*January 20, 2010 -Report from Ben Adkins & David Heath, WFR Relief Damage Assessment Team:

Some things David wanted me to share:

Don, especially for you—he said that he has made coordination with the military, UNICEF, & USAID for Healing Hands at the airport in Port au Prince (PAP so that any church groups coming into PAP will have all the food & water, etc. for their missions that they need. It is set up so that Lucner Pierre, Jean Elmyra, and Debbie Vanderbeek know where to enter the airport and meet with these officials.

Sad news – the largest church of Christ in PAP has been crushed and there are a reported 50 buried bodies. He was able to speak with Lester Holt (NBC TV) today and implored him to move someone in to help that area.

Regarding the earthquake today – he felt something but thought it was a large truck going down the road.

In the short time he’s been in PAP he says it’s been both better and worse than can be imagined. Better in that he’s seen not a shred of violence of any kind (of course it’s there but it’s certainly not widespread) but worse devastation than you can even gain from watching the TV shows.

Take care and keep them in your prayers and even more keep the Haitian people in your prayers.

God bless,

Maxine Heath