The April 2010 Member Spotlight in Samaritan Ministries Christian Health Care Newsletter featured missionaries Patrick and Barb Lataillade, who both were injured in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. You can follow updates on their progress at their Trauma Treasures blog.
When the ground began moving violently shortly before 5 p.m. January 12 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Barb Lataillade thought it might be Jesus.
“All of a sudden, everything was falling from beneath my feet,” Barb says. “Everything was shaking.”
The missionary to Haiti was on an elliptical exercise machine, and her husband, Patrick, was relaxing in the family room of their Living Word Ministries quarters. When the half minute of quaking was ended, Barb was partly covered by rubble from the two-story, cement structure, her right leg in pain. Patrick was trapped in a sitting position, his right arm crushed by ironworks and his neck bent so that he couldn’t straighten his back.
But the Lord was with both of the Samaritan Ministries members and continues to see them through the most trying time of their lives. After weeks in intensive care, the amputation of Barb’s right leg between the knee and ankle, and the amputation of Patrick’s right arm, the missionaries are visiting churches to briefly tell their story but mainly to praise God and give Him glory.
