Hello all,
Thank you so much for your prayers, support, donations, and encouragement.  Since we have not been able to communicate much with the people in Haiti, there are still a lot of unknowns and we don't have much of an update.  Dave was very happy though to talk to his brother Tim today and they are okay and planning to cross the border tomorrow from Haiti to the DR as our sister-in-law is almost 8 months pregnant and things are really crazy there.  Last we heard they were sleeping in their car after the quake and weren't able to get through anywhere.  Our father-in-law sent a helicopter to get them but they decided to take their truck so they could load it with supplies and return as soon as possible.  They are quite dedicated.  As far as NPH goes - NPH is the organization that I am currently volunteering for - there is no new news.  As far as we know, all the volunteers, visitors and staff are still missing other than the 2 bodies that were found, one dead and one almost dead of American volunteer and visitor.  We have not heard yet if anyone else was found.  We still have not heard anything from our close friends and former roommates Fritznel and Antoine.  Our Haitian friends here - Danny, Rosalin, and Jeanvie - are leaving tomorrow in the helicopter along with 13 doctors from Italy who are flying in tonight and then taking the helicopter/trucks over.  We are very grateful for the money people have donated and continue to donate - Dave took out $300 today and bought medical supplies, food, and water, and we will continue to take out $300 as we are able as that is the limit to what you can withdraw in a day.  All the volunteers and the doctors here are in the office now organizing all the supplies that have been donated to leave at 4a.m. tomorrow morning.  NPH will continue to send trucks over with supplies and volunteers as frequently as possible.  Dave and I are not able to go and help in Haiti at this time as we are not medically trained, but are on a list to go as soon as they need us (which will probably be quite a while yet as it is very tight getting in and out of the country).  It seems as though I've been hearing new things all day but this is all I can think of for now.  In my classroom today we prayed for the people of Haiti and talked about ways we could help.  It feels silly to think about lessons and teaching with all this going on, but life does go on.... we also practiced emergency procedures as they don't do these kinds of drills here.  Other than that, just keep praying, especially that our NPH friends get across tomorrow to Haiti and are able to save the people they can, and that our family gets out of Haiti and across this way safely and are able to get the supplies they need to return.  We are attaching pictures of the supplies purchased today while Dave and other volunteers were in town so you can see where your money is going, though I'm having trouble attaching... and also please visit cnn.com for great updates on what is going on.  Check out this link here to see pictures, including picture 21 that is of the NPH center:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/haiti.relief.efforts/index.html?hpt=T1

Please keep praying, and pray tomorrow morning for our friends and family crossing the border, that everything goes safely and our friends and fellow volunteers are found alive.  Will keep you all posted and thanks again for all your prayers and support.  Also please keep in mind that we are NOT able to access facebook from here at the orphanage and probably won't be able to use facebook for a while so if anyone is trying to communicate with us via facebook we are not receiving those messages, and please email us instead.  Thanks! 

Love,
Kristin