Hi there from the hottest place in the world. okay knowing that could be debated I will challenge you. :)
Today has been a good day. we moved back into the TDA tents yesterday and I looked up and I saw Sheri's lantern hanging from the top and knew I was in the right place. It was the tent I slept in my first trip here. I slept well last night for the 1st time since being here and I had a dream I got married. It was a funny dream. I also washed clothes by hand, really I did. Learning to adapt to my enviroment b/c this is not going to be the last time I will need to adjust to where God has me.
I took a couple of kids to the local hospital to have their cast and wounds rechecked and there was a Ortho MD flirting with me and I was enjoying every minute of it. lol He is from Texas so he liked my southern accent. lol So now I am searching out for another kid that I think needs to go back and have their cast rechecked. He doesnt leave till Saturday so I have a few days to come up with someone. lol There are others here willing to help me get back over there, makes me wonder what they are up to also.
Downtown Haiti is a mess! A lot of rubble blocking parts of the streets and riots have been taking place in the downtown parts of Port Au Prince but we are seeing some signs of improvement in the sense some are rebuilding their walls, burning trash etc.. There is a lot to do here but they are also trying to get Haitians to do the work here to put back into their enviroment and give them employment. There is also talk of moving some of the housing to one side of the fault line but then many lose the land they have already paid for. There is a child here at the compound who is in need of heart surgery and one who is in need of a esphogeal stretching so that she can breathe properlly and not aspirate her food.
That is on 2 needs they have here among many that just tear at your heart. When I look at the children, especially the children in the Orphanage that are handicapped and their wheelchairs are duct taped together and strings holding them in the chiairs, its very hard for me to think what would I do if my own child was here? Many promise to get them supplies, wheelchairs and such that will make their life easier and more worthwhile and nothing comes through.
Life in Haiti is hard on everyone, the smallest 6lb 2month old baby here to the oldest person alive. Its a hard life and I can only see God being able to change this part of the world.
Thats all I can say for the moment. Love you all will update more later.
Today has been a good day. we moved back into the TDA tents yesterday and I looked up and I saw Sheri's lantern hanging from the top and knew I was in the right place. It was the tent I slept in my first trip here. I slept well last night for the 1st time since being here and I had a dream I got married. It was a funny dream. I also washed clothes by hand, really I did. Learning to adapt to my enviroment b/c this is not going to be the last time I will need to adjust to where God has me.
I took a couple of kids to the local hospital to have their cast and wounds rechecked and there was a Ortho MD flirting with me and I was enjoying every minute of it. lol He is from Texas so he liked my southern accent. lol So now I am searching out for another kid that I think needs to go back and have their cast rechecked. He doesnt leave till Saturday so I have a few days to come up with someone. lol There are others here willing to help me get back over there, makes me wonder what they are up to also.
Downtown Haiti is a mess! A lot of rubble blocking parts of the streets and riots have been taking place in the downtown parts of Port Au Prince but we are seeing some signs of improvement in the sense some are rebuilding their walls, burning trash etc.. There is a lot to do here but they are also trying to get Haitians to do the work here to put back into their enviroment and give them employment. There is also talk of moving some of the housing to one side of the fault line but then many lose the land they have already paid for. There is a child here at the compound who is in need of heart surgery and one who is in need of a esphogeal stretching so that she can breathe properlly and not aspirate her food.
That is on 2 needs they have here among many that just tear at your heart. When I look at the children, especially the children in the Orphanage that are handicapped and their wheelchairs are duct taped together and strings holding them in the chiairs, its very hard for me to think what would I do if my own child was here? Many promise to get them supplies, wheelchairs and such that will make their life easier and more worthwhile and nothing comes through.
Life in Haiti is hard on everyone, the smallest 6lb 2month old baby here to the oldest person alive. Its a hard life and I can only see God being able to change this part of the world.
Thats all I can say for the moment. Love you all will update more later.
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