Update from Sister Elvire Douglas* of the 16th Episcopal District

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Commentary Date: 
Saturday, January 16, 2010

In an e-mail from Sister Elvire Douglas we are told the following:

  • Sister Douglas’ adopted daughter who lives with her is missing and she suspects that the child is not alive since her school collapsed “like a sandwich” between the floors of the building.
  • Sister Douglas’ has not heard from her other family members to know how they are doing.
  • Sister Douglas’ home is damaged (medium).
  • Our Presiding Elder Reverend Joel Mehu is alive and well as is his immediate family. Praise the Lord!!
  • There is no news on Presiding Elder Reverend Joel Maurice or any of our other preachers and church members.
  • St. Paul AME, Port-Au-Prince is completely destroyed.
  • The Clinic next door to St. Paul is not destroyed too badly.
  • Other Churches in Port-Au-Prince which are damaged include Mary Beckett AME and Lula Brockington AME.
  • Lula Brockington AME School was destroyed.

Sister Douglas has no information at this time regarding the remaining nine churches and four schools of the AME Church in Haiti and neither does she have information about other church members.

Sister Douglas further reports: “We are sleeping on the street, football field, park any spot away from concrete blocks. The scenes are beyond imagination.....Apocalyptic. Port-au-Prince is destroyed at 85%, we are facing serious food shortage, medicines, drinking water as there are no stores or market to purchase anything. The question is for how long we will stay in this situation, time will tell. Have mercy upon us, God knows best....The airport is closed to commercial flight, it seems that the building is crack so not safe for passengers and workers.......At this moment working hard to organize response at the office, no time to cry the death there are so many needs, we have to take care of the injuries, the survivors......”.

We thank God that Sister Elvire and Presiding Elder Mehu and family are alive and doing well. Let us continue to pray for good news as we get reports on others in the Haiti Conference.

If you would like to contribute to the relief effort, you can mail your contributions to:

16th Episcopal District AMEC – Haiti Earthquake Fund
P. O. Box 821308
Houston, Tx 77282-1308

You can also make a donation through our PayPal account.

*Sis. Elvire Douglas is the Connectional Assistant Recording Secretary of the WMS; Treasurer of the Haiti Annual Conference; 16th District Director of Disaster Preparedness; and Official Interpreter for Bishop Sarah Davis

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