Travis, 18

Travis watched the dead, bloated bodies being thrown into the back of a garbage truck. The men picking them up would slap them once, first, to make the flies rise like a cloud off their bodies.

Then Travis, and the other Haitians who were watching, moved away as the truck began to crush the bodies, to make room for more. The bodies crunched and popped, and the small crowd stepped back, afraid of the taut skins exploding, since they were so bloated.

But these were people, not animals! Travis said it wasn't the gore or the putrid smell that bothered him. It was knowing that each one was a real person...with friends and family. And he said it was the living that bothered him the most. It was the living who were suffering.

Trav says, "People brought Evelyn to us on a board. It reminded me of the guys that lowered that man down through the roof, for Jesus to heal. So desperate... They laid her on the ground and we started to pray. As we prayed, we watched her slowly come to life, in front of our eyes. First, her fever went down, then she started to sit up, then she took a drink, coughed and began to moan and gain consciousness. By that time, probably 150 people had gathered to watch and pray, the prayer increasing in intensity as her life came back. Some doctors showed up, and the man with the IVs showed up...out of nowhere... and the doctors started the IV.When she left, I was afraid that the miracle would stop taking place. But before we left to come home, she had been taken to a special hospital that could handle cases as severe as hers, and hopefully, will make a full recovery."

Travis wishes that more doctors, who are also Christians, would rely more on the power of God in prayer in treating patients. God can take take physical capabilities and multiply their effectiveness!

"The thing that hit me hardest," Trav said, "was seeing this little orphan girl on the plane. The seatbelt looked so big compared to her. She was so sweet and she just sat there. So precious. So quiet. Such innocence. Knowing she was just one among so many. She just sat there. So peacefully. One of so many...so many."

Travis is very serious. He says he feels like he's never contributed to making a difference like he did this past week.

"I did everything." Trav says, "And everything I did mattered." He says he has to go back.