We awoke at 4:00am to a down pour of rain, and decided to wait until 4:30 to see if the rain would cancel our trip. We checked to see if Paul was awake, there was no sound so we attempted to go back to sleep. Next I was startled awake to the sound of a truck in the distance. We headed out despite the rain, we had four wheel drive. When we got to the clearing area the sun was just rising. It was an amazing view over the mountains, breathtaking. I thought to myself this must be what heaven looks like. As we knew we were nearing the city because of the smell and the traffic picked up. Once you start seeing the new tent cities you know you are closer and the reality of the situation in Haiti hits you like a knife to your heart. But we do what we can and hope and pray; its all we can do.
The scene in Port au Prince is just heartbreaking. Everywhere you look you see dirt, distruction, trash, water, just devestation. But then there are beautiful people, dressed well, determination on there face going on with their daily lives. My mind finds it difficult to comprehend how we can allow people to live like this. People are sleeping with there babies in 'shelters' made of scraps of metal, wood, sheets, anything they can find. The size of these shelters for a family of 4 or more is the size of many peoples bathrooms in the US. And bathrooms - how do people go, where is the waste ending up? How do they continue to stay clean when it appears there isn't a place to get water. People gathered in line with buckets for water, who knows how far they travel just to get a little water so their family would have something to drink or some way to bathe.
The whole situation in Haiti is beyond overwhelming. But we do what we can and hope and pray, its all we can do.
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