Haiti Quake: 10 Days Removed

Ten days have passed since the Haiti quake struck, a massive temblor that shook the island nation and killed tens of thousands of people. Aid is spreading across the land, but for many people the help arrived too late having succumbed to their injuries beneath a pile of rubble or died waiting for medical help outside of collapsed hospitals.

Now for some controversy: Pat Robertson made a comment about Haiti immediately following the quake, saying that the nation carries a curse because of some deal that they made with the devil two centuries ago to get out from underneath French rule.

Two thoughts about Robertson and then I will move on:

Robertson seems to always say something to stir the pot including his calls for our nation’s military to assassinate Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez. Usually he recants or clarifies his position which suggests to me that Pat often speaks before he thinks. “…so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2”

If God is angry with Haiti, what about the US? Today marks the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and to date 50 million babies have been aborted. Does God play favorites? I think not! Besides, does God chastise us while He offers us His comfort? Not a chance!

Relief continues to find its way across Haiti with quite a few organizations and governments present. Search teams are still sifting through the rubble at Hotel Montana in search of hundreds believed buried underneath including six members of a team students and faculty from Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL. Eight students have escaped, but hope has grown dim regarding the fate of the missing.

Samaritan’s Purse (SP) has a medical relief team on the ground in Port-au-Prince and a disaster relief team operating northeast of the city. On Monday, SP will be sending out 235 foot long relief barge stocked with 200 tons of equipment including bulldozers, backhoes, fuel trucks and other heavy machinery to aid in disaster relief efforts.

That barge will be loaded first light on Monday before departing that evening from Atlantic Caribbean Line’s port in Ft. Pierce, FL. It is expected to arrive in Haiti next Friday and will be used to transport medical and other supplies over and across rubble strewn streets.

SP says that you can donate by visiting www.samaritanspurse.org or calling (800) 528-1980. You can also give by texting “SP” to 85944 on your cell phone to donate $10. Keep in mind that the money SP derives from a text donation will not get to them until after you pay your cell phone bill. If you want to make an immediate impact then visit their website or call in your donation.

Source: Samaritan’s Purse

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