These Kids Are Crazy!

It never ceases to amaze me how happy and joyful these kids are despite of what they have been through. This obviously speaks to the awesome job Rock and all the orphanage staff do! There is always someone mad, upset or crying, but I have three at home and there is often two or three out of three upset and there is 50 kids or so here. I have to say, whoever is taking John Mary Lozard to WATCHOUT! This kid is a firecracker. He makes me laugh everytime I see him. Yesterday Kristen was handing out Blow Pop suckers that we brought down. With one small statement Sabrina gets all these kids to line up, they are very mindful, and they all get there suckers one by one. Well, John Mary Lozard (sp) comes back around in line and Kristen says with a smile, I gave you one already! He gives her a big grin, I look down and he had his sucker wrapped up and hidden in the bottom of his shirt! He is not a big kid, but he is into everything going on. We were playing soccer again yesterday and I went to kick the ball somewhat hard at the wall, unfortunately I kicked it a little too hard and it went up and over the wall and we looked and looked and looked for it and couldnt find it. I climbed up on the wall of a place next to the orphanage to see if it was in there, went to get down and when I did I pulled the top layer of cinder block down with me and fell right on my butt. Kristen had been recording the whole thing from the deck of the orphanage, but she had just stopped before that. Too bad, we could have made some money off of that! Anyway the next person that comes down, let me know and I will send you a soccer ball for the kids. There was a volleyball here, but not quite the same. The Myas are becoming mother hens. Im not sure which one, but one of them was feeding Guerna and Lovely last night at supper and earlier in the day was mopping up the water mess I made when I was getting the mob around me drinks. They are big helpers. Stephanie as we all know is a big helper too. Her and John Peter really take charge of the kids. Manuella and Gerlande are cute as can be and Guerline has grown very much too. Nancy looks 100 times better, her hair has thickened and even though she has that heat rash, she is doing very well. Im sure Kristen remembers more and I will get her to help me post more when we get time. Until then take care and rest easy, all the kids are doing great!

Finally Here

We are in Haiti and it is HOT! We left Monday about noon MDT and got to Fort Lauderdale about 1:00am, to our Hotel at 2:00 am into our room about 2:30am and back up to go to the airport at 5:30 am. Flight was great from Ft. Lauderdale to Port Au Prince until two of our bags didn't show up. The bags that had clothes for the children and my clothes, of course. Rock brought us back to the airport in the afternoon and they had come in so all is well. All of the kids are doing great. I taught Stephanie the half nelson as her and John Peter wrestled. She proceeded to whip him as a result. I don't think he appreciated it :) Midrine and Kervens were fighting over Kristen's lap. Kristen is convinced Midrine is going to be a dentist as she was infacutated with Kristen's mouth! The baby's look great, especially a new one named Sebastian! He is a BIG BOY! Guerna is still very small, but getting around better than she had been earlier, at least from what we were told. I played soccer with John Peter and Aquillage and they are very good! Despite the heat the kids are very playful and happy as usual. They all know how to play you, especially Midrine, as she will go off by herself and cry if you are not paying attention, all the while keeping an eye on you to make sure you notice. Kethia is the sweetest little girl and is very hard to ignore :) There will be plenty of stories and I will try to remember them all. I am getting some video, some of it taken by John Peter and I am sure it is great. P.S. The John Peter I have spoke of is the older one, not the baby, although the little baby is a beautiful little boy! Anyway, lots of pictures and video and I will do my best to get them posted. Also, everyone is doing very well with their English. Till later, take care.

Chad