she met evelyn in the midst of an earthquake and was able to spend the night together, sleeping togethern a tarp under the stars in haiti waiting to see what morning was going to bring. >> reporter: other communities outside atlanta, other gathered at the blood price church of the nazarene in lawrenceville, georgia. >> oh, i'm so worried, i'm worried not worried only about my mom but the rest of my family members. >> reporter: the 144 members of the close-knit community pray under a sign that says, "it's god who changes time and circumstances," but pastor will verneret says there are other factors at work. >> economic problems and political chaos in haiti, also. the worst is that we can't communicate with anyone in haiti, we don't know exactly how many people died. >> reporter: for councilman eugene, pulling together aid in desperate times is drearily familiar. >> haiti has zero capacity to receive anything. i know and i'm very tkpwraeultful and i'm very grateful to everybody and i know that people of good will, good intention, they want to contribute, they want to send stuff to haiti. >