The whole world has heard the news about the devastating earthquake yesterday in Haiti. As we (DR) share the island with Haiti we experienced tremors here as well on the north coast. This was a first for us and wondered what was going on when we started swaying in our third floor condo. It took only moments to realize that no, it's not a migraine starting, but rather there must have been an earthquake somewhere. It is gut wrenching to hear of the extent of destruction and loss of life. Our hearts and prayers go out to those in the area.

there has been no damage in our area though the quake registered as a 4. There is fear here and our friends were having a visit with a local Dominican pastor & his wife here when this happened. The immediate response was that the pastor started praying. They experienced a quake here in 2003 and there are a number of deserted damaged buildings in Sosua still standing.

We have been very fortunate and thank God.