DENVER, Colo. -- The mass images of destruction of the earthquake in Haiti are out of the headlines, but for some, like this group from Foothills Community Church, of Arvada, the suffering is in the front of their minds.

"We raised $30,000 on one Sunday," said Joel Thomas, pastor.

Thomas has been to Haiti before. He has two adopted boys from the country. The trip his church is preparing to embark on was planned prior to the earthquake to help Heartline Ministries located in Port-au-Prince.

"They had people flood into them with so many different medical needs," said Thomas. "They had teams of medical folks come in and they converted these orphanages to hospitals."

Eight men will make the trip. Originally, 20 were scheduled to go, but officials with Heartline Ministries told them women and children should not come.

"There are a whole slew of people [going] and they can do everything from construction to computers," said Bill Douglas, of Foothills Community Church. "So we are going to just try to do well."

The group doesn't know what to expect, but it will most likely be somewhat similar to what Dr. Christopher Brian with Panorama Orthopedics in Golden is experiencing now.

"A large number of the surgeries we are doing are cleaning up the infections from open wounds, open injuries," said Brian. "Many of the amputations, the wounds, are infected now."

Brian took an 18 man team to help in a hospital in Milot, in the northern part of country. Brian was asked to go to Haiti by his former colleague at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where Brian did his orthopedic internship.

The team organized by Brian includes three surgeons, three anesthesiologists, an X-ray technician, a physician assistant, five nurses, three occupational and physical therapists and two others.

The hospital housed 35 patients prior to the earthquake. There are now about 400.

Brian said the work is far from done.

"There is going to be a tremendous need for rehabilitation," said Brian. "Not only the patients who had amputations, meaning they will need to get fitted with prosthesis, if possible, but also several patients have contractures and are weak from being in bed."

It's not easy work, but all going or there believe they are doing good.