Wednesday was a very
humbling day. We started by splitting our team into two groups. Eleven of us
went to the Home of the Sick and Dying Babies and six of us went to the town of Carrefour
to care for the sick elderly people.
At the Home for the Sick
and Dying Babies, each of us was amazed at the all of the babies that were
malnourished. Babies had spent the day in their cribs while others were being
held by other volunteers until we arrived. All of our eleven team members were
constantly holding a child in our hands. We had the amazing opportunity to care
and love on them for the time given. Towards the end, we fed and changed the
babies. The hardest thing for all of us was putting them down and not knowing
the next time they would be held again.
Back at Carrefour we
arrived to many sick adults lying in their beds. We cleaned them with baby
wipes because of their dry skin. We also met a few adults that were willing to
engage us in conversation. Between our groups' knowledge of French, Spanish, and
English we were able to speak a few common phrases to the sick adults. We got
to know a few in particular and really enjoyed their company. It is extremely
hard to see grown men and women who are not able to do simple tasks for themselves
because of a sickness that could have been prevented by the medication that we have readily available to
us in the US.
All of us experienced
different trials throughout the day, but we were able to also have a lot of fun
playing with the local Haitian boys in an intense soccer game. Also, we
had the pleasure to go to Juno’s orphanage and enjoy bubbles, arts and
crafts, and more soccer with the orphans. Today was a rough day, however with
God's presence and love, we were able overcome the sadness and brokenness of the
situations that occurred.
Josiah Horn and Charissa
O'Keefe
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