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MEDICAL MISSION SISTERS AND ASSOCIATES MARK TWO YEARS SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

It has been two years since a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.  Medical Mission Sister-Doctor Maria Fernanda Ramirez Rivera, a pediatrician who serves in Peru, volunteered in Haiti shortly after the quake. 

“Without a doubt, the mission in Haiti was one of the most transforming experiences I ever had,” she says.  She has kept in touch with the team who served together in Port-au-Prince, and has learned that the time estimated for full recovery from this disaster is now twenty years.  She asks our prayers for the many people still suffering in Haiti.

Sister Maria’s message is echoed by our Medical Mission Sisters Associate, Doctor Marian McDonald, who recently volunteered for 10 days in Haiti.  A surgeon, Marian performed operations all day long in primitive conditions with limited electric power.  She was stationed 40 miles north of Port-au-Prince. “I was glad to help in some small way,” she says.  She was deeply touched by the experience, and hopes to return to Haiti again this year.

As we mark the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, Medical Mission Sisters ask that we all please keep the people of this struggling country…and all who suffer greatly in natural disasters…in our prayers.  Very recently, our Sisters in the Philippines responded to a call to help those suffering in the aftermath of typhoon Washi, which caused over 1,000 deaths and left 60,000 people homeless.  We hope to continue participating in these relief efforts, as well.