From Canada-
In a letter titled "One is in the wilderness but safe in faith," Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin says the destructive Jan. 12 earthquake began a "new era" in the history of that impoverished nation.
"This is also a new era in the history of humanitarian aid because the catastrophe has dealt a terrible blow to more than 10 million living beings -- inhabitants who have lost their homes and their way of life," the bishop wrote in a letter posted in French here (ENS received an English translation Jan. 24). "The capital [Port-au-Prince] is transformed into an immense refuge camp. They call desperately for water, food, and medicine."
Elsewhere in the Episcopal Church, dioceses and congregations are continuing to respond to the calls for help from the church's largest diocese.
"Most of our churches are destroyed," Duracin said. "Many schools are only piles of stones."
The bishop also reported that he had only seconds to escape his house when the magnitude 7.0 quake struck just before 5:00 p.m. local time. His wife, Marie Edithe, was trapped in the house and Duracin and others "were barely able to move her from the wreckage," the bishop wrote. Two of the Duracins' adult children were also home at the time; both escaped without injury.
More here-
http://www.anglicanjournal.com/100/article/in-haitis-new-era-episcopalians-around-the-world-offer-help/?cHash=d8d99d3fb0
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