Not everyday that one hears the WVU fight song in downtown Port-au-Prince

I just can't tell you how much I admire Chris Nungster, Director of HIS Home for Children. What she gets accomplished is just amazing. Today Chris had to take 10 children for adoption physicals and needed an additional adult to help with the little ones. We all piled into a 4 door pick up truck (seats 5 Americans). It's called a TaTa, made in India. Might need to mention that rules like wearing seatbelts or child safety seats are unheard of here. So Kristin and I (adults) are in the back seat with 8 kids and Chris and Junior, the Assistant Director at HIS Home are in front. Chris has 2 toddlers on her lap. We bumped down the roads to the clinic in downtown Port-au-Prince - about a 25 minute ride. We spent 3 hours in the waiting room while the children were being seen by the pediatrician. It was pretty surreal when we first got there. The television in the waiting room was showing a Bollywood movie. Viewing from there went down hill until the final show was some American vampire and zombie movie - not the selection that I might choose for a room full of children, but I digress. Tasha got the prize for being the Drama Queen - she's a little under 2 and was not pleased with pretty much anything. She was screaming so I took her outside into the driveway. After about 45 minutes of her starting to cry every time I tried to walk back into the waiting room, I tried singing her to sleep. First was a rousing rendition of the WVU Mountaineer fight song, followed by Brahms lullaby. Tasha slumped into slumber and I was able to sit down and watch where the good vampires beat the bad vampires. After 3 hours at the clinic, we piled back into the TaTa and drove to the photography studio for passport photos. That only took around 30 minutes. Other than a couple of the young children crying, these kids were just so good. And I don't think it was just because of the exciting vampire movie.  Spent the remainder of the afternoon at the orphanage with the kids. Another very satisfying day.






Three of the girls at HIS Home prior to walking to school this morning. My red sunglasses were a big hit. I've lost count as to how many different children have tried them on.

Three other girls. The drill is that you take the photo and then let the kids see the shot on the camera. Lots of little finger prints on my camera screen.



OK, I have 6 more photos I'm trying to upload but something is not going right. I'm going to try a Part 2 and see if I can get them uploaded.