We have had an incredible day of blessings here in Haiti!
Thanks so much for all your prayers (and good thoughts!) regarding the weather! We had clear skies today, bright and sunny, but with a nice steady breeze that kept us going :) What a blessing it was! Right now a thunder/lightening/rain storm is rolling through and is lots of fun to watch. Please pray for continued breezes :)
We all slept well last night in comfy beds and AC - what a blessing! We have a hearty breakfast and then headed out to Cite Soleil to help deliver 3 truck loads of clean water. There is no internal water system, well or sanitation in the slump, so this is the only fresh water they have access too. The water trucks come in 6 days a week. We were all impacted and moved by what we saw - the children, the women carrying bucket loads of water on their heads...the poverty...but also the smiles, the hugs, the hand-holding and the chance to "love on the kids" for a bit - some of whom are actually child slaves.
We were blessed by hope as well. We visited a soccer program for 220 boys and 80 girls that helps them stay in school, avoid gangs, have positive adult role models in their lives, and get a free meal after practice. Hope for the future reigns supreme in the midst of so much tragedy.
We are wrapping up for the night...I know it's early, but with the heat, humidity, the hard work and emotion of the day - we are all spent. Off to bed in prep for another full day tomorrow. In the AM we will visit a home for sick and dying children and bring food to them as well as hold/feed babies. In the afternoon, we will visit the pediatrics ward at the General Hospital and possibly participate in the wound clinic as well.
Thanks so much for all your prayers - every time I felt the breeze today, I thanked God for you! You are helping to keep us going, and for that I am sincerely grateful!
Love & Blessings to you-
Andrea
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