While the rest of us were working on the house Carol and Emily visited an orphanage in Port Au Prince. So they traveled 2.5 hours in the back of a dusty box truck but it was worth the ride to spend the afternoon with an orphanage full of the most lovable kids you could ever encounter.
After the earthquake a loving couple began to collect orphans and other cast-offs. Their final count (until they can't say "no" to one more)is now 26 and it is one big happy family but only with the barest of necessities.
Emily and Carol told Bible stories, did crafts and played with the children who were mostly content with holding hands and being carried. The kids sang and danced for them and were unwilling to let them go. The orphanage is in great need of repair and upgrade. Carol and Emily hope to return some day and hope the orphan's lives will be improved by then.
Great update, so good to hear how things are going. The team is in our prayers.
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