ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 24, 2010 Devastation In Haiti Far Worse than Imagined, Says ELCA Leader 10-228-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Pictures of the devastation are distressing, but seeing earthquake-ravaged Haiti in person is far worse than what the Rev. Rafael Malpica Padilla imagined. "It is overwhelming," said Malpica Padilla, executive director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Global Mission. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4615 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews