Haiti

The pictures and videos are starting to reach the rest of us and it is very grim. Haiti was already a very corrupt, violent country where most of the people were really suffering. And it was a violent suffering. Burkina Faso, while poorer still, is a peaceful country with loving people. A lot of the Haitian existence is a Hell. There are tons of people from other nations already trying to help.........but the corruption.
Please prey especially for the children in the orphanages whose adoptions have been completed but have been sitting for YEARS waiting on both governments for passports and visas. Now that this has happened, they may never be processed or the paperwork will have to be resubmitted to wait years again. This is very expensive, time consuming and in some of the childrens' situations, the documents were lost during the last political upheaval. Seeing the devistation and loss of life there is truly gut wrenching.
Good places to donate to: Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Project Medishare.
www.wjr.net has a link you can use. WJR is the big Detroit Talk Radio station. For those of you out of the area, it is the station Ernie Harwell always announced Tiger baseball on.
Also www.rainbowkids.com has a list of links to groups already in the country working with the orphanages. The list gets a thumbs up from me. Very well established and reputable organizations.
Thanks to everyone who is reaching out.