Thousands of citizens from the United States were in Haiti this week when the earthquake struck. One of them is an Ozarks pastor.

Bob Martin arrived in Haiti Monday, just hours before the earthquake hit, an earthquake described by some as one of biblical proportions.
Bob is the pastor of the Cabool Christian Church. He and his brother in law, pastor Bill Hauser of Keokuk, Iowa travelled there together.
They were spending 11 days at Christianville, 18 miles outside Port au Prince. A 30 acre missionary gated community that houses a school, orphanages, hospital and a guesthouse.

KSPR News spoke with Bob's wife Becky Thursday evening (1-14).
She had just spoken with Bob by phone in the morning.

She says the first day her husband was in Christianville he had just left an orphanage when the earthquake hit.
She says the men ran back to the building which had collapsed and found only two children alive.

She says when the quake first hit her husband told her - it seemed like every Haitian was hurt in some way - cut or bruised... but none of the christian team was hurt.
"It was like God had put his hands around them," she said.

This was Martin's second year back to Christianville. He took some extra money to buy food for the feeding programs.
They had bought $300 worth of rice and beans before the quake so they have provisions.
But now they feel like they're in the way and eating food and drinking water that could be sustaining others.

Today (1-14) workers at Christianville fixed a broken water line from the well on the property.
Every building at Christianville was demolished except the guest house where they were staying.
So Martin still has all his personal things like passports and flashlights.

Because Christianville has a hospital, many people are seeking medical treatment there.
Thursday Martin helped move rocks that were blocking the entrance of the hospital so they could get to medical supplies.

Many pregnant women are coming for treatment. Four women have had babies there since the earthquake.
Her husband told her one woman walked through the gates, asked for the bathroom, walked a few feet, squatted down and had her baby right there on the ground.

We asked Becky how her husband is doing.
"He's trusting God - they're not medically minded... and that's what's
important now," she said.

"I have a peace about it. There was a time I didn't know if they would get home and there's still no promise of that," she said.

He was supposed to come home next Thursday after 11 days in country.
"He hadn't even been there a day when the quake happened... he went into a completely different mission."

Becky is keeping her congregation apprised of her husband's situation.
"So many people around here have called and said they're praying for him and that means so much to me," she said.