Haiti

Happy Sunday to everyone and YAY, Colts!!!!! We had a great game last night here in Indy and now on to the playoffs next Sunday when Indianapolis takes on the winner of the Jets/Chargers game today!

I wanted to post a few links regarding what's happening in Haiti. I know that this disaster has been on all of our minds lately. While disaster happens in all forms all over the world, each and everyday...We are called to respond to what we know about. There is an orphanage that we've followed for the last few years called Gods Littlest Angels and I thought I'd post a few links to take a look at. They are in need of support, like everyone in Haiti is right now. Dixie, an American who runs this orphanage updates her blog (located on the GLA website) pretty much daily. It's a great way to stay informed on there needs. I've also cut and pasted her blog entry for today, below. Hope this helps! :)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34838824#34838342

http://glahaiti.org/haiti_earthquake_relief

http://glahaiti.org

Deutoronomy 15:11-

There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open handed toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

And Life In Haiti Goes On...

(Dixie's Blog)

Last updated:17January 2010

17 January 2010 10:45 AM

Today, I am walking around in a fog. The exhaustion has finally caught up with me and everyone else! I went to bed thinking I would get a good night's sleep and at 2 AM the nurses woke me up to start an IV on a sick baby! Which just shows that these children are fragile! If I did not have nurses working here and have some medicines in our cabinets, what would we do? If I needed a hospital, it would be difficult to find one! We have 3 more children with vomiting and diarrhea today plus some of the staff. Is it just stress? Is it a virus? Is it something else?

Of course, after starting the IV, then I could not get back to sleep. I tried doing my Sudoku puzzles but I just could not think logically enough to solve them! Finally I went to sleep and then John's alarm went off at 5 AM and the dogs scratched on the door at 7:30. So another night of broken sleep. (PS. any families wanting to bring me a little gift? Bring a sudoku puzzle book. I find them a great stress reliever!)

I look in the mirror and my hair needs a good washing,there are dark circles under my eyes, and my eyes are bright red and blood shot! Yikes, who is that person staring back at me? LOL

Everyone but Laurie, Susan,and I have gone to church. We need church today. We need the comfort of routine and being with other people. Unfortunately, Susan is the only nurse for the babies, Laurie is trying to find water and fuel and answering the phones and I am trying to get some paperwork done that we will needed on Monday! The pastor and his wife will come to the orphanage later to share a little message with us which will be very nice.

I feel like I am walking through sand or knee-deep mud today! I know it is just from being tired, but I have so much to do that I cannot quit quite yet! Hopefully, I will be able to take a short nap this afternoon to help get refreshed a little.

If I repeat myself, forgive me. Days, Hours, Minutes are all starting to run together for me! Can it truly have been 4 1/2 days since the earthquake happened?

For those of you who are following our aftershocks, here is a great web site to watch:Earthquakes.

For all of you who are writing asking me about the welfare of biological parents, don't waste your time at the computer! There is no way of knowing anything unless they contact us. I have been having some parents call asking about the children and the orphanage! We are trying to keep a record of anyone who called but it will be weeks before we can communicate this with adoptive parents. I know for your peace of mind, you would like to know, but it just is not top priority for us right now. Sorry...

I am sitting her listening to my laundry ladies signing and clapping along to their radio which is broadcasting Christian music. It is very uplifting to hear them singing and rejoicing!

We are trying to keep the children's routines as normal as possible. They are all doing well. Probably better than all of us adults! God has given children such a powerful ability to adapt to certain situations and especially if their routines are kept as normal as possible!

And life in Haiti goes on...