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CFI FAQQ
(Frequently Asked Quake Questions)
Following are answers to some of the questions we have been getting by phone and email.
We are doing our best to keep these current but keep in mind a lot of this info is changing quickly.
Thanks to all of you who have helped keep us updated.

Are Trips Into Haiti Affected?
All trips are now going in normally (for Haiti!).

How Have CFI Donations Been Used?
 While all of Haiti continues to be affected by the earthquake, things are somewhat back to normal in our area, except for the extra people who have moved back to Ranquitte.

Here is some information on how "the CFI family" responded to the earthquake.
  • CFI Team Leader Dr. Tom McKnight flew to Haiti with medical supplies and helped with an emergency clinic established there to respond to the overwhelming medical needs of the area.
     
  • To help those still in PAP, we sent down down medicine and medical supplies with friend of CFI, pastor Choubert Remy, of Haiti Christian Mission. Choubert leads a school and pastors a church in the the PAP community of Gallete Gourou, two miles east of the PAP airport. We will be bringing additional medical and food supplies to Choubert via our next team.
     
  • To help quake victims who are arriving in Ranquitte, CFI provided some extra finances to help provide food and clothing to those hardest hit. CFI Leader and Ranquitte Mayor George Derval reports over 600 earthquake victims from Port-au-Prince moved back to Ranquitte. Most lost everything.
     

  • As you have no doubt heard, a key strategy of helping earthquake victims in and around Port-au-Prince is for anyone who can return to their hometown or the town where they have family to do so.

    While we know the needs will be far beyond our ability to help, smaller NGOs (non-governmental organizations) like CFI continue to play a key role in relief efforts by providing extra care to those affected from their communities. This will lessen the strain on the "big dogs"... the U.N., government, military personnel, and global-level relief agencies like the Red Cross etc. who are continuing to provide basic needs.
     

  • We also want to make extra resources available to our key leaders who will be called upon to provide extra transportation, communication and other means of assistance.

It is not our intent as a mission to "take credit" for some of the examples of care listed above. Instead we are thankful to God for the people involved who have given of their time, talent and resources so that God's people may help His children at a time of incredible need. If you are one of those who has helped us help Haiti, we offer you our sincere thanks. If you are considering helping us help Haiti, we appreciate your consideration.

If you have further questions, please feel free to call us at the office: 859-623-6402. During the week, at least, you will not reach a recording or computer!
 

How are various CFI Leaders and "friends of CFI" doing?

                                                                               CFI Staff/Leadership
All CFI staff and leadership are fine and were not hurt in the earthquake.


                                                                                 PAP Friends of CFI
John & Beth McHoul, Heartline Ministries
John and everyone seem to be OK. They lost a lot of walls and had some damage but apparently no injuries. We believe all Heartline children have now made it to the US to be with their new families. More Info

Adoption Note: We have been contacted by a number of couples wanting to foster and/or adopt to help with the huge population of Haitian orphans. At this time, the McHoul's Heartline Ministry has decided not to become involved with placing children not already in their adoption process, due to numerous questions yet to be answered by both US and Haitian governments. If we find an agency helping with this, we will let you know in this space...
Meanwhile, Heartline folks have suggested you check here: Info on Adopting Haitian Orphans

Choubert Remy, Haiti Christian Mission
Choubert and his family are all safe. His son Mickael and Bernadette's immediate family were not injured However Bernadette lost an uncle and Choubert had a cousin die in the earthquake. Choubert's house appears undamaged, while his sister-in-law's house was damaged. The school and church escaped damage. Choubert received news that two sisters near PAP are OK, with one have her house destroyed, and the other having her house spared. Choubert was interviewed by (at least) Herald-Leader and Channel 27 in Lexington, KY. Video link follows: Video Link . Choubert is in KY for his wife's surgery in May.
Norwhich Guest House
This guesthouse, which has been used by CFI teams was demolished by the quake. There were some injuries, but it seems everyone was saved, including two people that were trapped after the collapse. More Info

CSI House
I talked with Gifta Snyder, aunt to CSI director Greg Benson, and she reports the CSI house has been damaged by the quake to the point it is not considered safe to live in. Greg and Kathy are OK and there were no serious injuries of any staff, visitors or others served by the ministry. Several guests in the guesthouse during the quake escaped unhurt.

Wall's Guest House
We received an email from Wall's that one of their two guesthouses collapsed, killing two employees and three guests. Manager Veniel Jean closed with: "WE NEED YOU PRAY FOR HAITI."

Cazeau House
CFI Team Leader believes he saw news footage of Cazeau House standing and apparently in good shape and we have confirmed that it made it through the quake in good shape. We still have not confirmed when they will reopen.

Hospice St. Joseph
The clinic and guesthouse was destroyed. More Info Even More Info
 

                                                                               Translators/Students
Johnson, John-Smith & Andronique
 Johnson, John Smith and Andronique are alive and uninjured. Their friend Stevenson has been located and is OK. They also said that some friends of theirs from Ranquitte were killed.

Louis Faranot
Faranot has called a couple of CFI leaders to report he is OK and was not injured.

Ernst
Ernst, a senior college student majoring in computers, received a minor back injury, but is ok.

Two students from our school were killed in the earthquake, including Gaddy Damas, the brother of Karen Ndzi.
 

                                          Compiled by Scott Mandl / CFI -- Updated Mon. May 10, 2010

 

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05/10/2010