Berto. Berto is a kid who has my heart. I had the privilege of hanging out with him and many of the other severe and profound children. Berto is precious. He may not be able to talk, walk, or even smile all that well. But he has my heart. I love him. I got to hold him, sing to him and pray over him. It was an incredible experience and a fantastic way to spend my morning.
Later in the morning, I headed to the birdcage with Heather had told me that we had a new sweet little girl who was entering the Outreach Program. I walked over and saw this adorable little girl. It appears that most of her disability is in her legs, as when I was introduced to this precious little girl she replied with, “Bonswa Allyson”. This melted my heart. And made me really excited for Monday.
Prayer request: originally this little girls family came to try and give this amazing little thing away to the Miriam Center. However, we had to say no because we simply do not have the resources and are stretched beyond the max already. We were able to give her sister and aunt who brought her so children’s oatmeal, diapers and things. Please, please, please pray that with this help and being enrolled in our Outreach Program for therapy once a week, that they decide to keep her and I see her on Monday!
After this eventful morning I went up for lunch and afterwards hung out with Kelsey and talked. I absolutely love this girl. We get along so well. We had a great conversation about life, support for our trips, and things from back home. We also had a great in depth conversation about our feelings towards handouts and how this draws a dependence for those receiving them. The mission aims really hard at not simply giving away things to prevent this, but Kelsey and I had a really great time discussing things that could be implemented farther. I am so blessed by this girl. I am so thankful to have her here.
Outreach this afternoon was great! We had a just two kids so Autumn and I were able to go about this one on one. Also, real cool fact: a guy from one of the group’s here has a passion for filming. He has been shooting interview and shots to try to put together into a short documentary of sorts to raise awareness for the Miriam Center. Hopefully with things like this all of our kids will be sponsored.
The Haitian market was held at the mission today as well. I was able to buy several things for friends and family back home. I am excited about many of them! This was also able to help some of the local venders support their family, which is a great idea! One of the kids that I bought from was Kaby. He is the same boy that I bought some bracelets from a couple of weeks ago. We have started to develop a small friendship. It is my prayer that this will continue to develop so that I can ask more in depth questions concerning his relationship with the Lord. Please pray for this as well.
The American groups leave tonight at midnight (the poor group that is traveling the six plus hours to Port au Prince) and then six in the morning (for the group that is flying). This means that we will hopefully be able to have generator on until midnight! Whoop! We are currently watching a movie with AIR CONDITIONING in the staff lounge while eating these delicious Nutella, chocolate chip and fudge brownies that Katelyn made us. Yes she will be attending culinary school in the fall.
This week has been absolutely incredible, but I am ready for a bit of a slower pace this weekend before the next group comes in. We have some big plans in place because it is Logan’s (one of the other interns) 22nd birthday on Saturday! It should be a fantastic couple of days and I am greatly looking forward to it!
“…Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-29
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