Sometimes I wonder . . .

Sometimes I wonder why Haiti just can't get a break. Rampant poverty. Environmental degradation. A floundering government. A series of four tropical storms and hurricanes that devastated much of the country, killing hundreds. Then the school collapse last week that killed over 90 people, most of them school kids.

And now today, ANOTHER school collapse. Just a few hours ago, another school in Port au Prince collapsed. This just happened, so details are sketchy at this point, but it doesn't look like anyway died. But still . . .

Besides updating you on our family, our work, Gabriela's adoption, etc, Esther and I have used this blog to tell positive stories about Haiti. But that is not always an easy thing to do. It's easy to see this challenges as isolated incidents, but in reality, there are all very connected. Haiti is a strangely and beautifully chaotic place, and there are LOTS of POSITIVE things happening here, but I just don't understand why Haiti can't get a break sometimes.

Let's hope for one . . . like a good harvest season, like a big football win over a rival country, like something positive from our friend Obama, like a serious government, like subtle shifts in the way people treat and interact with one another . . .

I, for one, am doing my best to remain positive.

M