Today was a GREAT day in Haiti! All days are wonderful, but today even more so!
We started off the morning with the typical school rush to get kids dressed, eat breakfast, and head out the door. I start hearing the kids sometime before 6 am. There's nothing like waking up to their little chatter and hear them scurrying through the halls; and of course, the occasional crier who woke up on the wrong side of the bed. haha. I rode to the handicapped school with Samuel and the kids..... AND EMMA! Yes, she got dressed ready, had her lunch box in tow, and ran around with Sam and I today until we took all the kids after school for their yearly test. Not quite sure how this works, but they all passed so I will take that as a positive thing and keep trucking along. Sister Judith, the principal informed us that Emma is going to have therapy at school for handwriting. It's an interesting concept, seeing that her hands are deformed from the warts that are on them, but WHATEVER it takes for her to go to school I am all for!
For more background on beautiful Emmanuella St. Louis, referred to as Emma. She joined the Faith, Hope, and Love family after being found by short term missionaries while walking the streets of Port Au Prince. Someone stopped them and asked them to come and look at this girl. Emma was found in the backyard of a nice Haitian home living in a tent. Her aunt lived in another tent nearby. Emma's basic needs were met with food, water, and shelter (I guess a tent is better than nothing); but essentially she was isolated from the outside world. The mission team was familiar with the incredible founder here, "Mama Dorothy". After discussing Emma with doctors (to make sure Emma's skin condition wasn't contagious) and praying about it Dorothy quickly welcomed this beautiful child of the King into her family. Emma came to Faith, Hope, and Love last September. Since being here many people have tried to assess her skin condition. She has warts all over her feet, hands, knees, and elbows. Her little fingers and toes are splitting. This at times can be painful for her, but she rarely breaks a smile. Beauty radiates from this child. From what has been determined so far Emma has a hereditary skin condition which hasn't been fully identified. She daily uses a special cream after her baths. I am just extremely elated that she is getting to get out of the house now. Today while riding around in the car with Samuel and I she was taking everything in. She loved eating her snack from her OWN lunchbox! I can only imagine the ways that Emma will be blessed by social interaction and being challenged at school. I think she might be brighter than most think! So praise you Lord for making a way for her!
Speaking of short term missionaries. We had 2 groups come by the house today. The first group had a woman that sponsors little Mawens (the boy with hypoglycemia). She brought pictures for him and he showed all the kids. The children were eating up the attention, photos, beanie babies (such a hit!), love, and affection. This team also brought goodies for all the nannies and some candy for me! It was a joy having them in our home. The second group came sometime after we finished eating Lovensky's birthday cake! (This too was a hit! Lovensky choose Johnny to pray over his next year of life. Please join with our prayers for health and increased knowledge of Jesus.) This group had previously visited and supplied us with water filters! I'm thankful for this! Today they came with 2 wheelchairs in tow! One for Tamara and one for Emmanuella! During a previous trip they had fitted the girls. They came later in the day so I wasn't able to sit the girls up in them, but I can't wait to do it tomorrow! I love having people come visit! It's great to speak English and to show off the precious little ones that amaze me with each new day. I'm also always encouraged to hear how the Lord is at work changing people's hearts to align with his Kingdom purposes. Fellowship with the body is always refreshing! So thank you Jesus for double portions today!
Now for some interesting points of the day. Driving down Delmas 33 (a route we frequently travel) we noticed a large crowd gathered. As we passed I saw 2 dead people. Very sad. This is now the 3rd dead person I've seen in Haiti this trip. Not sure what happened, but Samuel (our wonderful driver) said he would listen to the news in the morning. Please join me in praying for all of those affected by this lose. On a lighter note, I just have to tell this. Samuel went to pay the power bill for the second time this week today (the first time they didn't have internet signal) and the power company didn't have power. WOW. Some things amaze me here. That makes absolutely no sense, but at least it makes me feel better to know that we don't have power, but they are also doing without it! Oh and I can't leave this out. I've officially taken a rain bath. We don't have running water at the moment due the pump being messed up (please pray this gets fixed soon) but after a long day it was fun to stand under the drainage pipe and at least get cooled off. The girls on the roof with me enjoyed the rain bath clothes and all! I hope I don't get on the nannies bad side when 3 wet little ones came back in the house!
For now, good bye from Haiti. This is a wonderful place with incredible people and I am honored to have had the chance to live here! Please keep us in your prayers, not a day goes by that we don't need Jesus for every second! Bless you all in Jesus Name!
Tori
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