The Beginning- January 13, 2010

The night of the earthquake we just sat around gazing at the T.V. and computer screens-as well as answering the phone and replying to text messages with what little.....and I mean little, information that we had.  Lucy, from KAS was keeping us as informed as she could.  I specifically remember talking to her around midnight as she gave me all the information she had at the time.  The next morning Steven and I already had plans to run to Owensboro (for what I don't remember) so we met up at Panera Bread with Steve and Amanda (Joshua's parents) and had lunch.  At that point I think we had gotten unofficial word that the boys were safe but I can't remember for sure.  Amanda called later and said the Messenger-Inquirer wanted to do an interview at their house in Owensboro so Steven and I drove back to Owensboro that evening to participate in hopes that the article may gain enough public interest to help us get our boys home.  At this point we didn't know much besides the fact that we needed visas to get them out of Haiti and we needed them fast.