative Council of CUMC/TUMC recently approved utilization of $3,500 from the FIF mission funds to assist in this important relief effort.
BMH will need our continued support! You can also help in this wonderful outreach by making financial donations online. Please visit bahamashabitat.org to make a secure donation. God Bless!
Mission Update from BMH's pilot - Cameron King