We began our day (the group minus the 3 teenagers) with a 6 am church service. The Haitians worship with their hearts and bodies! The pastor worked on some English because he saw us come in.
We then made a trip to Village of Jesus home for abandoned women in Leogane. Leogane was the epicenter of the earthquake and it was amazing to see what is still not cleaned up during the ride there. The women were brought to the hospital and left there because their families could not afford to care for them. Their dormitory collapsed in the earthquake but all survived because they pray the rosary every day at 5 pm outside, and the earthquake was at 5:02.
We sang and danced with them, put lotion on their hands and feet, fed them applesauce and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that we made the night before, and then painted their nails and gave them cross necklaces. The highlight of their day may have been that they each got a Jesus doll or stuffed animal. They were tickled with the visit!
Our second stop was to a hospital in Leogane where we dropped off supplies but did not visit. Our last stop of the day was General Hospital, which has free medicine and care but no food or blankets. We gave each baby and child a stuffed animal and receiving blanket and gave the nurses bottles with formula, children's clothing and other supplies.
Monica