Fun day of babies and baking in Haiti!

Today was much less intense than yesterday. I try to purposely plan my trips to blend the tough days in with the fun ones. We started the day with a trip to Eagle Market with Gerritt to buy supplies for cookie and cupcake baking. We brought what we could from the States, but needed cold items like eggs and butter. By the time we left, I felt like I had been in Wal-Mart for hours. I like to grocery shop in Haiti, but doing the conversion math while trying to figure out the labels is confusing. The best part of the trip was discovering the chocolate bars! I splurged and purchased one. While we were waiting in line Gerritt handed me his keys and pointed to a “bonus card” looking thing. Yes, folks, they have those here, and I saved 5%!  How cool is that?

After we got back to MFGH, we packed a bag and headed to Miss Dorothy’s baby rescue. I’ve visited Miss Dorothy’s place on my previous two trips. Some of you may remember reading about a sweet boy named Claudine. He was not there today, because he has been transferred to a different orphanage to be eligible for adoption. I was bummed that he wasn’t there, but I am praying that he soon finds his forever family. I instantly bonded with one of the newer babies. Her name was Milanda. She has TB, is two years old and weighed sixteen pounds when she arrived two weeks ago. She is gaining strength, but still has a ways to go. Please pray for both of these precious children.

We stayed with Miss Dorothy for maybe two hours before we headed back to MFGH. Tomorrow we are traveling to Lifesaver Orphanage with the girls, so we did some planning for that. We are taking cookies, singing songs, and doing a puppet show Bible lesson. We went to the girl’s home to make cookies, and to practice their performance for tomorrow. We decided that we could handle doing the cookies without a translator. I began to feel a bit weary when we first got there – but it went wonderful! I think my Creole is better than I thought. Or maybe I’m just really good at sign language. Or maybe the girls were lying when I asked them every five seconds if they understood. Regardless, the cookies turned out lovely! We had a great afternoon together.

We have a busy day scheduled tomorrow starting at 5:30am when we leave MFGH for the prayer service at Church on The Rock. I am so looking forward to this. We will be going to Lifesaver around 10am, but chances are it will be more like 11am. Gotta love Haiti time. :) Tomorrow is Haiti’s Independence Day, so we have plans to do some sparklers with the girls tomorrow evening. It should be a great day.

Everyone have a happy and safe New Years! 

Blessings, 

Hannah