My friend, Berry, is an Espiscopal priest and lives in Athens, GA. She and her husband are involved in a ministry called Bethlehem Ministry. They spend a lot of time in the Dominican Republic helping and ministering. The following is an email from her. She was in the Dominican Republic when the earthquake hit Haiti.
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I am fine up in the Northeast of Haiti. We are beginning to get people fleeing from Port au Prince with broken bones, traumatic stress. We packed up >1 ton of rice, beans, spaghetti, etc. and had a big truck drive it to Port last Sun. It returned last night with people/ We will try to buy some more food and pack it and send it down again. We had another aftershock this a.m. at 6:00 that we felt way up here. It sent folks out into their yards yelling. I don’t know how long these tremors will go on. The school is closed for the week; the clinic is open as needed but Thurs. and Fri. we will be open all day. Any contributions are welcome. People are coming down to TR to help on Sun., bringing cash so that I hope to buy more meds. Let everyone know I am fine and to look on www.BethlehemMinistry.org for updated blogs.
You should hear the folks singing in their time of grief. It is amazing. Love, Berry+
It looks like your friend and her mission are doing a lot of good! I saw her picture on one of the archived newsletters.