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I have been going to Haiti for about three years now with Child Hope International (www.childhope.org).  The poverty I have seen there is pretty incomprehensible, most of the time my mind will not even let me believe that people can live like this.  Water is scarce and often dirty and reused, there is expensive food, little money, deforestation, kids are forced into slavery, kidnappings, violence, buildings are not built properly and crumble with no warning, the list goes on and on.

The only reason I go is because I believe that God has put this place on my heart for a reason.  The place I go to serve at is an orphanage with 50 kids, they have a boys home and a girls home.  These kids came from the streets of Haiti.  Many of their lives before were filled with begging and beatings.  Things kids should not have to go through.  A family from my church moved to Haiti and took these kids in and fed them, clothed them and taught them the Bible.  The transformation has been amazing.

My wife and I recently returned from a month in Haiti.  The situation there, while still desperate seemed to be improving.  There seemed to be less violence, less kidnappings and I even recently heard a report that the GDP of Haiti increased by 2% last year.  The electricity and internet were good enough I found that i could work for eDivvy.com from Haiti for a couple of weeks.

Then, the earthquake hit.  This really changed everything.  I'm sure you've heard the reports.  Things are not good and it seems like the situation could easily revert back to total chaos.  There really was no infrastructure there and the country is not prepared to deal with a situation like this.  Miraculously, my friends in Haiti and all the children survived and there was only one broken leg in the whole group.  The buildings for the orphanage were damaged and everyone is sleeping outside because of the aftershocks.  There really are no words for devastation for this country.

Child Hope International (www.childhope.org) and eDivvy.com  are working together to raise funds for those affected by the Haiti earthquake.   If you feel led to help and contribute to the disaster relief efforts, please visit http://childhope-haiti.edivvy.com/.   Any donation will be greatly appreciated.

Here are some pictures from my month in Haiti: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157622920290252/

Lucas

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