Patrick and Kim Bentrott Post More News

As the images on TV News seem to concentrate on the lines, the scuffles, the complaints and the soldiers in the streets, other news, blog posts from missionaries and aid workers already living in Haiti tell a story of individuals doing what they can, of small miracles, even of joy. Farmers in the mountains have crops that some aid workers have purchased and started to deliver locally. People with gas in their vehicles are transporting others to the embassy, the airport, back to neighborhoods to search the rubble. In tent camps all over the city, people are caring for each other the best they can, in the Haitian way. Here are some links to new posts on the Bentrott's blog, and they are easier to read than earlier ones; here and there are glimmers of good news even though Patrick and Kim are still trying to find out what they can do since the ministry building where they worked is now gone, and their ability to leave the country depends on getting a visa or a passport for a little boy whose adoption is not yet complete. Prayers, and support of the organizations they serve (Global Ministries, Week of Compassion, One Great Hour of Sharing) are all most of us can do right now. That, and leave a comment on their blog posts to let them know we hear what they are saying.

Patrick's Musings on his journey through Port au Prince on Friday the 15th:
http://kimandpatrick.blogspot.com/2010/01/patricks-musings.html

Kim's reflections on the day she spent in the mountains on Friday with Solomon on the farm that belongs with their friend who owns the guest house where they once stayed--a welcome relief to know that she at least has had a place of healing respite from the horror of the city:
http://kimandpatrick.blogspot.com/2010/01/removed.html

Kim's most recent post, detailing the trip through the city that she, Patrick and Solomon made on Saturday the 16th, with good news of friends who were found to be safe:
http://kimandpatrick.blogspot.com/2010/01/good-news-day.html

One reason I continue to post these on my blog has to do with the searches I observe when I look at SiteMeter. People all over the US are running searches for "kim bentrott" "patrick bentrott" and '"bentrotts haiti" and similar terms. Every time I see that someone using Google has turned up this blog and has then exited to Adventures in Life, I feel like I've done a tiny bit to help out at this time. One more thought: I have started looking at the blogs Kim links to on Adventures in Life. Most of them are from other missionary and aid workers they know in Haiti--many are with the Mennonite Central Committee, but there are others. This weekend I have had time to read some of their accounts as well. They all tell the same story of hope, courage, and faith against unimaginably daunting odds. When you get tired of the network and cable news coverage, of the conflicts and the wrangling, you can drop in on some of these sites and get an on-the-ground, human face account of how people are responding to this great tragedy with a strength that can only come from a spiritual source outside themselves.