Many of you are aware of the earthquake that shook Haiti on Tuesday. David is in Haiti and I am in Kentucky recovering from hand surgery. When the earthquake hit, David and staff along with a team from Danville, KY were on the compound with 125 Haitian preachers and church leaders. This team had come to train the preachers and church leaders in the EQUIP program. Part of the team went off compound to a village about ten miles away to work with and train children and schoolteachers. This group had been back on the compound for about an hour when the earthquake hit. Praise the Lord that everyone had arrived safely back to the compound!
David said we had very little structural damage but every home had items pitched out onto the floor. Many cabinets were emptied, glasses broke, TV's crashed to the floor, and papers flew everywhere. It was a mess! Phone service is still out but our satellite internets are still working.
People began arriving at our burn clinic with broken bones, cuts, compound fractures; people were laying all over the floors of our clinic. Praise the Lord for nurses...we have two staff nurses and 3 extras were visiting the property. All hands were needed and nobody finished working until midnight. David made several trips to the surrounding villages taking people home after they were treated. By 5 a.m. more were lined up at the clinic needing emergency care. The staff worked all day treating the serious needs of the people. Supplies are running low and we are praying help will arrive soon. We desperately need orthopedic surgeons and anaesthesiologists.
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