Wednesday Healing Haiti

God's Precious Gifts; KIDS!

Home for Sick and Dying Children

Monfort

Today was full of love, hope, and prosperity here in Haiti. Our team has grown immensely both together and independently.  We had the privilege to spend time with children of all ages at both of our location sites; Home for Sick and Dying Children and Monfort.

For the first half of the day we went to The Home for Sick and Dying Children. This organization has had great success in helping the babies and children.  These children are brought there by their family members that can no longer care for them during their illness. There is shelter, medical care, medicine, clothes, food, love, and God that is brought to each childs' life. Also, family members are required to visit their children as often as they can to keep the family connection.  To see the joy in the children's eyes as their loved one enters the room is priceless. We held and played with children, fed them, and changed their diapers; precious living souls they are.

Monfort is one of four homes for children and teenagers whom are deaf in Haiti.  It is such a beautiful compound filled with a lot of trees, flowers, playgrounds, their school, rooms, and flowing water for the children whenever they need it.  This was the first time that a Healing Haiti team has visited Monfort and we hope that it will continue. We brought soccer balls, frisbees, parachutes, and other sorts of items to play with the children.  What our team realized is that we had such a special connection with these children specifically because we could not use our words. Some of us could get a little more spark out of the children by being able to spell out our own names using sign language or writing our names on pieces of paper the kids brought to us, and the children would spell their names back to us.  At the end of the day when we got back on the tap tap (our truck transportation) they were signing, "Jesus Loves You"to us.  One of our team members recognized this and told us what it meant, so we signed, "Jesus Loves You" back to the children. Their faces lit up like the Fourth of July; amazing grace, how sweet is the sound; the sound of Jesus.

Thank you to all who are praying for our team here in Haiti! Please continue to send us your love and share our stories :) Tune in Friday morning to see what we do Thursday!