Haiti, poor Haiti
It seems like just last month that Haiti was suffering from severe mudslides as a result of a hurricane passing over them. One northern city was almost entirely buried in mud. Now a 7.0 earthquake! The news coming out of Haiti is discouraging. The photos and video show lots of damage and destruction and most certainly the death toll will continue to rise as the ability to search the rubble increases over the next couple of days.
One image truly broke my heart – – what appeared to be a young girl, lying face down where she’d been caught by a collapsing wall. Her head appeared to be resting on one arm as though perhaps she’d been alive for a time but had perished before help could arrive.
Haiti is such an impoverished country as it is. They’ve endured centuries of oppression and punishment from conquerers and then from their own leaders. How can they stand more suffering?
I pray that many, many of Haiti’s brothers and sisters will help in whatever way possible: donating to aid organizations, joining missions to assist, our prayers – do whatever you are able but at the least pray for them that they will receive all the aid and comfort they need. So many will need comforting because they will have suffered the double trauma of the fright of the earthquake (perhaps barely surviving themselves) and the loss of family and friends.
Haiti, poor Haiti