Two years later

Today marks two years since that terrible day. Since the day that the ground shook and we all lost faith in it’s solid foundation. The day the earth’s crust moved a bit too much in a place a bit too poor with buildings a bit too weak in a city with a bit too many people. It is still a day we as a family will never forget. The Haiti earthquake of 2010 is something we wish never to relive yet those days hold a special bonding in our hearts to a country we love dearly. 

On this day we remember the fear, we remember the blood, we remember the death, we remember the stench, we remember the dust, we remember the screams and we remember the sobbing. We remember the mass graves, the collapsed buildings, the stories of deaths, the smell of decomposing bodies, counselling mothers after their babies die, the little boy with a crushed body that took his last breath 13 hours later, reducing and repositioning countless broken bones, the open wounds, the stitches, the burns, the broken pelvises, the scalps torn off, the disfigured faces, the missing limbs. 

But between all this horror, we remember the songs of redemption, we remember the singing voices, we remember the prayers answered, we remember the life change, we remember the strength, we remember the resolve, we remember the courageous stories, the extreme human benevolence, the superhuman successes, the dependance on a higher power, the will for survival, the heart to never give up and the power or God.

Please join us in remembering those that perished as well as those both physically and emotionally scarred forever by the Haiti earthquake. Please pray for continued strength in the Lord and redemption for the people in Haiti. Join us in being thankful for our lives and pray that we never take our moments here for granted. Each day is another that God has decided we need to be here on this earth. We pray that we will all search for the purpose of why He has decided we need to be here while others are gone and then charge full force in fulfilling that purpose.  

We are in Canada today but our hearts are in Haiti. Nou pap janm bliye.

Mass graves close to our home in Haiti - where we are in spirit today...

P.S.  With all the media negative on "where did the money go?" Please watch the video below to see the exciting things going on right now at Mission of Hope. Mission of Hope is a Haitian NGO that employs over 250 Haitians and works in relationship with the government and local area for all it's programs. The Haitian people are all involved in the decisions of MOH and the money gets to the people.
For specific stats on programs advanced in 2011, please follow this link to see MOH's updated progress.


MOH Visual Summary from Lespwa Means Hope on Vimeo.