I am so appalled by how Myanmar has handled the cyclone disaster. How in the world can a country be resistant to humanitarian aid? It seems that in the midst of crisis, it would be easy to put politics aside. It blows my mind that people can be so prideful.
According to the Danish Red Cross, one out of ten people have received some kind of aid. That is so wrong. I also heard that in a village of 4,000 people only 400 survived. Wow. What's even crazier is that on the Today Show the headlines read, "Obama seems to be pulling ahead of Clinton," followed by "A massive sting ray is being released from captivity," and an "oh by the way thousands of people are dead or missing in Myanmar." How can that fly so low on the radar?! It makes me angry.
Also, Andrew has been supporting a little boy named Soe through World Vision. He lives in Myanmar. It was really weird to think that maybe Soe is one of the 100,000 people dead or missing. We pray he's alive.
I hope I can find a way to channel this anger into something more proactive.
-katie
