hattie

Congratulations for the united nations. They have stepped up and delivered millions of dollars to Hattie. Not just money but food and countless other supplies. But not just united nations but red cross, Sumerians purse, and countless other charities around the world have come to help. They have thousands of people on the ground. Millions of dollars to back them. Congratulations.
This country has no building codes. They can build a building anywhere and anyway. This lead to cluttered mounds of concrete that they call homes and when the earthquake hit it tore those houses down like paper. Also some pictures that you see arent from the earthquake. They are from the buildings already not holding up. Those are the conditions they already live in.
Last week we had a doctor that our church supports, he is in Hattie, talked to us via a satellite phone. His message was to pray. These people are living in terrible conditions and that the injuries are catastrophic. At the end of the phone call he had to go because an ambulance was coming. They are still receiving people at there hospital. It is utter turmoil there.
On top of all the turmoil they are a voo-doo nation. They have elected to the top of there lives.the bonds are breaking. Missionaries are coming in sharing the gospel with thousands. With there physical relief comes spiritual release, from bondage and oppression. They are open to it now. When before it wasn’t.
What can we do? Well we can donate money to the countless originations. We can volunteer, weather it be going to the country itself or helping load trucks full of supply’s. There are lots of things we can do. Cause we are the most blessed country in the world.
The estimates of the repair to this island are predicted to be near ten years. To rebuild this city/country. It will be long after that to rebuild lives and anything else that came down in those seconds of the earthquake. It will never be “the way it was” cause there’s no going back.