Dear Robin,
After our conversation over the phone, I haven't even hung up the phone when everything started shaking around me in the house. It was terrible. I prayed...
The whole country is in state of shock. No phone service, Thank God we are safe and the Internet is working. But, Port-au-prince has gotten a lot of damages. As far as Cap-Haitien is concerned, we dont have the eatimate yet since it is raining heavily. It is dark. The whole city is covered with water, the people of Prolonge swamp for instance dont know what to do. Hopefully, tomorrow, I will be able to give you an idea of what is going on. However, this is a very tragic situation. We already have so many problems that we are unable to resolve after the devastation brought by the four hurricanes of 2008, there are so much suffering waiting to be adressed that this earthquake is really too much. A total disaster.
We hoped that we would be able to make it but no way. No brake. No chance. We will have to deal with new needs, new sufferings, new situation of hunger, new despair, new devastation.
Consequently, we will have to turn to you for help since we have noone else to turn to.
Thank you for understanding
Fr Duken
Post #2Susan wroteon January 13, 2010 at 8:45am
Hi Jim,
We are looking for info on Jake Smith who was suppose to be at the VISA LODGE near the airport. Do you have info as to that area and damage report
Post #3 Jim wrote on January 13, 2010 at 8:49am
Susan,
Sorry, not at present. We do understand that the runway is usable, even though the tower is down. The hard thing for all of us is lack of reliable communication. Blessings...
Jim
Post #4 Susan wrote on January 13, 2010 at 10:02am
We just got a brief voice message from Jake and he made it to the Dom Rep
Thank you for your reply.... Blessings to you too
Post #5 Jim wrote on January 13, 2010 at 2:54pm
Thank God...
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