Catastrophe in Haiti

For such a catastrophe to occur in an already desperately impoverished area is so beyond my ability to even grasp the depths of the situation. I have, however, read some of the e-mails, blogs, tweets, etc. of Christian musicians & organizations that have been down there and continue to go through this with the Haitian people. I cannot encourage prayer enough for all those affected by this earthquake. I heard Michael W. Smith (Christian musician) on the radio a little while ago and he said: "Ten dollars is like a thousand bucks down there. We are pretty much rich compared to them." Families have been sleeping outside in the dirt for fear of another intense aftershock.

These people, these children who have so little already, have lost so much more. I am urging anyone who has a few extra dollars to take it and put it to work for God's kingdom--donate now to help bring emergency supplies, food, shelter, etc. to the affected areas. K-LOVE (http://klove.com/promodetails.aspx?i=5521) has a number of organizations listed that are in Haiti and bringing emergency supplies to the people now.

Below is an e-mail from Mark Stuart, lead singer of Audio Adrenaline, who's been in Haiti through this experience (taken from The Hands and Feet Project website):

Hi everyone....
Our internet is working finally. So I'm sending this to a few of you....
Everyone here is ok, but we are all very scared. The buildings held up great, but there are several houses right around us that have collapsed. Also, Hotel Cyvadier had major damage, while the brand new three story "peace of mind" hotel was demolished. Francine, one of our teenage nannies was in afternoon school and escaped while the building was collapsing around her because she was sitting by the door...however many of her classmates died yesterday. Many houses and and buildings have collapsed in Jacmel including the hospital. I know most of the news there is coming from PAP, but there is substantial loss of life here on the south coast. We need prayer for wisdom and strength. Its very chaotic here. We were able to buy diesel this morning and hopefully get more propane for cooking tomorrow. Last night was crazy...slept on the dirt in the center of the village...away from the buildings. Tonight we may venture back indoors, but that is yet to be decided. We go in and out to get necessities. The Haitian people are numb and sad to say very used to death, but this has created what seems to be a hypnotic state. I've never been in a situation were you feel SO helpless, fearful, and small. The tremors are coming again as i type this. Whoa!!!
Mark

Many of the websites listed also have current updates on what is going on and how they are able to get through this and help those in need.

K-LOVE How to Help Haiti site: http://klove.com/promodetails.aspx?i=5521