So many lives have been forever changed by the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Entire families were lost, homes and churches crumbled, and thousands continued to die due to lack of water, food and proper medical aid. Countless stories of tragedies and challenges were seen by the world, and continue to unfold. However, I wanted to share these stories of survival and hope:

· 3 days after the earthquake an 18-month-old girl was rescued by Australian television crews from near the bodies of her parents.

· 5 days after the earthquake a 7 year old girl, a 34 year old man and a 50 year old woman were pulled from the ruins of a supermarket in Port-au-Prince, with only minor injuries, by US and Turkish rescuers.

· 6 days after the earthquake, Nadine Cardoso-Riedl, 62, was saved thanks to a text message she was able to send from her cell phone.

· 7 days after the earthquake 70 year old Anna Zizi sang as Mexican firemen pulled her from the ruins of Port-au-Prince Cathedral. Her rescuers had been able to feed her water through a tube.

· 8 days after the earthquake, Elisabeth, a 23-day old baby, was rescued from the ruins of a house, trapped with nothing to eat or drink. Her condition is satisfactory. On the same day, neighbors dug an 11-year-old girl, Mendji Bahina Sanon, from the ruins of her house in Port-au-Prince.

· 10 days after the earthquake an 84-year-old woman, Maria Carida Roman, was saved by friends and family who heard her faint cries from the ruins of her house in the capital. Hours later Emmanuel Buso, 22, was rescued from ruins near the presidential palace by a team of Israeli military rescuers. He survived by drinking his own urine.

· 11 days after the earthquake, Wismond Exantus, 25, was saved from the wreckage of the shop where he worked in Port-au-Prince after surviving by drinking Coca-Cola and eating snacks. French, US and Greek teams rescued him.

I’m not a big believer in miracles, but the selflessness and coming together of peoples from all over the world, truly led to these miracles.