Haiti update
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feliciakwJust a few brief blurbs from Lifeline Christian Mission and what's going on in Haiti:
Thousands of people have sought refuge at the 7-acre LCM compound. Among the hurt and the dying (Mrs. DeVoe, one of LCM's leaders, had to use duct tape to pressure bandage the stump of an 18-month-old child's severed arm) there is also new life--three babies born a couple days ago.
The tremors are apparently still coming and going:
The tremors really slowed down yesterday and then about supper time we began having a lot more tremors and Bhen just came to tell me that the main entrance in to Grand Goave, Rue d'Port and the national highway have a large crevice/fissure opened up in it and it is very dangerous. Our gals will stay inside the compound today but now I'm concerned that we could have something happen here the same way on our grounds, although we know we are sitting on very solid ground (in more than one way :-) because we are on an old riverbed that is full of rock. Pray that there will not be more openings like this in the ground. Bobby will check it out today. As I'm talking I can now hear Bhen with the battery powered megaphone announcing the fault/fissure in the roads and telling people to stay calm and stay off the roads.
This almost brought tears to my eyes:
With the masses of people encamped here I would not be surprised to see some news people showing up to see this phenomena. The people chose this place for several reasons...they truly believe it's protected by God and they believe that since it's property under America's banner that it is "under the U.S. Embassy" and that also makes them feel secure. During Operation Restore Democracy in the early 1990's the people came here in droves to seek refuge when the U.S. troops came in to Haiti to help the democratic government here. We were told then that they felt this way!
It's so good to be reminded not only of the confidence the people are putting in God, but that there are still some places in the world where the United States means hope and protection.
But I think the thing I was most relieved to hear was this update: We just received an email from Gretchen: the children are all fine at the Home in Port au Prince! There are no injuries. The building has had some damage, making some areas unsafe. But we praise God that these children were not harmed!
You see, Lifeline runs an orphanage, and they hadn't heard from anyone at the children's home since the quake. Hallelujah that everyone there is okay.
You can read all the updates from first hand sources (and view a local news report--local to the home office in Ohio, that is) at the Lifeline website.
Thousands of people have sought refuge at the 7-acre LCM compound. Among the hurt and the dying (Mrs. DeVoe, one of LCM's leaders, had to use duct tape to pressure bandage the stump of an 18-month-old child's severed arm) there is also new life--three babies born a couple days ago.
The tremors are apparently still coming and going:
The tremors really slowed down yesterday and then about supper time we began having a lot more tremors and Bhen just came to tell me that the main entrance in to Grand Goave, Rue d'Port and the national highway have a large crevice/fissure opened up in it and it is very dangerous. Our gals will stay inside the compound today but now I'm concerned that we could have something happen here the same way on our grounds, although we know we are sitting on very solid ground (in more than one way :-) because we are on an old riverbed that is full of rock. Pray that there will not be more openings like this in the ground. Bobby will check it out today. As I'm talking I can now hear Bhen with the battery powered megaphone announcing the fault/fissure in the roads and telling people to stay calm and stay off the roads.
This almost brought tears to my eyes:
With the masses of people encamped here I would not be surprised to see some news people showing up to see this phenomena. The people chose this place for several reasons...they truly believe it's protected by God and they believe that since it's property under America's banner that it is "under the U.S. Embassy" and that also makes them feel secure. During Operation Restore Democracy in the early 1990's the people came here in droves to seek refuge when the U.S. troops came in to Haiti to help the democratic government here. We were told then that they felt this way!
It's so good to be reminded not only of the confidence the people are putting in God, but that there are still some places in the world where the United States means hope and protection.
But I think the thing I was most relieved to hear was this update: We just received an email from Gretchen: the children are all fine at the Home in Port au Prince! There are no injuries. The building has had some damage, making some areas unsafe. But we praise God that these children were not harmed!
You see, Lifeline runs an orphanage, and they hadn't heard from anyone at the children's home since the quake. Hallelujah that everyone there is okay.
You can read all the updates from first hand sources (and view a local news report--local to the home office in Ohio, that is) at the Lifeline website.
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Date: 2010-01-16 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-16 04:21 pm (UTC)That is so awesome about how the locals see the compound as a sanctuary (pun so totally intended).