What we saw as we were driven on a tour of Port au Prince will take much time to process. Demolished buildings, palaces and cathedrals are far too abundent.
Life goes on however, as women carry baskets of fruits and bottles of oil on their heads. Garbage burns in piles by the road. Colorful cabs are everywhere Street vendors line every street.
Thousands and thousands of tents, cities of tents. Poverty like many on our team had never seen, nor imagined.
We were enlightened, humbled, and challenged. How is it that we have so very much, when they have so little? Our problems suddenly seem small compared to earthquakes, floods, and years living in a tent.
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