I’m tired of showing pictures of destroyed structures.  We all get it by now, the earthquake was devastating– whole villages were flattened.  It was a very physical and traumatic thing.  Sometimes, In the rush to provide metal sheeting to the villagers, I’ve caught myself laughing and joking at the wrong moments–I could kick myself. I forget that there are lives behind this tragedy: lives and stories of husbands, wives and children who are no longer around.  These stories are reflected in the faces of each villager and in each one of these photographs taken from our volunteer Cherie Silvera.

Take a minute and look at these faces–they are our faces.