Good News Gathering missionary group survives earthquake in Haiti
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Good News Gathering missionary group survives earthquake in Haiti
A group of 17 missionaries from Highland County were reported safe and accounted for in Haiti Tuesday night, following a major earthquake that struck the impoverished nation.
According to www.wcpo.com, members of the Church landed in Port-au-Prince Tuesday morning and drove to a town 90 miles north of there where they felt the quake, but say little if any damage was done.
Seismometers recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 Tuesday afternoon.
"Brad Barber, the Good News Gathering administrative pastor, says the team consists of builders, doctors and other professionals who will assess the situation to best determine what they should do," WCPO reported. "The mission group’s original plan was to build a school for their partner mission in Haiti – those plans could be put on hold. Barber and the rest of the congregation learned of the group’s safety just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, about three hours after the quake occurred. Two e-mails were sent out confirming the group’s well-being; one was sent to the church and the other was sent to family members. They have yet to communicate with the group by phone."
Good News Gathering meets at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro.
"It was immediately obvious that Tuesday's quake in Haiti would be an appalling natural disaster," BBC News reported.
"This was a large tremor centered on an impoverished country with little recent experience or preparedness for such a major event of this kind…. A series of strong aftershocks - more than 10 larger than Magnitude 5.0 - will have compounded the devastation. Tuesday's event is thought to be the strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 100 years."
A group of 17 missionaries from Highland County were reported safe and accounted for in Haiti Tuesday night, following a major earthquake that struck the impoverished nation.
According to www.wcpo.com, members of the Church landed in Port-au-Prince Tuesday morning and drove to a town 90 miles north of there where they felt the quake, but say little if any damage was done.
Seismometers recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 Tuesday afternoon.
"Brad Barber, the Good News Gathering administrative pastor, says the team consists of builders, doctors and other professionals who will assess the situation to best determine what they should do," WCPO reported. "The mission group’s original plan was to build a school for their partner mission in Haiti – those plans could be put on hold. Barber and the rest of the congregation learned of the group’s safety just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, about three hours after the quake occurred. Two e-mails were sent out confirming the group’s well-being; one was sent to the church and the other was sent to family members. They have yet to communicate with the group by phone."
Good News Gathering meets at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro.
"It was immediately obvious that Tuesday's quake in Haiti would be an appalling natural disaster," BBC News reported.
"This was a large tremor centered on an impoverished country with little recent experience or preparedness for such a major event of this kind…. A series of strong aftershocks - more than 10 larger than Magnitude 5.0 - will have compounded the devastation. Tuesday's event is thought to be the strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 100 years."
On Sunday, Jan. 24, the GNG team returning from Haiti will share their stories. The program will begin at 6 p.m. at SSCC. For updates, log on to:
http://www.goodnewsgathering.org/haitiupdates.htm