our last day in haiti :(

Today we spent the morning in Williamson at the school/orphanage.  Two guys brought a water filter from the 12:1 run to leave there for them and did a training session with the workers.  The house mother for the girl’s room is going to be in charge of keeping track of the water filter and all the parts so that they don’t get lost or broken.  We also did a short bible story about Jesus healing the paralytic, sang Father Abraham for the kids, they sang some songs for us and then we handed out coloring sheets and crayons.  It was so sweet because some of the kids wanted to give the team members the pictures they colored.  We were told the kids love coloring sheets and treasure them so it was so honoring that they would offer their coloring sheets to us.  During the story one very tiny little girl was welling up with tears in her eyes so I tried to comfort her with a pat on the back, she instantly broke out with a loud wail.  The poor little thing was terrified of the “blanc”, white people and I had only made it worse.  Robinson made a joke about it and the entire place broke out with laughter.  After we were all done with the story and coloring, we all went out to the yard to play.  A couple of the younger boys in our group pumped up two of the soccer balls we brought and formed a soccer game.  The group also handed out jump ropes and showed the little ones how to use them.  Many of the older girls already knew what they were doing and looked like pros.  After half an hour or so we collected all the balls and jump ropes to leave there for recess, we left a few more balls for the orphanage as well.  While we were waiting to leave some of the teenage kids were talking to our teenage kids and one of our girls got a marriage proposal.  It was very entertaining J  One of the father’s on our trip met a very special boy who kept grabbing his arm and saying “leave, leave”.  He wanted them to take him home with them to America.  It’s so hard to say good bye and leave these children who have no family and leave them in this poverty of Haiti.  The hope and encouragement that we have though is that they are well taken care of in this orphanage and that they are taught the love of Christ.  We may not be able to take them all home with us but we can reach them right where they are by loving them, showing them who Jesus is and meeting their physical needs through sponsorship.  We pray for all those children and the people who take care of them.  God bless them all.