Day of Mourning

Friday was an official day of mourning in Haiti. We took the day to go downtown and be a part of the ceremonies. In center of town thousands of people including earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000 Haitians killed by the earthquake one month ago. Everyone gathered under the shade of mimosa and powderpuff trees and flooded the streets of the capital in prayer, climbing atop the rubble of destroyed churches and spilling into parks where they stretched their arms to the skies. Hymns reverberated throughout the shattered city.