Haiti Adventures (Jan 2015) Day 3

   Today was my first big day of the week, we traveled to a hospital in Cabaret, Haiti known as Real Hope for Haiti. They have clinic throughout the week and today was HIV and TB day. The facilities are amazing and the kids are all well taken care of! The kids were so happy to see us and we loved playing, singing, and doing crafts with them! They have an ICU there that is full of malnourished babies, some of them were extremely tiny and it broke my heart. We also ventured over to their other building two houses over to play with some babies and toddlers. There were two children that particularly caught my eye. The first one was a little girl that one of our members picked up, we were told that she wasn't wanted by her parents and relatives because she had CP (cerebral palsy) and was considered “too handicapped” to take care of. This spoke to me on so many levels! My own sister is handicapped and can you just imagine what might have happened to her if she had been born here instead of the United States? I was crushed, and promptly took pictures to take back home and show my family. Another child that connected with me did not talk. He came up and offered his hands up so that I would pick him up. I held him for a while then we sat down and he ran to another member. Shortly after, he returned to me and I held him and kissed him and played with him. He said nothing to me, no word, no giggle, no baby noise….nothing. The only speech he had was that of his smile and his eyes. We connected through our souls and he could tell I loved him with every ounce of my heart. Isn't it breathtaking when you can see that Christ’s love is pouring through you! Unfortunately when we left he was the only child to scream. After we left there we returned to the complex and spent the rest of our night fellowshipping, getting things ready for other stuff this week and hanging out with Haitians. Many nights after school about 6-10 Haitian boys come to hang out along with 1 girl. The girls of the village are usually too busy doing chores and helping with the little ones to come spend time with us, but we have formed friendships with many of the teen boys in the village. They’re so amazing to watch! They joke around with each other, act like they're all siblings and watch out for the twins as well! They’re so good with kids it’s amazing! Haitians will never cease to amaze me! Today has been a great day and I’m so thankful that I've returned to this amazing place!