Haiti, the agony
For a long time Haiti has been a grim and desperate country. In The Comedians Graham Greene said, Impossible to deepen that night. Tragically, with unfolding horror, the night in Haiti has deepened further and this time it’s not even the underbelly of corruption and violence, that acted as a backdrop to The Comedians. It’s an extreme act of nature, as with the tsunami in Thailand, where the earth is taken from under people’s feet, and in a matter of hours all previously known life shatters into a million pieces.
Homeless and helpless, a million people are wandering the streets.
5000 prisoners have broken loose from the jail in Port au Prince and are out there.
The descent into anarchy is unravelling, as desperation erupts into anger
Hospitals are overrun. The pace of the Aid Operation is painfully slow.
Oh the darkness and deepness of Haiti’s terrible long and unending night.
How blessed are we, and how much we need to bear their agony in mind, and our gift of the still ordered life.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
They are in our prayers. We are so lucky to be here and not there