City of Stafford   deputy Mayor  Ken Mathew,  Robin Elackatt Council men from  Missouri city,   Managing committee member Dr. Zachariah Thomas, Ad-hoc Committee Secretary Fr. P.M Cheriyan, several other clergies , well wishers and believers of the Malankara Orthodox church from the Houston and neighboring cities witnessed the historic event.

His Grace expressed his gratitude to the Ambassador , congressman and  congresswomen  for   visiting the diocesan center and  said the believers of the  Malankara Orthodox are humbled and honored by their visit. His Grace explained how quickly the parishes  in the diocese responded  for this needy course and only and only because of their timely  efforts this was made it happen today.  His grace added ‘This is small amount when we think about the massive earth quake happened in Haiti   but this shows the solidarity of our believers to the country of  Haiti’

Haiti the world's oldest black republic is accepting this relief fund from the Ancient Church of the world  and this is a historic event and  Your Grace this is not a small amount for Haiti and I promised every penny of this will be utilized for the good of the people of Haiti declared  Honorable Ambassador  Raymond Alcide Joseph.

Congressman Al Green    expresses his happiness and congratulate  His Grace  for the great achievement of the diocese  in  short period  and promised   he will be back with a proper congressional  acknowledgment to the diocese of South-West America for their service beyond the borders.

Congresswomen Sheila Jackson-Lee expressed her happiness in witnessing the historic event  and congratulated His grace for his   great leadership in the Indian Community and specially for initiating this great  International  humanitarian effort.

The geographical  limits  of the Diocese of South-West America  includes  18 states  and Canada which are  Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Washington, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee,  North Carolina, Arizona, California, Nevada and Canada. Currently we have 48 Parish churches   in the diocese and all churches actively participated in this humanitarian effort.