Crazy

Thursday May 7th, still no internet. So the last week has been somewhat crazy. Friday night the twins died, both of them. I found out Saturday morning, and I was so sad. It was the mom’s first babies and she was really taking good care of them. They had gained weight Friday morning and we were all excited at their improvement. Of course if they had been in the US they probably would not have died. That afternoon I had promised to take the kids on a swim in the river so that cheered me up. Monday was a crazy day at the clinic. In the afternoon Ryna and I removed a tumor the size of a kiwi from a man’s shoulder while AM did a surgery in the next room. It was pretty awesome. Tuesday I washed the babies again, which has somehow turned into me washing all the kids at the hospital so it is a big project. Some of the adult patients are asking me to give them baths too which is getting a little awkward considering they are capable themselves. Then later that night Ryna and I went to leave the hospital which has become a difficult task. We have a few kids who are co-dependent and we have to fight them every time we leave. The one holding my hand’s name is Love and he got ready to pee while standing next to me, which I did not appreciate. I told him not to pee, and then he aimed and tried to pee on me. So I am running from a 7yo trying to pee on me, while Ryna is yelling at him not to. She has her back to our other little friend Onaldo. Suddenly Ryna feels some warm liquid on her foot, and looks down Onaldo had hit her from behind. It was so funny, we tried to act mad but we were both laughing so hard. We had to give them both props for being so gutsy. Obviously, though my attempts to show the kids some love has turned into me getting no respect. Last night we had dinner with some missionaries here, Bruce and Deb they do water systems and construction and they host teams from the US. They had a team of five, and we had dinner and worship with them last night. It was really nice, and I realized how much I miss worship! I go to church here but I don’t understand what is being said so that is difficult. While in Senegal we would fall asleep every night to kids worshipping and here we fall asleep to the sound of voodoo. Its hard to have kids starving to death, and hear people loving Satan, it is heartbreaking. Currently, we are having a drought so a lot of animals are starting to die, and AM says that she thinks there will be a lot more malnourished kids coming. As my friends in ATL would say, Haiti is a hot mess! But when you get to know individuals there is hope, and joy. But Haiti has so much oppression and needs prayer.