Haiti (MNN) ― The earth didn't rumble much in Cap Haitien on January 12, but people there are feeling a different sort of aftershock. As aftershocks continue to rattle Port-au-Prince, many more of its frightened residents are fleeing town.
Eva DeHart with For Haiti With Love says they're getting a wave of refugees. "If people can find a way at all, they're getting out of Port-au-Prince." Officials originally estimated that 200,000 of the 3 million people in the city would leave after the earthquake--at least temporarily.
However, DeHart doesn't think the migration will reverse. "They are afraid of Port-au-Prince; they are in shock, and so I don't look for a lot of them, in this generation, to ever want to go back."
Already-strained resources in the North are pushed to breaking point. After the quake, food prices skyrocketed in many areas still standing. Medical care, already expensive, became expendable.
DeHart explains: "The volume in our clinic has tremendously increased. We don't know yet whether that was the mudslides and flooding and things that were going on in Cap (Haitien) during that earthquake, or whether it's a direct result of the earthquake itself."
FHWL has additional medical supplies ordered for the clinic and is praying for the funding to cover those. Getting money transferred is still proving to be a problem since Port-au-Prince banks are still down. Keep praying as the team finds ways to access the funds they need to keep the ministry running.
DeHart says their team lives the hope of Jesus Christ--even when they have no words. "All you can do is hold them, love them, pray with them and reassure them that God is in control, and we must have faith in Him."
