*Prayers for Haiti *

Earthquakes are how the Earth releases stress, by the moving of plates in the Earth's surface. When this stress is great enough, the lithosphere breaks or shifts. As the plates move they put forces on themselves, which inevitably causes the crust to break. When this happens, the stress is released as energy that moves through the Earth in forms of waves, which we feel and call an earthquake. And why would I be telling you this? Well to know about the something helps you understand why it happens; like the devastating earthquake that happened in Haiti on January 12, 2010.

About two weeks ago around 7:00 pm, this destructive quake hit the capital city of Haiti,Port-Au-Prince. It was such a massive disaster that it was rated 7.0 on the Richter scale, which is close to the highest i can get which is 10. Many buildings and homes, families and friends, even loved pets were injured, lost, or even killed by this. Over thousands of buildings were destroyed, and multitudes of people were trapped under them. Some of the people trapped made it out, but others have sadly not, or are still underneath the rubedge. One of those lucky surviors is Wismond Exantus.

This man did the unthinkable and surivied for 11 days under the fallen store he worked at. He was a cashier and when he felt the rumbling he wisely got under his desk, which saved his life. Under all of that debris and no light to tell him what the time of day was or any hope of being rescued, he still held on. He survived by grabbing food items like crisps, soft drinks, beer, whiskey, and sweets. Now that doesn't seem like the ultimate meal to some of us, but for him it was a buffet that kept him from straving to death.

After 11 days living like that, rescuers, who heard little tappings that came from where Wismond was, came and reascued him. He was suprisingly not harmed at all and cheers were going on when he came from under all of the debris. His brother, Enso, was there and embraced him with a hug. Wismond replied that what kept him alive was, "Every night I thought about the revelation that I would survive. It was God who was tucking me away in his arms. It gave me strength".

Many people like Wismond have been rescued and are now in recovery. Others are lingering in the hearts of loved ones. Across the U.S. and other countries peopleare donating money in order to help those hurting and hurt ones, and to rebuild and supply food for them. already billions of dollars have gone to Haiti and the number is still increasing. The generousity that all these nations are giving to Haiti is completly amazing. Haiti is really in need of all of this help and prayers.

There are many people there who have lsot hope in finding there loved ones, and even the government has called off all the searches for lost people. By giving prayer, money, and support to Haiti we can boost their hopes up. Giving them encouragemant is all they need at this momment. We can't fully understand what the mothers who have lost their children or children that have now became orphans feel because we have never been in a situation like this before. I believe that we would put ourselves in their postion and think what we would like others to do to help, then we can all give a little extra to them. Let us all make prayers for Haiti.