A Growing Home

My life is Haiti is one that is always busy, but also very rewarding. It is very easy to just be go, go, go here and forget to take a second to take it all in. Times like these when I sit down to update all my friends and family all over the world are when I really can’t help but count my blessings as I hear the sounds of laughter from the children in our home.

We now have six beautiful children living in the care of our home for orphans here with H.E.R.O. They keep things every exciting as they play games, do their school work, try their best at English, dance, take karate classes or just be kids having a great time. I also get to see my Creole skills improve daily in a way much more exciting than any class and all while getting to know the children more and more.

This weekend was one of sorrow and celebration. Yesterday I attended the funeral of a mother of one of my students. It was a tough week in second grade and there were a lot of moments that I was really impressed with my students. Death is a more common topic here in Port-au-Prince, but is still never easy, especially when dealing with children affect by it.

The celebration came today as we loaded up the children and headed up the mountains for a birthday party of a third grader at my school. We all had an amazing time and the kids had their fair share of fun. It always amazes me the amount of languages spoken at these events while four languages will be used in one conversation and I do my best to keep up. Haiti is definitely an interesting place to be right now.

Please keep Haiti in your prayers this week, as the announcement of the new president should be released in the next couple of days. This could bring more riots or the kind of change that Haiti needs. Only time will tell, but I know that the Lord is in control and we must continuously pray for this country.

Thank you all for your continued support and interest in what is going on here in Haiti. You all give me strength when I need it and I see your prayers being answered here every day. As always, please head over to www.haitihero.org to see how you can continue to stay involved with our projects!