A day of mixed feelings ....

For those that saw my last post - today should be a very happy day but that happiness is mixed with the tragedy that occurred yesterday in Haiti. The tragedy is magnified as Laura has spent many years working with people in Haiti. She has worked with people in Haiti and organizations that provide services to the Haitian population specifically in the health-care arena. The people in Haiti think so much of Laura that they sent her a hand-made  tree of life sculpture.

As you can imagine when she heard the news yesterday of the massive earthquake she was very concerned. She has heard from a couple of colleagues, one of which left Port-au-prince yesterday, and we have managed to get some news from Haiti. So far the news is not horrific, bad but not horrific, but there are still areas where getting news is difficult at best so we are keeping our hopes as high as we can. If you are interested in following the news you can check the Family Health Ministries website. FHM doctors and staff are some of Laura's closest colleagues. FHM is also one of the charities that Laura supports and if you are inclined I know they would be grateful for the help.

In the meantime please keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts.