{"id":18584,"date":"2021-08-30T23:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4veh.org\/en\/?p=18584"},"modified":"2022-02-07T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T19:24:39","slug":"earthquake-survivor-god-rescued-me-from-among-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4veh.org\/en\/news\/2021\/08\/30\/earthquake-survivor-god-rescued-me-from-among-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake survivor: \u201cGod rescued me from among the dead\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stories of Hope: Merline<\/h3>\n

Merline was busy preparing breakfast in her home in Marceline, near Camp-Perrin, when the ground shook violently from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake 20 miles away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was inside, making soup. I asked one of my children to go into another room to fetch something for me, then the earthquake happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Merline says she didn\u2019t have time to escape before a wall fell on her, cutting her head open as she lost consciousness. The people who pulled her from the rubble thought she was dead but one of her children realized she was still alive.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t know if I would survive because they laid me with the bodies. But I thank God, He rescued me.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The rescue team took Merline and two of her children who were also injured to local hospital Saint Anne of Camp-Perrin where her head injury was stitched up, but limited medical equipment is a huge challenge for the Haitian medical system. Merline would need to go to a bigger hospital in Les Cayes for a CAT scan but has no means to travel there. Suffering dizzy spells and frequent headaches, and concerned for her children, Merline has no option but to wait for help. One of her children also suffered a head injury; her daughter Parola, an injured leg.<\/p>\n

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6-year-old Parola’s leg was burned when a pot of soup fell on her in the earthquake.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMy daughter was in the house,\u201d she says of 6-year-old Parola, her leg bandaged. \u201cIt seems the pot of soup fell on her.\u201c<\/p>\n

Merline says of her neighborhood, \u201cEvery home was destroyed, everyone is in the streets. There\u2019s not one home still standing there.\u201d<\/p>\n

She thanked God because He rescued her from among the dead and thanked 4VEH for giving her the opportunity to share her testimony with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not the end of Merline\u2019s story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4VEH Broadcast Sparks Offers of Help, More Help Arrives<\/h3>\n

After 4VEH reporter Jimmy\u2019s interview with Merline was aired on 4VEH local and national stations and social media platforms, Merline\u2019s story gained attention from locals and Haitians further afield, with people asking how they could help her.<\/p>\n

A few days later,\u00a0Merline told Jimmy that US troops assisting with emergency relief efforts transported her and her injured children to the Samaritan\u2019s Purse emergency field hospital for more care. Praise God!<\/p>\n

Merline is just one of many thousands of earthquake survivors in desperate need. Your prayers and generosity are reaching people like Merline with urgent help and Gospel hope.<\/p>\n

As well as broadcasting,\u00a04VEH is providing food & hygiene kits, tarps for shelter, solar radios to families in need as well as mobilizing local medical staff & supplies. Through on-air campaigns, we’re mobilizing Haitians – listeners, viewers and their families, churches, and local organizations – to respond in prayer and generosity to help brothers and sisters in southern Haiti. This help is only possible through the prayers and donations of friends like you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thank you for your generosity.<\/strong>\u00a0\n\tEARTHQUAKE FUND<\/span>\n <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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