A pretty enduring image, to say the least. A church stood tall while the house next to it collapsed during the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. During our visit, this particular church was serving as a makeshift school and was filled with children as we entered. As one of our team interviewed the pastor, I made my way into the alley between the church and house. Like many of the crushed homes in Port-au-Prince, I was able to peer into the layers of everyday life – beds, pots and pans, board games, and a TV – all compacted down into ribbons of debris.
Two of the children who used to call it home were now in the church, occupying seats before a dilapidated blackboard. When they lost everything, the church was there for them, to answer the call to literally "Love your neighbor."
They are your neighbors. YOU can be there for them also.
The Haiti Orphan Relief Team (HORT) is a cooperative effort of disaster response experts and U.S. based ministries that have unified to respond to the orphan crisis in Haiti. Read more on the About Us page.
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