Dear Friends and Family,
I will write more later, but just want to let you all know that Patrick, Solomon and I are safe. We had just gotten home when the earthquake hit, our apartment building went from 3 stories to 2 in once sickening crunch, but our space stayed miraculously in tact and the people on the first floor got out in the nick of time.
We had a group working with CONASPEH here with us from Tennessee. All members of the group were safe. Had they been on time for dinner, this note would have a different tone. Not all people in the guest house got out alive. We took the group to the embassy yesterday and they should be able to leave the country via the Dominican Republic in the next few days.
CONASPEH has been flattened. All my nursing students were inside. Yesterday we helped pull bodies out of the wreckage and heard some voices within the rubble. Efforts continued frantically all day to reach them.
Patrick and Francois Villier are safe. Their house seems to have held. They lost one of their foster care children in CONASPEH.
Communications are horrible. The phone network is either jammed or down completely. The manager of the guest house and our DEAR FRIEND has taken us under his wing and brought us up the mountain. He has a family with a 3 year old girl and a new born to consider as well. We are trying to figure out our next move at this point.
I will write more soon.
Please pray for haiti. In a minute's time, buildings crumbled and life was lost. So much life. And even with that said, I think the hardest times are still coming as people try to figure out how to put their lives together again.
Much love. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
Kim, Patrick and Solomon
About Me
- Kim and Patrick Bentrott
- Patrick and I hail from midwest America and enjoying exploring our world. Previously employed through Global Ministries and partnered with CONASPEH in Port-au-Prince Haiti, we now find ourselves back in Colorado unexpectedly as we endure the lengthy process of immigration and citizenship for our children. This is the blog of the adventures that color our existence, the joys of building our family through adoption, and the observations and introspection spurred by the incredible places and people that make up our days.
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3 comments:
Kim, where are you? Are the Tennessee people with you? Are they at the Embassy? Did you register with the Embassy? Are you finding water? A thousand friends and family who love you are clammoring for ways to reach you and help you all. Thank you for letting us breathe again. Love you so much, Mom
Reading this post, I think I just exhaled a tiny bit for the first time since I heard of the earthquake Tuesday evening. I'm so grateful that you are out of the city and (I hope?) in a place with shelter and clean water. I can't imagine the trauma you have experienced and you're right, the hard work in Haiti is yet to come and the real despair will creep in when the shock has worn off.
We are praying every minute for you and your whole family, and for this nation you've adopted as your home. I'm also thankful for your friends and family who are keeping your Facebook wall up to date since that's my main source of news on you.
Hello Kim, Patrick, and Solomon,
I'm wrapping you in my thoughts and prayers as you try to comprehend and make plans from the unimaginable. God chose a wonderful family to spread his strength, hope and love to the Haitians when He chose you to be there during this devastating time. May you experience His faithful love as you are His hands and heart in helping others. God bless you and your ministry!
Hugs and love,
Ann Hassig Morrison
(AGD sister)
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