Mario and I will be spending 10 days helping the victims in Haiti from the 27th of January to the 7th of February.
YWAM has a base in Haiti (that was not affected by the earthquake) which is hosting groups of volunteers. After we made the decision to go we sent out e-mails to ask people to help us both financially and in prayers. Unfortunatly the church in Brazil has not stood up to help in this situation, and many people were surprised at our decision to go and help at this time. In an e-mail that Mario sent out he spoke out even to the leaders of YWAM Brazil, challenging them to not be passive about the suffering of those in the world. Since making the decision we have been able to mobilize many people to help Haiti, and with just a few days until our trip, in the last 72 hours, two other couples decided to go with us from Goiania (one is a nurse, and another a medical surgeon). Another base in Belo Horizonte is also putting together a team and they will be flying out the same day as us and we will be meeting in Santo Domingo.
Please pray for us!
...and let us all pray for Haiti!
Below is a small portion of news taken from the Dailymail.co.uk
Distraught, covered in dust and desperate, the people of Haiti appear barely able to comprehend the tragedy that has overtaken them.
Many spent the desolate hours after the earthquake milling around in the streets or constructing the most rudimentary of shelters where they could cower for the night. The quake itself measured 7.0 on the Richter scale- but some of the 30 aftershocks were almost as strong, leaving the shanty-towns of Port-au-Prince echoing with the heartrending sound of screams and sobs.
Some clustered together for comfort. Others lay prostrate in the street, unable to pick themselves up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1242929/Haiti-earthquake-pictures-How-natural-disaster-ripped-island-apart.html#ixzz0clfXqLDY
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