tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post7765689236419427453..comments2023-06-24T07:43:49.683-04:00Comments on Public Vigil: Haiti: a year afterMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05204113920771985325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post-19467643062929755952011-01-13T16:27:45.491-05:002011-01-13T16:27:45.491-05:00Hi Ride. Sorry for not posting any specific links ...Hi Ride. Sorry for not posting any specific links like I usually do. I'm sure you can find information through Google about current conditions in Haiti.<br /><br />I certainly don't want to discourage people from contributing to aid relief. This is the least we can do. Our local Catholic church has partnered with a church in Haiti to aid in reconstruction. I think this is a good model to follow.<br /><br />Here is an excerpt from an article that describes the dignity with which many Haitians have responded to their plight in commemorating the anniversary of the earthquake.<br /><br />------<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-haiti-memorial-20110113,0,4569239.story" rel="nofollow">Haitians turn out for one-year anniversary of quake</a><br /><br />A year later, nearly a million Haitians remain in tents or other temporary shelter. The death of so many has left gaping holes in Haitian society, and the psychological wounds are still fresh.<br /><br />In this fervently religious nation, Wednesday was an official "day of reflection." To mourn, thousands of Haitians walked miles to reach churches throughout Port-au-Prince, the capital, where priests and ministers extolled people to be thankful they were alive and to never forget the dead. In at least one case, a minister also scolded the international community for failing to achieve significant reconstruction.<br /><br />People filled the streets for hours. Rail-thin men dressed in polyester suits. Women in bonnets, Bibles tucked under their arms, hauling well-scrubbed children. Little girls wearing ribbons of every color in their hair. And amputees, hobbling along on crutches. Most wore pristine white, the color of mourning in Haiti.<br /><br />For some, the experience seemed overwhelming. Men and women stopped in their tracks, raised their hands heavenward and shouted prayers. Others wailed and sobbed, the trauma still fresh in their troubled minds.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204113920771985325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519955364880984061.post-41360971584418074182011-01-13T01:49:26.563-05:002011-01-13T01:49:26.563-05:00I had no idea that the situation is still that bad...I had no idea that the situation is still that bad.<br />I remember that in our high school we collect money to send to Haiti and one of my teachers told me that they wanted to make sure that money was going to the right hands.<br /><br />Then I wonder, why if people is collecting and sending money there is still so much destruction?<br />I hope is not greed or indifference. <br /><br />I will pray for them and for the many challenges that we face today. <br /><br />God bless you!Ridenoreply@blogger.com