In the open fields throughout the city there are tent cities. Many people are still afraid to stay in their homes even though they may be safe. On the QCS campus, we too have a tent city, where the doctors and nurses and other servants stay during the night. The soccer field lights come in real handy at this time because when the medical teams return, it is dark.
Mary and Jennifer, who works in the school office, our business manager, went to the store on Saturday to buy some groceries. This sign was painted on the wall which they passed, expressing their feelings of the past events. Creative expression.
This is our IT guy getting a few winks while the internet system was running well. It has been a challenge, since the volunteers all want to communicate with the family back home and share the days events. It is a way of release and staying balanced emotionally.
This is the tent, donated by the army, where the journey of the medical supplies Mary ended. Not really. The supplies are arranged and even though many teams brought their own medical supplies, they do not always have the items needed to meet the peoples needs. Each morning and every evening, this is a busy place, resupplying what the doc orders.
The start of school. This is the chapel turned into a school, being as creative as possible to bring 'normalcy' back into the students' lives. For some it was the first time since the quake that they were out of their house. Many of these students live up the mountain so their homes were not affected. Yet others, lost a dad, their business venture, and their livelihood.
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