Hi All -

Thank you so much for the prayers for the sisters in Haiti! We are so grateful to know they're all OK, and so are many others. There is still no word from the village of Darbonne, which is in the epicenter of the first earthquake and the aftershocks, just a few miles from the city. That's where Sarah stayed last summer. The wonderful Episcopal priest there has care of 8 schools and mission stations as much as 2 hours away. There are only 40 priests in the whole country, so each one has schools and churches to care for. Please continue to pray for them.

Hugs, Marian

Today at 9:45am

The Sisters are camped out on the soccer field at the College St Pierre, which is on the other side of the Palace from the convent & cathedral.

Also reportedly there:
Bishop Duracin
at least some of the Foyer ladies spent the night there
Jude Harmon
Mallory Holding
other diocesan people
enough people that they are spilling into the street

They have food and water.

Sr. Marjorie Raphael will go to Canges when it becomes possible; Sr. Marie Margaret and Sr. Marie Therese have an offer of a place to stay eventually. Both are reportedly flying high on adrenaline.

No one can go inside right now because aftershocks are continuing, and buildings are still falling.

Pere (Fr.) Elie Charles, Minou, and others of Sr. Claire Marie's family are safe.

No word from Frantz, Sr. Kethia's sister, nor from Dumy or others of Sr. Promise's family.

No word from Val's family.

The front of the Foyer Notre Dame has collapsed, but the back is still standing.

Heard a report that St. Vincent's is standing, which contradicts an earlier report that it was gone. Perhaps it is badly damaged but not toppled - I don't know.

There are others I haven't heard about yet, as I haven't been in touch myself to ask.

From Haiti Nursing re: Leogane:

"As you saw from my update (now on our website) the hospital is NOT gone, though cracked. The guest house and Children's Nutrition Center quarters are collapsed though. John & Suzi Parker are still there, John slightly injured but insisting on staying to help."