Hello everyone! Greetings from Carrefour, Haiti! Haylee and I(Christie) are excited for our second full day in Haiti. Yesterday, on Saturday we went to the General Hospital where we spent time in the pediatric buildings. Haylee, I, and Redgi (our translator) were a team. The ward is just one big room, open air, no curtains, or private rooms:). We moved around the room getting to know some of the patients and their families. They were all very open and happy to talk to us, very excited that we would pray for them and their little babies. Several were their because of anemia, fevers, heart problems. Many had to simply wait here in the hospital until they had enough money for the next dose of medications. There were two little abandoned babies there for malnutrition and dehydration. The one child we really connected with. She was 18 months and had the largest brown eyes that seemed to stare straight into your soul. Such a precious little one! She LOVED our stethoscopes and the little white bunny we gave her. We met the nurse who takes care of only the abandoned babies. You could tell she was very attached, protective, and loving to the little ones. God knew what He was doing when He placed her there for those little children!
We then loaded up the tap-tap and headed towards the orphanage on the hill. We delivered food to the girls. We got there and handed out mangos to the children. It got a little crazy because we gave out two! We ate lunch, then went back down to play with the children. We also changed the one girl's wound dressing which was infected and has been trying to heal for almost a year. The girls took a little bit to warm up to us, but after that there was no rest for our team. We swung them and danced and played handgames and played jump rope. By the end of an hour we were exhausted and just sat against the stone wall cuddling with the little ones. The older girls took my camera and loved to take photos of each other. My camera now has over 300 pictures! Haha Although we were exhausted, it was very fulfilling. It was heartbreaking to let go of their hands so we could leave. They are wonderful girls, happy girls, and we hope we can go back! :)
On to another day!
P.S. Today might have been the first time I contemplated killing an animal- the neighbor's rooster that likes to crow every 10 seconds!
God bless!