The airport was the most basic airport I have even seen. One I would expect in a remote area of Africa not in the capital city of a nation. Customs and luggage were located in a metal warehouse building. These are clear signs of a country in disarray. While I have been in more congested traffic I have never traveled on roads in such bad shape. We literally bounced as if on an amusement park ride and it took hours to go small distances... again this is the capital city, not the outback of Australia. As I watched out the window, tents were everyplace... along the side of the road, a-top a pile of ruble, in the fields and on the mountain sides. Random port-a-jons dot the landscape again, this is not the national park in the Grand Canyon it is a capital City... This is Haiti. It has been 7 months since the earthquake, however, the progress since that time has been slow. The challenges are many. I am amazed as I see white vehicles passing in all directions. Theses are the vehicles that bring hope. Samaritans Purse, Convoy of Hope, and even the UN. If it were not for the Christians, this country would have starved and much more life would have been lost as the basic shelter and needs have been supplied by people of God. God's word in action... Matthew 25:35
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
This is Haiti
The airport was the most basic airport I have even seen. One I would expect in a remote area of Africa not in the capital city of a nation. Customs and luggage were located in a metal warehouse building. These are clear signs of a country in disarray. While I have been in more congested traffic I have never traveled on roads in such bad shape. We literally bounced as if on an amusement park ride and it took hours to go small distances... again this is the capital city, not the outback of Australia. As I watched out the window, tents were everyplace... along the side of the road, a-top a pile of ruble, in the fields and on the mountain sides. Random port-a-jons dot the landscape again, this is not the national park in the Grand Canyon it is a capital City... This is Haiti. It has been 7 months since the earthquake, however, the progress since that time has been slow. The challenges are many. I am amazed as I see white vehicles passing in all directions. Theses are the vehicles that bring hope. Samaritans Purse, Convoy of Hope, and even the UN. If it were not for the Christians, this country would have starved and much more life would have been lost as the basic shelter and needs have been supplied by people of God. God's word in action... Matthew 25:35
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