Saturday, January 24, 2009
We arrived in Haiti at 10:13 am and, oh darn, it's 70 some degrees. We had a great day. We visited Wings of Hope, a home for Haitian children with disabilities. The boys that lived at St. Joe's were determined to take all the kids that were being abandoned when the original home was going to be shut down. There are 39 disabled children being cared for. This is really an unbelievable place and service for children who previously in Haiti would have been discarded. They are loved and make great progress. Natalie loved the kids. Don's church sponsors Hope, a 12 year old girl. This evening Madam Rea, the director of SOPUDEP school stopped by to greet us. We gave her the two trunks of school supplies. She was thrilled. Don had brought down a laptop that was donate to a gardening / composting program. Tomorrow we will travel to Jacmel. Jacmel is coming to life with the arrival of Carnival. We are tired, ready for a good night's rest and a full day tomorrow. Haiti is such an unbelievable place with miracles that come our of the extreme hardships that exist. It is humbling, challenging and beautiful.
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Great to hear that things are going well! Thinking of you!
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