We had spaghetti and pink sauce for breakfast today. Mya, the wonderful lady who took care of us, prepares this sauce with tomatoes, onions, spam and a little bit of milk. She must add some spice to it, because the sauce has a kick to it.
We had our daily devotions at 7 am and hung out until our transportation arrived at 9 am. Some of our team members rode with Pastor Louis and the rest in the van. Our poor van seemed to have had enough… it was making a loud “clac, clac” sound, as Dr. Phil described it. We pulled over, and next thing we knew they were lifting the van with us still in it! Apparently the sound was as a result of a flat tire. It took us a while to realize it, but indeed the place where we had stopped alongside the road was a “tire kingdom” with a collection of old and new tires. It didn’t take long, and with our new tire we were ready to head to the first orphanage of the day in St. Louis.
The temperature was comfortable and we decided to set up the medical stations outside for the first time. The trees provided a nice shadow for us to treat the 48 orphans and some of the children of the village.
By 1:30 pm we were done treating all the children but were unable to continue our journey because the van had a more serious problem than we had thought. While we waited for the van to be fixed, we decided to take Polaroid pictures of the children. A special thanks to Connie Bowers from SonCoast Community Church for donating the Polaroid camera and film for 130 pictures. While the rest of the group sang worship songs, Eric and Cindy took pictures of each child. It was beautiful to see them looking at the picture and realizing it was them. They don’t have mirrors or have not own a picture of themselves, and it was such a special gift to leave them with! Thank you Connie!
For lunch we had hamburgers! It was such a treat to break from our “Chinese Food” and have something different. They were really good! And today, we even had dessert for lunch: macaroons and corn muffins!
We were supposed to go to three orphanages today, but we didn’t start heading to the second orphanage until 3 pm. When we arrived at Cavaillon, we decided to all set up in a little kiosk in the middle of the orphanage. Good thing we did that because soon after we arrived it started pouring!
So we all squeezed into this little space and worked until about 6 pm. Even though we had to use the help of flashlights, the headlights of cars and even cell phones to fight the darkness, we continued to work until we saw all 93 children. And even Dr. John, who is doing surgery without suction, running water, a clean environment and on an office chair, treated all but 3 children! Praise God!
Our day ended great…especially after we were able to read some of the messages in the blog from some of you! It is so great to know that you are praying for us and for the people of Haiti! Thank you!
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