Enough already....

Last night I went to bed and around midnight when junior came to bed he told me that there had been a huge car accident in Haiti, POrt AU PRince... On delmas 33, this area is near sherries, a road I have driven many many times, a road that my friends and family in Haiti go on all the time... With that said I couldn't sleep...

This incresed junior's worry so we called his mom to make sure everyone was ok... Then we saw pictures... Some graphic, which then brought memories back from the earthquake... Why something now so close to an anniversary that is so raw and tragic in itself... Hasn't Haiti and her people had enough...

I am tired... Physically and now emotionally... Discouraged and anxious... Are all our loved ones safe... And the details at this time are so slim... Only on a Haitian radio station do we get some news... The other info and photos we found first were only via Facebook and friends of junior... Last night it was 20 confirmed dead, this morning at least 26 and over 50 injured....

My heart is aching in a way I cannot express through words... Please pray for HAiti and her people.... Protection and restoration... Peace and comfort as the nation grieves and families grieve the loss of loved ones from the earthquake and now also this fatal accident. For more info click on the following...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-haiti-accident-idUSTRE80G14920120117

http://www.inquisitr.com/182421/haiti-port-au-prince-truck-crash-2012/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfrrhM0oe8M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9R_woEor2w - (long video, but towards the middle and end they interview some haitian witness and then the president comes, its in creole)

pray hard for GOd's glory to shine through... I know it will in my head...but my heart is broken for HAiti today and I am discouraged, but I do KNOW GOd's goodness.... Searching for faith and peace and trying to reject discouragement and unbelief in the possibilities of change... Enough said.

where did all the money go?

check this article out...it talks where the money has gone since the earthquake....

it was a hard read for me...so many numbers and political talk...but despite all that it is really good to see whats been going on...

it's frustrating and discouraging... but i am having HOPE!

join with me....educate yourself and then pray pray pray for progress instead of what is really happening...i can't even find words for how i feel about whats really going on...

Junior just says despair but i want to believe that more can come from all this...that people in leadership can rise and change things for the better....

pray with me.... that the numbers will change and somehow they will actually help the haitian population instead of hurting them....

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/BQ/1_4_12/1_4_12.html

2 Years

This past Thursday was the 2 year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.... just saying that is enough to me, as i can close my eyes and see it all...like it was yesterday...

the anniversary always humbles me, because like so many that lost their lives i could have been one of them...and although i don't feel guilty that i survived, i grieve for those that did.... more so i grieve for their families and a nation that is still struggling to rebuild and restore from this tragic day....

this past summer junior and i went to visit for 5 weeks and it was the first time i had been since the earthquake and yes there were improvements, but there are remnants of it all over and on top of that they are still having trimmers (maybe even aftershocks). While we were there we felt 4....

i really am at a lack for more words as i reflect on that experience... i will never forget.... so here are a few blogs, articles and a video from CNN on the anniversary....

http://blexi.blogspot.com/2012/01/2-year-link-round-up.html

http://news.yahoo.com/haiti-quiet-quake-marked-national-holiday-142001454.html

http://ataylor3.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiti-2-years-later.html

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/13/video-creating-confidence-in-haiti/?iref=allsearch

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THIS NATION!

My beliefs

Saw this on Facebook this morning and am overwhelmed at how amazing it is. This spoken word is truly how I feel about the church, christiNity, religion and JESUS....I don't know that I will ever be able to say it better... I had to share sorry the link is here instead of the video....I was having some technical difficulties with that. Hope it speaks to you as much as it does to me! Why I hate religion, but love Jesus