On January 12, 2010, at 4:52 p.m., Rosemay was in her home with her husband Guinter and their 6-year-old daughter, Whitney. At 4:53 p.m., terror struck. Their modest home on one of Haiti's main streets crumbled around them as the massive 7.0 earthquake shook the island nation.

Guinter tried to shelter their daughter, but the earthquake was too strong. Trapped inside their home and severely injured, the mother, father and daughter held hands, and grasped onto fading hope. Rosemay would later learn that their precious little girl had died in the earthquake.

As she lay waiting for rescue, Rosemay began coughing up blood. Two neighbors rescued her and her husband from the rubble and took her to a nearby hospital. Family members found Rosemay there and brought her to our mission hospital. They wanted her to receive the best care possible and they knew compassionate doctors would be waiting for the fragile woman.

Rosemay's husband was taken to another clinic and she had no news from him. Fearing the worst, she sent her brother to look for him. They eventually found Guinter and brought him to our mission hospital where he would receive care close to his wife.

"I can't say anything else but thank you," Rosemay says. "The doctors and nurses have provided nonstop help."

Though they are broken and fragile, Rosemay and Guinter are Survivors. They didn't give up hope trapped beneath the rubble of their home with their hands entwined. They didn't give up hope when they learned of their daughter's death. And they won't give up hope facing the uncertainties of tomorrow.

"With so much lost, we couldn't do anything to help ourselves," Rosemay says. "But the US and others are giving us a new start."

You are a part of this family's lasting hope. By reaching out with the love of Christ, you serve as His voice calling out in the darkness. In the midst of so much loss, you have given life to Rosemay and her husband.

Give a Fresh Start to Survivors like Rosemay & Guinter

This beautiful baby girl was the first birth celebrated at our hospital after the devastating earthquake.

Both babies were born without incident, though some excitement surrounded them. The boy was set to be born via C-section because he was breached. But it seems he was eager to start his new life in this world, because he didn't wait for the doctors! The little girl was born via C-section due to minor complications and her mother is recuperating nicely.

Surrounded by such loss and devastation, it's a joy to celebrate the new life of these precious children and imagine the great things God has in store for their lives. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. You are a source of hope in this difficult time.

This special baby boy was born in a our mission hospital. Despite being breached, he was born naturally without incident.

Following a disaster the scale of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, it seems natural to focus the attention on the earthquake victims and relief efforts.

The earthquake claimed between 100,000 and 200,000 lives. We'll never know an exact count. But those who were left behind are far from victims. Their stories of hope in the midst of despair, new life in the face of death are stories not of victims but of SURVIVORS.

In our series of Survivor Stories, we give voice to a few of the brave survivors facing the uncertainties of tomorrow.

Much deserved praise and gratitude has been expressed over the last couple of weeks about the visiting doctors from Samaritan's Purse, HCJB Global, and ISOH/IMPACT (who went to serve at Double Harvest, a partnering ministry). But we cannot begin to illustrate the heroic dedication and self-sacrifice of our Haitian doctors and nurses who are working hand in hand with the visiting medical teams.

Dr. Bernard, Dr. Claude Louis and our team of nurses have worked around the clock since the earthquake struck, caring for their injured neighbors. These medical servants have suffered their own losses of friends and property. Our own community health doctor, Dr. Agenor, who died in the earthquake, was a close friend to Dr. Bernard and Dr. Clause Louis, and yet they have not had a moment's rest to grieve his loss.

Our hospital staff have stayed out of the limelight, quietly attending to neverending the needs of their countrymen. They pray for their patients, dressing their wounds, resetting fractured bones and speaking words of encouragement.

When the earthquake hit, it only took a few hours for these doctors and nurses to realize they would need all the help they could get. And when generous organizations sent their medical volunteers, they were welcomed with open arms. Across cultures, languages and borders, doctors and nurses from the US and Haiti are working hand in hand to heal their patients.

This level of servanthood is simply an earthly expression of the example given to us by Jesus Christ, the Divine Healer. And nothing makes us more grateful as a Christian organization than to see the gospel at work in our hospital, to see the word of God with such deep roots in the hearts and lives of the people.

Thank you for the role you've played in encouraging our Haitian medical team through your gifts of prayer and financial support. You are as vital a part of our medical ministry as the doctors and nurses who make their rounds hour after hour.

You can keep the relief efforts moving forward