update provided by Mark & Christy Dullity (mdutilly@msn.com)
I'm afraid the news I have is not good. This posted on our chirch website regarding the orphanage. It is from Paula the director in Haiti:
OUR GIRLS AT THE FOYER FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE
For two days we were unable to make any contact at all with the Foyer or receive news of our girls. This morning we learned some very sad, very preliminary news: Five of our girls have been killed. At this point we do not know about the extent of injuries. We only know that the building is damaged to the point where the girls cannot live there. The adjoining clinic is still standing and is mobbed with people needing medical care.
Paula was en route to her home at the time the earthquake struck and arrived to see the walls and roof shaking. Later it was observed that all the windows had been broken. Only today is she able to work her way down to the Foyer, extremely difficult because of the damaged roads, debris, and chaos.
The cook at the orphanage, Kestner, lived some distance from the home with his wife and two children. Kestner’s home is destroyed, his family was killed and Kestner is currently among the missing.
We grieve as a parish family as we mourn the loss of life and the suffering of our extended family in Haiti and the trauma the thousands upon thousands of people in Port-au-Prince are enduring. So many of you have called, all of us are praying in solidarity with the people of Haiti. For the first time in our years of twinning with Haiti, we find we are now faced with this tragedy of epoch proportion and an unknown future, something the people of Haiti are used to bearing through hundreds of years of suffering. They have always had a naked faith in God.
Let us draw strength from our Haitian sisters and brothers and each other and trust in the mercy of God to see us through. As stated at the beginning, this is very preliminary. As Paula may be able to tell us more and as we learn more how the girls are existing and coping, we will keep you informed.
The Haiti Mission Committee
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