A group of church members at Humble First Assembly of God may not be traveling to Haiti to help construct housing for orphans Feb. 8 as they had planned. But those 26 plane tickets will go to good use. Missions Director Chuck Jones said they will be used to fly doctors from all over the U.S. into the ravaged region.

"It was a real God moment us having those tickets," Jones said. "They (hospitals sending doctors) will reimburse us, and we'll go back when we're able to in order to build two housing units that will hold 24 orphans and a house mom each."

Meanwhile, the church is finding other opportunities to help. By emptying out closets and storage units, and donating other items, they’ve organized a huge garage sale to benefit the Haiti Home of Hope mission.

The garage sale to benefit the mission is today until 5 p.m. and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., Jan. 23 at 1915 FM 1960 Bypass Rd.

Church member Mike Seagraves said the mission was not as hard-hit as many other places in Haiti, and is consequently helping many who've come for food and medical care.

“The mission is about 26 miles north of Port-au-Prince, but for the most part, it was unscathed. They were the only ones with a storehouse of food and water and already were feeding many people a day. Now it’s probably tripled,” he said.

Many other area groups have also organized to help earthquake victims: At Kingwood Park High School, journalism and French students encouraged students to donate new flip flops, which will be decorated and sent with cards written in English and French to Haiti.

And on Feb. 1, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are gathering at First United Methodist Church of Humble to assemble health kits that will be sent to Haiti. Items and donations will be accepted at the church, 800 E. Main St. The list of needed supplies is at http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.5721887/k.24FC/How_can_you_help_....