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JANUARY 14, 2010 WAYNE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN HONESDALE, PA
News of the utter devastation from the 7.0 earthquake that has rocked Haiti has shocked local people in the Wayne County area that have ties there.
On January 14, 2010, Peter Becker managing editor of the Wayne Indpendent Newspaper interviewed Alix Fils-Aime , a Lakeville resident who was born and raised in Haiti, and who suffered the loss of a relative in the quake, yet had to say; "This isn't God's Fault."
Alix Fils-Aime immigrated from Haiti in 1954. He is active in his local Catholic Parish. After being stunned with the news of destruction in Haiti, he wondered of his sister, who lives in Petonville, a suburb in the hills above the capital, Port-au-Prince. Despite being Known as an enclave of Haitians who are of higher income than the vast majority living in poverty, the quake played no favorites.
Fils-Aime's brother on Long Island was able to reach their sister on a cell phone, only to find out that her husband had died when their house toppled down on them. She was also in the house but was unharmed.
"Its a terrible, terrible thing," Fils-Aime said of the quake. " I don't know the answer. its mind boggling." Asked how his faith was helping him, he was quick to reply, " God has nothing to do with this. People have the tendency to blame God." He added that in good and bad times, God is good and is to be praised. Although so manu people have died, he said his view is that they were heading unexpectedly to the Heavenly Father who is embracing them with open arms. "His Mercy endures forever," Fils-Aime declared.
Despite the magnitude of the crises, he holds that God doesn't give more than we can handle. "It could have been worse." he said, " You know it could have." He shared a story about a terrible smallpox epidemic in Haiti in 1882. Catholic priests carried a picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help through the streets, and the epidemic was stayed. "People must realize the POWER of PRAYER," he stated.
He added that it was not important to judge God, and not to judge the people of Haiti. "We're all sinful and fall short of the glory of God."
News of the utter devastation from the 7.0 earthquake that has rocked Haiti has shocked local people in the Wayne County area that have ties there.
On January 14, 2010, Peter Becker managing editor of the Wayne Indpendent Newspaper interviewed Alix Fils-Aime , a Lakeville resident who was born and raised in Haiti, and who suffered the loss of a relative in the quake, yet had to say; "This isn't God's Fault."
Alix Fils-Aime immigrated from Haiti in 1954. He is active in his local Catholic Parish. After being stunned with the news of destruction in Haiti, he wondered of his sister, who lives in Petonville, a suburb in the hills above the capital, Port-au-Prince. Despite being Known as an enclave of Haitians who are of higher income than the vast majority living in poverty, the quake played no favorites.
Fils-Aime's brother on Long Island was able to reach their sister on a cell phone, only to find out that her husband had died when their house toppled down on them. She was also in the house but was unharmed.
"Its a terrible, terrible thing," Fils-Aime said of the quake. " I don't know the answer. its mind boggling." Asked how his faith was helping him, he was quick to reply, " God has nothing to do with this. People have the tendency to blame God." He added that in good and bad times, God is good and is to be praised. Although so manu people have died, he said his view is that they were heading unexpectedly to the Heavenly Father who is embracing them with open arms. "His Mercy endures forever," Fils-Aime declared.
Despite the magnitude of the crises, he holds that God doesn't give more than we can handle. "It could have been worse." he said, " You know it could have." He shared a story about a terrible smallpox epidemic in Haiti in 1882. Catholic priests carried a picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help through the streets, and the epidemic was stayed. "People must realize the POWER of PRAYER," he stated.
He added that it was not important to judge God, and not to judge the people of Haiti. "We're all sinful and fall short of the glory of God."
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