Three Canadian Flags
Yesterday I spent a large part of the day at the airport. It’s kind of hard to tell where the airport begins and ends these days since it’s also serving as home to many aid organizations, media groups and army bases.
As we drove through the maze of tents and across the runway we stumbled upon a sad scene; three metal caskets placed side by side each carefully covered with a Canadian flag. You might think that after being surrounded by death and destruction for 18 days a few caskets wouldn’t bother me, but you would be wrong. It was like a slap in the face. Just a few feet away lay the remains of my brothers and sisters; fellow Canadians who were most likely in Haiti to help those in need, to serve their fellow man, to try and make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.
In those caskets lay the remains of people like me.
I knew that I could have died in the earthquake, we all could have, but seeing those caskets made it real.
I am beginning to understand now that it is by the grace of God that I am still here. Thank you to anyone who has ever said a prayer of protection over me, over Mission of Hope. Your prayers very well may have saved my life.
As we drove through the maze of tents and across the runway we stumbled upon a sad scene; three metal caskets placed side by side each carefully covered with a Canadian flag. You might think that after being surrounded by death and destruction for 18 days a few caskets wouldn’t bother me, but you would be wrong. It was like a slap in the face. Just a few feet away lay the remains of my brothers and sisters; fellow Canadians who were most likely in Haiti to help those in need, to serve their fellow man, to try and make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.
In those caskets lay the remains of people like me.
I knew that I could have died in the earthquake, we all could have, but seeing those caskets made it real.
I am beginning to understand now that it is by the grace of God that I am still here. Thank you to anyone who has ever said a prayer of protection over me, over Mission of Hope. Your prayers very well may have saved my life.
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