Caring and Sharing Mission

By Mitch Albom
Free Press Columnist
First of three part story
• Part 2: Amid devastation in Haiti, gratitude fills their hearts
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They are just children. Some arrived as babies. Some lost their parents. Others were turned over because no one could afford to feed them. Together, over the years, they formed a cherished bond inside [...]

People glad to be alive, but now face challenge of surviving
By Mitch Albom
Free Press Columnist
Last of three parts
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — His body jerks uncontrollably. His right arm pounds against his chest. His eyes are rolled back. His legs rise and fall.
“Unnnn!” he grunts, repeatedly, a horrible sound, a frightening sound, you can see the fright [...]

By Mitch Albom
Free Press Columnist
Second of three in series
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — She is 16 and she comes from a large family, but the large family is gone now. All of them. Eleven died when the earth opened in Haiti.
Linda survived.
Children emerge like spirits from the rubble of disaster; they can hover outside the horror they [...]

Supplies Dangerously Low!
Garden City church group provides water, food to quake victims
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — With so many hungry for food and water, a missionary school backed by a Garden City church has become a lifeline for hundreds of Haitians who have nothing and no place to go.
The stone courtyard has [...]

Garden City church relieved to hear from Haiti mission workers
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
Garden City — It was the best text message the Rev. John Hearn Jr. has ever received.
On Thursday morning, a 25-year-old teacher at his missionary school in Port-au-Prince finally replied to the multiple text messages the Garden City minister had sent, trying to [...]