Before we even crossed the Hatian border, while we were still in Santo Domingo, we had our first encounter with the aftermath of the earthquake. We visited a field hospital and talked with a few of the nurses caring for sick and injured Haitian refugees. It was there, in a tent filled with people brought there after Port-au-Prince collapsed, that we met Roody.
Roody had been working in an office the day of the earthquake. When the shaking started, he got out but then as he ran out, a nearby building fell and landed on him. He was pulled out of the rubble within ten minutes but had suffered fractures in his left leg. He told us how he’d learned English by reading English subtitles while watching MTV.
He offered to sing us a song:
On our second day we drove into and through the center of Port-au-Prince and witnessed the city firsthand:
Watching these two videos back to back can give you a glimpse of our experience in Haiti: destruction, loss, pain, and desperation standing side by side and hand in hand with hope, grace, and resilience.
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