earthquake

Well this blog was supposed to be rolled out, along with our final version of our video, when we had everything squared away, ready for an official launch. None of that seems like a big deal right now. So many of you have been texting, tweeting, f-booking, and asking questions. Mandy and I appreciate it so much. The question is "are your people affected?" The answer is yes and no. No, because no one we personally know seems to be injured or dead. The answer is yes, because in Haiti, when Port-Au-Prince is down, Haiti is down. Here's a story from our friend Leslie:

He (leslie's husband, Chris) was in the middle of an open road area when the quake hit Port. While the guys were working on the truck he started trying to help people get out of the buildings that had come down around him. He was able to help one girl and not able to help others. Pray for him. Those memories will be with him for a very long time. When he realized he could not do any more he walked and found a bus that took him to Archaie. On the bus he met a man named Amos who had gone out to get a sandwich and minutes later found his house was flattened as was the school where he worked. He took his sandwich and got on a bus headed for Cap Haitien because everything that had made up his life in Port was gone. Amos is sleeping in our dorms and when I took him sheets and towels and asked how he was doing he simply said, with a smile, "mwe pa pi mal, gras a Dieu." - I'm not too bad, thank God."

more specific ways to help are coming.