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Jan. 26 As many of you know, last week I (Tom) made a trip to Haiti with Esperanza leaders and Network pastors to continue to assess the situation and coordinate the relief efforts we are supporting.
It was a challenging trip. Conditions are as bad, if not worse, than what you are seeing on the news. The complexity of the situation is overwhelming. The pre-earthquake conditions and challenges Haitians faced and lived in are now multiplied tenfold.
The resiliency and survival abilities of the people are amazing. There is a lot of activity on the streets. Street markets are back up accommodating themselves to the rubble and obstructions on every other corner and vehicular traffic is heavy.
But getting back into the buzz of everyday life doesn’t mean that life gets back to “normal”. If high unemployment and subsistence living in an over-crowded urban landscape were the common denominators before, the lack of minimal housing, no employment, no services, and a lack of everything makes life nearly unbearable now. Read more...
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