Nazarene Compassionate Ministries-Caribbean continues to receive sporadic reports from Nazarene churches in Haiti due to limited lines of communication from a country which remains devastated from the January 12 earthquake.
Haiti South Central DistrictThe district superintendent reports 17 churches are down and many pastor's houses have been destroyed.
Central DistrictThe Nazarene church in Boutin is reported to be down.
Tabarre The Tabarre church reports eight people injured and many members have lost their houses.
Bel-Air The Nazarene church of Bel-Air has many of their members missing. There is still no report on the total amount of people that have died here, but there are three that have been confirmed dead.
LasticThe Nazarene church of Lastic knows of one member still considered missing. Her house is down and they have not been able to find her.
Petion-VilleThe Petion-Ville Church of the Nazarene reports they have lost members and 75 percent of the church's members have lost their homes.
Additional ReportsPeople remain sleeping outside their houses in fear that they may collapse on them. There are homes that are still up, but damaged. After the first earthquake there was a damaged house which later collapsed and killed six people on Delmas road.
Food is becoming scarce and water is hard to get. Diesel is also running out.
While at this time it is hard to tell how many members the Church of the Nazarene in Haiti has lost, there is still hope as there have been reports people are being pulled out of the rubble still alive.
This is the time to continue to pray that God would give strength to those holding onto life and hope they may be found quickly. Continue to pray that food and water gets to the people and that God would give them strength during this time.
Haiti: How to help--Franckel Formetus, Haiti Church of the Nazarene Statistician, for Nazarene Compassionate Ministries-Caribbean (Slideshow available. Photos courtesy of Franckel Formetus)
