"I had wired money before leaving the US and this made it possible to purchase the supplies in Pedernales before racing to the port. It was amazing to witness the work the ship crew, Red Cross and other volunteers put in to load the ship with supplies in Pedernales and unload the ship in Jacmel. After hours of loading, we left around midnight and made it to Jacmel at 7 AM Friday. I felt so much joy to find all the boys from the Home at the port waiting to come onboard and help with the unloading of supplies and putting them in trucks.  Some Haitian policemen were there as well to make sure we got all our supplies home without incident. We are so grateful to every one that responded so quickly with their donations to help us to purchase the supplies! Your contribution allowed for the purchase of about 20,000 lbs in foods, hygiene/sanitation products, cleaning supplies and tents that have either already made it to Jacmel or is leaving for Jacmel in the next couple of days"

 

"I spoke with my mother (director of Faith in Love in Action) an hour ago and she made it to Jacmel safely! They had already unloaded supplies and brought it to the orphanages and she had the opportunity to check on everyone and make sure they were okay. When I spoke with her, she was back at the port waiting to board to return to the DR. Please keep her in your prayers for this return voyage! She will be returning soon to Jacmel now that she had the time to visit and assess the needs."

 

The latest update in regard to the orphanages we work with in Carrefour from Star of Hope International stated: "On Thursday, we learned that the guest home next to the Girl's home has collapsed and that half of the church on the compound has collapsed as well. The church was emergency shelter for many in the neighborhood. The boys home building has suffered structural failure and is now beginning to collapse."

 

Someone else from Jennifer's network of colleagues in Haiti reported this: "The capital city is destroyed. There is no food, clean water, or sanitation. The few remaining medical facilities are absolutely overwhelmed. All of Port-au-Prince is in ruins. The relief team distributed their supply of food and water, and were almost overtaken by the push of bodies to get the supplies. They witnessed helicopters dropping bundles of food and water from the air. You can imagine the mayhem as survivors scrambled to get at the packages. Our team treated some of the worst victims and then contributed their remaining medical supplies to an established medical center in Leogane. In terms of percentage of physical devastation, Hugues thought that Leogane, a town about one hour west of Port-au-Prince , was hit worse than the capital. He estimated that 80% of Leogane's buildings were lying in ruins. The nursing school, where four of our grads were studying, is still standing, but unsafe with major cracks in the walls. Nonetheless, the population of the capital city suffered worse because of the density of population and closely built structures of multiple floors."

 

 

"Tonight is gonna be crazy. There are a ton more aftershocks and things are seemingly escalating."