No Superbowl party here, but we are still having a great day.
We were treated to brunch and devotional at Papa Zach and Lorraine’s home. They live above the Rescue Center. Lori and Licia, the sister’s that run the clinic and RC are Zach’s daughters.
They have a beautiful view of the mountains and river from their porch.
★★Notice anything in the photo above? Several young boys were taking their morning bath in the river. That’s very common in Haiti.★★
Sundays are a slow day around here. I think its probably the only one.
Many parents have come to visit their little ones in the ICU the last couple of days.
This papa (pictured below) came to see his twin boys. They have been here for a while, but this is the first time he has been able to travel to see them.
Travel is a hardship here. No one has a vehicle, so you walk over the rocky uneven mountain paths or take a moto (motorcycle taxi). Both ways are expensive……..Even if you walk, you will lose a day’s wages (and sometimes have no job to come back to). When you don’t get paid, your family doesn’t eat. If you take a moto, your day costs even more.
What a beautiful sight, a father loving his babies. Their mom passed away after giving birth. He kept telling Licia, as he cried, that it should be their mama holding them today.
One reason RHFH has the RC and ICU is for situations such as this. The maternal mortality rate in Haiti is high, really high. There aren’t any accurate numbers because so much goes unreported and there is no official count. The orphan crisis you often hear of in Haiti, isn’t entirely due to there not being any parents of a child.
Often a child is orphaned because the surviving parent just can not care for the child. They love their kids, but can not earn enough to keep them fed. There is no money for special care or additional medical needs (including over the counter meds so cheap and available to each of us). A widowed papa of a newborn has no means to feed and care for it. Formula is expensive, clean water is not always available, he has no bottles, and usually no one to watch the baby while he’s working. If you have a job, you are one of the very lucky and grateful few in Haiti.
To preserve as many families as possible, in the case of newborns and infants, RHFH agrees to care for the baby until about the age of 2. The family can come visit as often as they like. When their child is weaned and walking, or if the family’s situation improves, the family is reunited. Its an amazing program. There is always documentuation of the agreement and the local authorities appreciate the work done here.
I encourage you to follow RHFH blog. There is too much love, too many stories and too manyoracles for me to share here…….typing w/ my thumbs, using a limited data plan w/ sketchy uploading capabilities.
http://realhopeforhaiti.org
ICU babies today……..
Lotion time!!!
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.~~ Hebrews 10:23:24
Lord take me where You want me to go;
Let me meet who You want me to meet;
Tell me want You want me to say; and
Keep me out of Your way.
Amen Father Michael Judge – FDNY – died 9/11/01
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