Mirebalais

Today we were country bound! We traveled on the bus about 2.5 hours each way to visit some of the girls who were once orphans at the Son of God orphanage in Mirebalais. Marie-Jolene, Jezla, and Darlene once lived in horrible conditions at the orphanage and were abused for many, many years. The orphanage has since been shut down, the man behind the abuse was sent to prison, and the orphans were either sent back to live with family (many of whom were kidnapped and sent to the orphanage) or sent to live at the Life is Wealth orphanage.
The three young ladies we set out to see today now live back with their family in the beautiful countryside. They all seem so happy to be back home and they loved our visit! Jezla is now pregnant and we brought her prenatal vitamins and were able to talk to her about her pregnancy and what to expect. (Well, nurse Libby and Crystal were able to tell her what to expect, the rest of us listened!).
The countryside is so gorgeous. It’s lush, sunny and beautiful! I love seeing all of the animals roaming around, but they make me miss my Pitbull Reilly. He would love Haiti and I could totally live here…if I had the correct ratio of shade trees to sunshine.
As we were leaving one of the girls picked a hibiscus flower for both Libby and myself. We wore them in our hair and felt super festive! Festive ladies!
Tomorrow we are going to the beach for a team beach day and I can’t wait! I am not exactly a warm weather gal so diving into a body of water tomorrow will be an absolute joy! Weeee!
X0x0x0x0 Colleen