Hurricane Ida

Wow. I´ve never been in a hurricane before, or seen a landslide, or cement walls knocked down by a river - but now I have. I spent this weekend at the beach - El Tunco - with Gina, and Saturday night Hurrican Ida passed over Honduras and a Tropical Depression on the Pacific side sat right over El Salvador.

This resulted in a lot of rain. The usually tepid and stinky river converted into rapids and shot into the ocean with cannonball force. Trees, rocks, and cemented walls fell under the constant and intense beating of the river. El Tunco faired pretty well in the end with only a few shaky patios due to the river sweeping away their foundations.

Across the country, some areas were effected worse than others. Bridges were knocked down, towns flooded, landslides across roads, in Illopongo a piece of the mountain slid across a town killing many people. The death count is around 200 right now and there are still hundreds of people missing. I can´t imagine what it´s like in Honduras.

Relief and government agencies are out in force right now rebuilding and giving aid to those left without homes and/or loved ones. The Sisters are going to head out to help when the initial rush of aid has calmed down. According to Sor Olinda, once all the initial aid peeters out, the people still need help to re-establish their lives, but the help has all gone home. So that is when they will go.

Now, more than ever, your donations will have a huge impact on not only helping others but saving lives as well. Please take a moment to donate $5, $10, $15, or more. Heck, that´s just one visit to the movie theatre, and here it could buy food for a family for a week. 100% of all donations go directly to the Sister´s.

Thank you again!!