But two months after the initial quake, which was followed by dozens of strong aftershocks, the mission is still hampered by conditions that have forced an ongoing population shift away from hard-hit urban areas like Port-au-Prince and into rural areas ill-equipped to handle the tsunami of newcomers.
The situation is difficult. The mission is enormous. And two Bogalusans are on their way to lend a hand.
 Bogalusa Middle School sent some supplies to earthquake victims in Haiti this week via a couple of local members of a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Medical Mission team who left for the ravaged nation Thursday. Pictured are, from left: student council secretary Jessie Williams, school nurse Elizabeth Seal, RN, student council president Heaven Holland, and team members Beverly Hopper, RN, and Jeremy Seal. Advertisement |
“It’s a pool of workers from Bogalusa, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Covington and Minnesota,” Seal said Tuesday. “We will fly to Port-au-Prince and set up a clinic every day for seven days.”
The team leader and Hopper were at Bogalusa Middle School to pick up donations from students, faculty and staff, with thanks to Walgreens, WalMart and Winn Dixie.
“They gave sippy cups, baby bottles, Powerade, Gatorade, Pedialyte and mattress covers,” smiled Hopper.
The team will also deliver medicine, Bibles and Bible witness tracks written in Haitian Creole, said Seal.
Both he and Hopper said they were eager to journey across the ocean to bring much-needed supplies and to treat a hurting people’s bodies and souls.
They are not the first to take assistance or services from Washington Parish to Haiti, and based on the magnitude of the destruction, the pace of the recovery and the caring nature of the local population, they won’t be the last.
They did promise to check in with the Daily News upon their return.
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