The United Methodist Church is a global organization, always poised and ready to help in times of need. Haiti is definitely in crisis, and Methodists have responded in kind – sometimes at the cost of their own lives.
Recently, news was received that the executive director of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) Sam Nixon was killed after being trapped for several hours under rubble at a hotel in Haiti. This morning, A second United Methodist mission worker has died of injuries sustained during the earthquake in Haiti.
The Rev. Clinton Rabb, 60, who organized mission volunteers for The United Methodist Church, died on the morning of Jan. 17 in a Florida hospital. He had been trapped under a concrete slab at the Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince for some 55 hours.
We continue to hold these families in our prayers, but they are not the only ones in the Methodist Community that have been lost or injured. There are many more. Get a full and running update on Haiti and see how the UMC is responding to aid requests.
How can you help?
Send cash donations – 100% of your donation sent through UMCOR will be sent to relief efforts
Create health kits – See a list of items to include and shipping information
Pray.
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