200,000

A girl carries her sister in a refugee camp, where at least 50,000 people are staying, on the golf course.
 
I expect to hear from Bud today.  It's been one week today that the earthquake shook this island. 
 
I had 98 emails and no idea how many phone calls yesterday....concerned people, as well as co-ordinating more efforts to feed and get meds, etc. here. We are working with MVI, other missionaries, and churches....they are collecting clothes, sheets and  food for us to take back.  We will need to buy meds, wound care, gas and supplies.  We are very thankful that God's people are all working together to help. 
 

Most people said they hope they'll return to Port-au-Prince, a rundown city packed with slums and shanties where life already was exceedingly difficult for most people before the quake. Some officials estimate 200,000 people perished and 1.5 million are homeless.

A woman leaving the city said,
"It's become insanely expensive," she shouted amid the animated crowd, saying the one-way fare had nearly doubled to the equivalent of US$7.70 — more than three days' income for most Haitians.

Saint-Julien, the driver of a bus he'd named "Saint Yves" in bright, painted lettering, said he had no choice but to jack up his prices.
"It's not my fault, gas has doubled" because of shortages, said Saint-Julien, who is now paying US$50 to fill his tank.  (J. M. Katz)

 Desie Ulachine, 7, at a hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 18, 2010. The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake-shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease would be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago.  (Reuters)

The medical diagnosis of an earthquake victim is written on a  piece of paper on his chest.

Two girls share a plate of food at a tent city at the Petionville Club, at *Delma 40B, in Port Au Prince. (AP)

*Delma is the area where Abner's aunt lives.  She is fine, her house is standing.  Abner will stay to work in the medical field.