“call family members tell them we are ok” (UPDATED)
In case the (comprehensive) coverage of the unfolding Haiti disaster over at Reuters is too antiseptic and lacks first-person desperation, below is an email from doctors who were already there working at a clinic just outside Port-au-Prince:
We are ok call family members tell them we are ok. Tell them to contact EVERYONE’s family and churches from their group and tell them we are ok.
Please reply to us ASAP tell us if the airport is open and when help from other countries are coming.many tremors, many haitians hurt. we have triage here in our yard…pray for the docs and nurses here ALL NIGHT. most buildings are not ok at Christianville. Our house seems fine with one crack on NON-weight-bearing wall. we are staying outside until the tremors end. we were told the last AA flight didn’t leave Miami….can you please confirm for sure? I have 4 women that were suppost to be on that flight. Team Leaders name is Kelle M….. R. please call her family to find out. I need to get our visitors out ASAP….please let us know about the airport…. ALSO please EVERYONE…do not flood us with emails. Only info that we need to know.
please pray.
a.
I’m told the clinics will soon run out of supplies and that they will be treating people well into the future. The particular group above can be reached here: Haiti Health Ministries. They accept donations of everything from money to pharmaceuticals to gauze to baby formula.
UPDATE: Below is from another doctor with the same group:
i’m ok, and so is R. and N. [the author’s infant daughter]. our house sustained damage (cracks, flooding, everything off the shelves) but didn’t fall down. J. and S.’s house (where i used to live) fell down. so did part of the clinic, the eye clinic, and all of the schools. the guesthouse is still standing, as well as our house and A. and D.’s house. everyone else lost their house. we worked all night trying to help people, and are still working today. it’s like being in hell… people dying on your doorstep, limbs falling off, gashes and paralysis and everything you’d see in war. all the missionaries here are ok, only a few bumps and bruises as they scrambled to get out of their houses. R. and N. and i were outside when it happened, so we were ok. D. and L. are ok, too.that’s all the update i can give you for now, because i’ve got to go back to more chaos. thank the Lord E. is here to take care of N. while R. and i work.
love you guys,t
