Riots – RodneyOlsen.net

While trawling the Compassion Day website yesterday I stumbled upon a heap of YouTube clips that I hadn’t previously seen.

The clips are taken from our recent trip to Haiti and the one in this post shows the situation outside the Port-au-Prince Compassion office just before a rock came through the window we were standing near.

You may have heard the story of the riots and how close we came to getting caught up in everything there. This video, while still fairly rough, shows a little of the scene before the rock attack.

You can see the beginnings of the crowd heading down the street, some armed with crude weapons.

The next thing you see is the shattered glass in the room where it all happened and then a bit of a debrief between members of the team. Several of us, including me, had a chance to talk over the situation.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what you see.

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There is so much to say about the past 24 hours but internet access is limited so I’ll be quick.

We had a wonderful start to the day with a visit to a Compassion project. There is so much I want to tell you about the amazing work they’re doing here.

I think it’d be better to wait a day or so until I say more about the rest of our day.

You may have heard of the rioting here iin Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. You can check out a few more details via this story at BBC News.

I chatted live with 98.5 Sonshine FM Breakfast Announcer, Arthur Muhl, this morning. You can listen to our chat by clicking the play button of the audio player at the bottom of this post.

I’d appreciate your prayer for the situation here. The unrest is likely to grow and many innocent people could be caught up in the violence.

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