I Feel Sick!

It was Tuesday afternoon. Jon and I had just gotten home from school. I was getting dinner ready. Jon was sitting on the couch grading papers. Here are our stories:

Becki: "I was standing at the sink peeling carrots for Jon to eat. He loves his carrots for dinner and I try as often as possible to have some for him, although it is such a hassle here and I hate doing it. Well, I had been standing there for quite a while concentrating quite hard on not hurting myself, when the carrot in my hand starting looking blurry and my body was swaying a little bit. (You know when you have been staring at the computer for a long time concentrating on reading what's on the screen and it starts looking a little blurry. So you have to refocus yourself by shutting your eyes for a moment.) Well, I felt the same way. So I stopped what I was doing, shook my head a little bit, repositioned my feet, and continued what I was doing--peeling carrots. Only this time when I started peeling the carrots, it felt worse. I thought, 'man I must really be feeling sick or something.' Finally, I stopped what I was doing and looked around. Then I looked at Jon. We made eye contact and I could tell that we were thinking the same thing."

Jon: "I was sitting slouched on the couch grading writing papers from the days activities. As I graded papers it felt as if everything around me was rocking front and back. I set my papers down and placed my hands on the couch to steady myself. The rocking continued, so I figured that I must really be sick. It was so bad I crawled to the ground and laid on my back in hopes of settling my stomach and curing this sickness that I was feeling. The feeling did not go away, however. In fact it just got worse. Something just did not feel right. I heard Becki's footsteps and looked up towards her. She said exactly what was running through my mind."

At approximately 5:45 in the afternoon on Tuesday evening January 12, 2009, Jon and I experienced our very first earthquake. The epicenter was located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (approximately 124 miles from our apartment in Santiago, Dominican Republic) and measured a 7.0 on the Richter scale.

Please pray from all the people in Haiti who have suffered this horrific tragedy.