Day 3 – May 21st
June 3, 2009
Note: Sorry this post is not as in depths as the others…Dead tired last night from basketball and a crazy day working…Thanks for reading and feel free to ask questions and share thoughts…
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Day 3 was a pretty quiet day. A group of us went down to the orphanage to do some painting. A big project Annette wanted us to start working on was to paint all the beds in the orphanage and write the kids names on them. Painting the beds brightened up the room and excited the kids. While painting, we got to hang out with the orphans. We talked and joked around and had a blast! Much of the conversation was spent asking Kendy (Emily Hulme’s sponsor child) and other kids which Americans they thought were “fou” or crazy. Later on in the day I found a common ground between the orphans and myself. Bob Marley. Any of you who have traveled to Haiti know that they love Bob Marley. While I was painting, Tenson, one of the orphans, looked at me and said “Bob Marley?” So I started singing “Get Up, Stand Up” and “Buffalo Soldier”. He instantly joined in and for the next 5 minutes or so we sang Bob Marley together. As a music lover it was beautiful to see how music can cross languages, countries, and age.
After dinner and devotions, a group of us got together to start practicing music for the “American” style worship concert. The Haitians are really interested in our style of music and have wanted a band to come down and lead worship for the past few years. Right as we started setting up in the church for practice Pastor Andre walked in and told us that he wanted to show us something. About 30 seconds later a grandmother walked in carrying her beautiful grandson, Whikindey. After a quick glance we could tell there was something different about Whikindey. In his grandmother’s arms was a massive (football size) tumor that was growing off of his back. Andre went on to tell us that for the past year or so the tumor had grown bigger and bigger. They had traveled around to three hospitals in Haiti to seek treatment, all of which said they could not or were too afraid to remove the tumor. However on this night hope had emerged. Earlier in the day Annette received an email saying that a medical team in Milot had seen a picture of the child’s tumor and thought they might be able to remove it. The catch was they had to get the child there by early in the morning because the medical team was leaving on Saturday. After hearing the news, Andre searched the city and found the child and family and brought them to the church to tell them the news. After a long discussion with the family it was decided that they would leave early the next morning, hopeful for what might happen…
Here is Abby painting some beds in the girls dorm...
Hanging out...
Here is Lou Lou Wally standing by his fresh bed...He is the Chapman's sponsor kid, and is pretty stinkin' awesome...Thanks Samantha for the picture...
Here is a look at the freshly painted beds...Thanks Abby for the picture...
