This was our verse from devotion time this morning and it sure was appropriate for our day. Half of the team went to do water therapy with some of the special needs kids from Gertrude's and the other half went to the Home for the Sick and Dying Children. I was part of the group that went to the Home for Sick and Dying Children. This was my second time there but it was just as powerful as the first time. When you walk in to the rooms, there are rows of cribs with babies and kids. Some of them are laying down and others are standing and reaching for you. They just want to be held and loved. Many of them are true orphans and others only get to see their parents for a few hours a day. Our team spent the morning loving on these kids. Holding them, playing with them, feeding them, changing them...one person even got pooped on but she took it like a champ.
I wish I could find the words to truly explain what it is like to be there but the words will never do it justice. One of the team members was holding a one year old who probably only weighed 7 or 8 pounds. I hear birth announcements from friends and some of their newborns weigh that much. These children are truly the definition of hopeless in the eyes of the world but not in the eyes of God.
"You take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy." - Psalm 10:14
Love from Haiti!
Tracey :)
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