Jan 30, 2010

Saturday night. Just talked with David. Another busy day for him. He had the team from Life Outreach International out filming a lot of the earthquake damage this afternoon. They went to the area where they buried so many of the bodies. They filmed the damage in 3 villages near our compound and then went into town. They were able to film the area around the Palace. David said the main street of PAP looked like many bombs had hit. So much destruction. One area on airport road where AutoMeca car dealer was located had a wall that collapsed and crushed at least 40 or more new trucks. While the photographer was filming this area David stayed with the car. As he was standing outside he heard a moan and looked around...ten feet from him was a young girl sitting on a rock pile leaned up against a wheel of a vehicle. She was barely coherent. He walked over to her and began to ask her questions. The more he talked the stronger she became as she answered his questions. She was 21 years old. She was a student and most of her schoolmates were killed in the quake. She has no father...doesn't know where her mother and sister are. She didn't seem to realize where she was. She only had the clothes on her body and a small school backpack that had some school books in it. David asked her where she was going to stay tonight and she said "right here". No blanket, no sheet, no plastic. Nothing. He did give her some money to try to buy some food and clothes if she could find them As he drove away ...his heart was broke ...and he thought...."this is only one of the tens of thousands that are homeless ...with nothing.