Home from Haiti!

 Samuel leaning on my shoulder. He was so sick from TB they thought he would die.  

We're back from Haiti!  Our time was filled with adventures - I witnessed everything from a cockfight to a circumcision! 

I fell in love more times than I can count. 

I held a dozen orphans in my arms like a mom, giggling with them as they chased bubbles and sang to us in Creole.

I fell asleep to the sound of tropical rainstorms and woke to crowing roosters (even in the middle of the night!). 

I hiked a mountain in Kafour to a place where the people embrace life despite not having running water or electricity.  

I rode a motorcycle to the market and bartered for our dinner. 

I worked alongside Haitian women who taught me how to carry a water bucket on my head the way they do.

I walked along an azure-colored ocean in a place that looked like paradise. 

I held the babies  I met who were abandoned in the earthquake but are now thriving at two-years-old. 

And I came home knowing I will return to Haiti.  Again...

I will post stories in a few days.

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