Letters from Haiti
- Karen Carr
Karen Carr
Karen is a member of VPC and the Director of Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH). Karen was in Haiti after the earthquake, and writes this letter to all:
January 29, 2010
Dear CCH Family and Friends,
We can't thank you enough for your prayers and support which has in many cases almost been physically felt. Thank you for lifting up our medical teams, relief efforts, and most importantly the people of Haiti whom you have touched so profoundly during this desperate time of need. For those of us who have just arrived home, we bear hearts of hope and hearts of sadness. Sadness for the pain we've seen our brothers and sisters carry and hope as we join together to heal the hurts this world has brought. Over the last 10 days, CCH has provided emergency medical care to over 1,500 people through 5 medical teams in Jacmel, Port-au-Prince, Leogane, Cay Jacmel, and Pignon, distributed medical supplies to 7 hospitals and clinics, provided 1,200 lbs. of food and water to Jacmel, provided emergency diesel fuel for Hospital Bienfaisance de Pignon, shipped in 9 pallets of medical supplies to St. Daimen's in Port-au-Prince, coordinated relief efforts with numerous organizations working in Haiti, and help run Hospital Saint Michel in Jacmel. God has blessed us tremendously as we've cared for those He loves.
The day I left Haiti, children were flying their kites, old men were rebuilding their fences, and women were selling produce in the street. Everyone had a sense that they would survive by God's grace to see another day and despite their pain, find the strength to carry on. If there is a bright light to the destruction disasters bring, it is often a facilitator of mercy, love and compassion which seeks to end the pain others feel and heal the hurts they bear. After all, God reached out in love during His own hour of pain and misery, hanging on the cross so that each of us might live in eternity without tears, hurt or sorrow. He was the ultimate act of compassion, one we seek to emulate to those affected by the earthquake.
God bless you for changing lives for eternity and bringing real hope to those in need,
Karen