As you know Haiti was hit by an earthquake last Tuesday in the south near Port-Au-Prince.
We felt the quake while having a Prayer meeting. Many people had just flown out that morning and a team from Salem Or. flew in. Due to bad weather here they almost aborted their landing and would have had to go to "Port" putting them in the disaster.
We did not realize the magnitude of the quake until later in the evening when reports started to come in of the devastation. It has become a very quiet and somber place as many stores have closed, all schools, banks and many gas stations. Four people left for Port on Wed. to check on our facility near the epicenter which only had part of it's perimeter wall fall. This first four returned on Friday and immediately started to load a truck of materials, food, water, medication which left for Port 5:30 AM on Saturday. Last night we received a bus load of 38 missionaries that will fly out today.
The Internet has been very limited, we have started to conserve propane & diesel fuel.
Today we are sending two trucks to the Dominican Rep. to try to purchase supplies.
We expect to send trucks back to Port with more needed supplies to help.
It is a very busy place here keeping all of us running. We expect many injured refugees to be finding their way North.
Everyone that you talk with here has family and friends that were in Port or effected.
Well I must go for now,
Bud
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