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GREENSBORO – Looking at pictures of the destruction in Haiti, Jake Richmond and Shannon Rogers can hardly believe they were there just last week. The two spent seven days in Haiti serving as missionaries for The Salvation Army.

"While we were there. we stayed in Port-au-Prince, so right where the earthquake hit. We stayed at a hotel and then we worked at a children's home. Well. the compound has the children's home, the clinic, the school and the church building," Rogers said.

"They don't have electricity in some places, they don't have running water in some places. We did a six-mile walk for water. We carried jugs for miles and filled them up with water and carried them back," Richmond added.

They made many friends during their trip, so news of the earthquake was unnerving.

"Are the kids at the children's home OK? Are the clinics OK? The people in Balan? The people were my first thoughts. I didn't care about the buildings," Richmond said.

Luckily, technology provided some quick answers.

"Praise the Lord for Facebook and social networking because that's the main source of communication. It's quick and it's easy and you can talk to multiple people at a time," Rogers said. "Just keeping in contact is amazing. It's reassuring to know that everyone is OK and we can talk to them and know what is going on."

Now both are eager to help in the recovery effort.

"If they tell me to get on a plane tomorrow, I will be there, bags packed, uniform, ready to go," Rogers said.

Officials with The Salvation Army say the best way to help is through monetary donations.