Teenagers

We are having another sleep over. We have made a few adjustments from the sleepover tow nights ago, no kids sleeping in front of fans, they get freezing cold at 70 degrees! The little boys are asleep in the middle of the big room on a comforter. It funny, they dog pile like a litter of puppies. Deloris awoke yesterday morning to 5 girls sleeping in a space no wider than 4 feet right beside her bed. It’s hard to even capture on camera. Today was very busy with church this morning and orphanage meetings all afternoon. I’m bone weary tonight, but my voice is returning! Poor Lee has lost hers today. She was our lingual rock star this morning, the Haitians always love her little speech to them in Creole. There was a special moment when Ray introduced himself and his age of 16. An audible ripple went through the tent of shock and awe. He is a tall, very tall, drink of water! They often ask what we feed our children. It’s pretty funny to see their reactions. I know I always say this, but it is amazing how many people fit on our church property in town. At one point I looked and saw that they had attached a blue tarp to the front of the tent to help create shade for the morning service, a man was standing in the middle holding the tarp up off of the heads of the people. Service went well, I had enough voice finally to talk. Lunch was our Sunday afternoon staple, macaroni and cheese with hot dogs. Haitians love their hot dogs. So it was a very happy crowd at the orphanage. We held an orphanage meeting and then met with our five teenagers, yes that’s right, five. One of them can be a handful, so we have some fresh challenges for our staff. The meeting with the kids was well received, they are such brave and intelligent hearts and beings. I pulled out the drawings for the new orphanage and shared it with them, they were so excited and pleased. They did ask if they would each have their own rooms. I told them we wouldn’t have the luxury of that right now. What we have and take for granted, their question made my heart cringe. The men worked fast and furiously on the Toyota today, it won’t be done tonight as they need the electrical mechanic to do the wiring, he will start at 6:00 in the morning. But they did have the new engine running tonight. It would be nice to have it roadworthy for our last day on the ground here. We have much to do, but a big event of this trip with the kids is a baseball game. We will do this at the new property in the morning. There is a lot of excitement among the children for this event. Sean has played a lot of baseball in his life and it’s something he really wanted to do, so we have gloves and bats, it should be a great time. We will report in on its success or failure later! It is time to get some shuteye, the kids will be up very early, especially the young ones that have fallen fast asleep on the floor. Rest well and God bless all.