As we all know, last Wednesday the lives of the people in Haiti were dramatically changed within an instant as a 7.0 earthquake struck the city of Port-au-Prince. What is very interesting to me is that the reason it caused so much damage was not because of the strength of the earthquake, but because of how close the vibrations were to the surface. Haiti was a country of extreme poverty before, so this earthquake has left the country in pure chaos. Dead bodies cover the streets, and parentless children wander helplessly. There simply just isn’t enough heavy equipment to clean the aftermath, and enough people aren’t able to be organized to properly bury the dead bodies, which is creating a horrible stench. I was watching Oprah tonight, and this guy on there went there to help, and he had to wear a mask because the smell was that bad. He described it as the smell of a rotting animal only intensified by a thousand. It is so sad to me that so many people have nowhere to go or to turn. Also on Oprah, the guy said that we are dropping food out of airplanes to the people in Haiti like they are animals. He feels that is not the way we should be going about it. He thinks we need to take a more personal approach, and I can see where he is coming from. I’m not sure what specifically we could do instead, but it is extremely sad that they have to rely on food being dropped from airplanes. Yes of course, they will be thankful no matter what, but I feel we need to be personal about it to and really try to show the Haiti people we want to help them. I would really like to go over to Haiti on a missions trip someday to be able to help in anyway.