Yesterday we woke up at Dottie's Guesthouse and were back home in our respective beds last night. In the morning, we made the rounds saying good-bye. Junior drove us to the airport. "Nasty Linda" made an appearance with the overzealous redhats - it's beyond ridiculous. The flights back were thankfully uneventful. I now have 2 trips to Haiti under my belt and I continue to feel privileged for the chance to be among such dedicated people who serve their Lord with such loving hearts. I continue to have such respect for the resillience of the Haitian people that I have met. It is a beautiful country full of beautiful people and things just don't have to continue to be the way things are. Haiti just needs a new path.
So here are my final photos for this trip:
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| I am with Linda Blankenship, a missionary that I met last year. The Joliet Quilt Guild and Quiltfabric.com have helped me keep her supplied with fabric this year.She lives up in a remote village in the northwest of Haiti. In addition to all of her other responsibilities, she teaches sewing and sews clothing for the indigent children in her village. I'm so glad that we were able to meet up for a couple of days. |
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| These are the younger students at TLC Barefoot School participating in the daily opening exercies. They begin by singing the national anthem and then spend another 20 minutes singing praise songs. There are 92 students (K-8). They are all on scholarship as they come from very poor families. Breakfast and lunch is served at the school. This school is superbly well run and has a website if you wish to learn more about them. |
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| Because of the cholera concerns, children are now required to take off their shoes at the door. The majority of the children live in tent settlements where sewage drainage is not ideal. It's really had not to walk in the stuff. At least this way, the chance of contamination is lessened. At this point, there has been very few incidents of cholera in the Delmas neighborhood. |
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| Here is kindergarten classroom at TLC Barefoot School. Unlike many Haitian schools, the children are not required to wear uniforms. Instead they wear brightly colored teeshirts. |
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| View from balcony at HIS Home. Lots of half finished homes among beautiful bougeanvilla. |
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| Today art shot. |
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| Today's other art shot. Leaves on tree on HIS Home grounds. |
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| Last shot of chickens at Carmel's house. She's arrainged for someone to set up a caged area in the yard as the chickens are fertilizing her patio. |
Redhats, Linda?
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