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WA] l Kl.(X)CHRONl(lU-j - Wednesday. Ianuary 27’, JOIU - 5 ‘ Locals return from Haiti with incredible stories to tell i : ‘3 . I ; 'l‘hresh, waited anxiously in the iiiissioit's central courtvard 'l'he poverty and s irit of the Haitian peo le had already j . I . . P P 1 ’1 ' ‘ l . F for the boys to return. had a profound effect on the group before the quake. livery ’ ‘ y 3' . “We grabbed them and hugged them," Weber said. " The member of the group has returtied with a new sense of grati~ H ‘ A . f If A" h whole process seemed to take hours and yet it was only see tude for what they have here in Canada. And they all said they I 4 “a”: . k i g ' onds. lime seemed to stand still, [I was so surreal." have a new perspective on their day-today problems. 1' é: l ‘ h After everyone from the mission was accounted for, the But most importantly, they now share a bond with the g .: :5 ' i »- i ‘, 3;, . I group cast their eyes down the mountain. to the city of Port Haitians that can never be broken. is Q. :'- "a _ _. ‘3 ‘ au-PrineeiiS kilometres away. ' The immediate need is for aid workers and volunteers ‘ , w v , i V "L I h _ “You could just see this huge cloud of dust rising," Walker who are in engineering or health care. But in the future. each ‘3 ‘. ' . ‘ said. “i think everyone just kind of sto )ed breathing. and ofthem wantsto return to Haiti, to hel rebuild. . .1 ‘ Pl P -, I... it reali7ed. this is really bad " "Someone in a third-world country is. to me. no longer a ,‘ ‘3. ' , _ What followed over the next couple of days was equally stranger, They are now my friend, l mean, I used to give _ I ' “ ‘x :3 a ’ surreal .. frantically trying to contact relatives to let them niotiey. but it's different now. We have a connection that l l L' '. P know they were okay; assessing the damage to the various don't think. for any of us. will ever be broken." said lurgen \ " buildings in the mission â€" the clinic. the school, the orphan- (keehowsky, 1 9 age; and lending a hand however they could to injured “1 hope that people don't forget about this two or three I a 7"? Haitians nearby. weeks down the road. This is going to take years literally " Five days after the disaster. they left behind all of their years." a excess clothing and shoes. ‘- ‘ ‘ and ca ht b :t th‘ Josh Thrash. Lori Thrash. Lisa Weber, Bev Walker, )urgen Canadigfi “Shag; for: ' Czechowsky and Jamie Dowsett were volunteering in Haiti trolled chaos rei ned'outside when the earthquake “ma” Whom no“ mmnmm the gates as llgitians lined Bycmmgm mNGPARKHllL up hoping for sortie assis» ’- - *_.__m1u_wf____ lance. Com art {P .115 “We 'iist walked in. We ' p... Bev Walker was in the kitchen cooking a pot of rice when knew w)e wuujd get to go it? , f“ . . __ H 43...... ' she heard what she thought was a freight train. home,"1hresh said. “We felt H RM“ “F k ““11“"! ‘ But when the noise grew louder and louder, and the bad for the people who had ‘ ' . a. ground started shaking. her subconscious told her what was to stay there." ; '9“!‘1Â¥g("”g””* w Within 14 hours, they larthquake. she shouted were on a cargo plane with i I Walker and nine other members of V’i’aterloo‘s Glen Acres 170 other Canadians. Watch A . Baptist (:hlll’t‘l‘l were in Haiti that day, volunteering at the ing (INN in a Montreal hotel Mission ofllope near the tovm of'litanyen. room. Weber finally broke i i As she began to rtiti out of the kitchen. helping an elderly down and cried, “That's what mission doctor. another woman who was coming down the our families had been watch. stairs was thrown at‘l’fl\s the room by the tremors. ing. No wonder they were 80 teenagers lamie Dowsett and Josh ihresh were planning terribly worried and found it to leave Haiti the next day and had just finished saying good- hard to believe we were safe." bye to the orphans, their mothers. Lisa Weber'and Lori she said. \ sweep . I Watch for the Waterloo Chronicle 3 E vent . H U R RY, ,Hmwwt es CHAN E n! i‘ill‘:’r_|‘\1‘\y\fl:i‘|‘ if: t“ ‘ l~1|§tytHItlyli I ,. T 9 . y 2‘ V .9 ‘ \ - “P "/0 T0 in On selecled display models “bile thei last _ fig Qualityjiirnitun...qfflm{a6{z prices! 1! t C omfort 'P/ 115 I K K". .,~.,-i iii ."x,“ no. / ‘~‘ \ _ // .t Delivered To Your Door This Week l l 7 # Â¥ , 7, 7#â€"â€"-â€"â€"_â€"â€"_â€"â€"w