As you can imagine, communications with those in Haiti is spotty at best. I have tried - unsuccessfully - to reach friends and colleagues by phone. However, email updates have been trickling into my inbox since early Wednesday morning. The first update I received was from the Matthew 25 House in the heart of Port au Prince. Here is an excerpt of the situation there:
"We are all OK physically at the house. We were home when it hit. The house stood up well, does not appear to be any serious structural damage downstairs, but upstairs is pretty bad, unusable as a matter of fact.
Matt 25 cooked up 4 big pots of soup for the people coming for treatment, and served as a triage and treatment center. We were able to climb over the fallen bookcases and shelves and retrieve a lot of meds and supplies we had in our depot. Sr Mary, Vivian and our 6 guests performed superbly in treating many injured. Eventually, 3 Haitian doctors showed up, I think when they heard we had supplies.
Worked till about two in the morning. We were also one of the few houses to have power with our inverters and batteries, so we set up 3 o4 4 lights on the soccer field to help with the treatment. The hospitals are either badly damaged or destroyed, and have stopped taking patients as they are overwhelmed.
Pray for our sisters and brothers."
As you think about how you can assist in the Haiti disaster relief efforts, keep the hardworking people at Matthew 25 in mind. You can direct earthquake donations to them and do your part in helping Haiti by clicking on the Donate Now button.
"We are all OK physically at the house. We were home when it hit. The house stood up well, does not appear to be any serious structural damage downstairs, but upstairs is pretty bad, unusable as a matter of fact.
Matt 25 cooked up 4 big pots of soup for the people coming for treatment, and served as a triage and treatment center. We were able to climb over the fallen bookcases and shelves and retrieve a lot of meds and supplies we had in our depot. Sr Mary, Vivian and our 6 guests performed superbly in treating many injured. Eventually, 3 Haitian doctors showed up, I think when they heard we had supplies.
Worked till about two in the morning. We were also one of the few houses to have power with our inverters and batteries, so we set up 3 o4 4 lights on the soccer field to help with the treatment. The hospitals are either badly damaged or destroyed, and have stopped taking patients as they are overwhelmed.
Pray for our sisters and brothers."
As you think about how you can assist in the Haiti disaster relief efforts, keep the hardworking people at Matthew 25 in mind. You can direct earthquake donations to them and do your part in helping Haiti by clicking on the Donate Now button.
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