Haiti Tribute

HAITI STILL NEEDS OUR HELP.... "Its a 4:00am on a Wednesday morning in Port-au Prince Haiti. The sky is dark. the air is cool, and the city is silent. "Leve namn mouin ak soley la..." A voice deep with passion and struggle breaks the silence. "Konmansme tach ou jodi a..." The voice is anonymous, yet distinctive, floating over the city from one makeshift sleeping bag among many others lying on the city streets. Another voice soon joins, this one broken but proud. While I cannot see her, I imagine she is crying. "Premie bagay ou gin pou fe..." Before long the entire city is singing. A choir of Gods children, praising, and praying. "Se lou Bon-Dieu ak tout Ke".... "Wake my soul with the sun, Let me start everyday, with the first thing i should do, Praise the Lord with all my heart" On Jan. 12th 2010, an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude, struck the already impoverished island country of Haiti. Leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, motherless, dead, and in desperate need of a hand.Christian Hand, a non-profit organization offered that hand, taking a group of 27 volunteers, medical professionals, and helping hands, to respond to their dire needs in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. I went with them. The entire city is homeless. The streets are lined with tents, and sheets, children, and mothers, brothers and fathers, dust and rubble. The people walk wearing masks, to supress the smell of death in the air. "When will you go back into your home" I asked Daniel, a Port-au-Prince native and recent newlywed. "I cannot say, I did not know when the earthquake was coming, so I cannot say when I can go back into my house." He and his wife have found refuge with other families in a lot next to the cities radio station. For one week we were one of them. Sleeping on the streets. The first morning, my soul woke before I did to the sounds of the people praising God. It was moving to say the least. The sound in the air could stir soul the could of a deaf man. We would wake this way for the entire week...." http://therebirthofcool.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/i-left-a-piece-of-me-in-haiti/