It's the final couple days I'm here, which is hard to believe. It's been an amazing experience for sure! It really gave me a taste of the ministry they do here, which really is a great ministry for these kids.
There is pretty much never a day here where there is no one who comes with a wound or ailment. There is always something. There was a little school girl named Joane who stepped on a thorn and came to us a week after the fact. She said her aunt had got it out, but it still hurt. So Helen looked at it, then they took her to the doctor, which they gave her a shot.. but the wrong one!!.. it's sad that you need to be nervous to send people to the doctor here sometimes. Anyway, she came and lived with us for a few days and we became little buddies- language barrier and all. It was a lot of fun.
On Tuesdays they have a service with all the children homes, and Tom was supposed to lead it. Something came up so we asked me to speak. ha! I don't really love doing stuff like that, but they convinced me just to do a simple object lesson or something. So i talked about joseph and forgiveness... which is something that is applicable to kids who live in such large families. So it wasn't so bad.. There was a guy translating so that was good.
So the container i was talking about that Tom went to Port Au Prince to get never came with them this time!... so frustrating for them. But just yesterday, everything fell into place, and they don't even have to pay as much money for it as originally thought! So God is good.
Most days consist of school work with the three punks, sometimes sports with the kids, then supper, then i crash at 830 most nights.. it's sad. but i'm so exhausted by then.
Well, thanks for praying! And now just one more day, then a travel day home... i'm looking forward to staying put... for a little while at least.
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