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This is Lovey with her "ti mamma", Nadia! This is
usually her mood most of the time. Nadia is helpful
and at times has to be made to go play, which she is
doing more since Lovey has become very demanding! |
Meet LOVEY! ....as sweet as she looks!
Lovey came and swept everyone's heart away! She is a delightful little girl, who wakes at 6:00 in the morning singing and chattering her life away. She came on board smiling and eating like a horse!
She arrived here, September 10th by way of the malnutrition ward of Hospital Albert Schweitzer where she was recovering from neglect after losing her father a week before and her mother, three weeks before. She is now 20 months old.
She had not taken her AIDS meds for about eight months, which is very early but we've had a few starting at 4 months. She had the red (malnutrition) hair and her skin had white spots on her neck and face, which usually indicate vitamin deficiency. Both are subsiding. She is gaining strength in her legs and will be walking in a short time!
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Here's Kevin, the gang guy and Michael
wondering what he's doing! Kevin is
nine, Michael is four. |
Here's Kevens!
Somewhat small, timid and quiet, Kevens was found sleeping outside after having been abandoned by extended family. We normally don't take kids this old (he's nine) because we've had big problems with street kids, but his bravado wears thin.....so far he hasn't been a problem at all. He has stopped wearing his pants down around his rear after Momma gave her opinion!....and if you look closely at the picture, he's doing that gangster thing with his hand, only his hand is in the wrong direction!
Initially, he is reacting normal to discipline, hasn't really been "show-ey" with the kids and reacts to the love and attention shown him. He is HIV+, which to us means he has AIDS with a healthy CD-4 count! You have to be very sick before the CDC definition (Center for Disease Control) declares you have AIDS.
Please pray that Kevens fits in here, we'll just love him 'til he does!!
Enter Denver and CONCRETE!
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| The team from Colorado! |
All these Colorado "big guys" (and girls) ascended on us and in three days we prepped and poured three pads of concrete to begin to complete our dining room and dish wash area. By the end of day 1, they had tied the lion's share of steel for the pour, which we taught them.
They were extremely energetic and signed on to continue to help us. It was our first big heavy work team in over eight years of being here in Haiti. We made some friends last week and I know that we haven't seen the last of them. God bless you all!
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The gallery or porch that surrounds the house is one story with a
shed-type of roof, which attaches to the wall started on the second floor.
The serving window has been built as well as a pass through for dirty dishes.
I will keep posting as we progress. After six years of construction, it's very
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Arold gets his horn!
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| When he gets this thing going, I'll send along a song! |
Arold lives in Lachapelle and plays a fantastic trumpet......and he's always wanted a saxaphone. I've been hunting for one for over two years now and a wonderful music director and friend from a church in Florida has now made that possible.
It's an alto sax which is not as large as it seems here: Arold is small and in his 30's. He is close to Nadia's size and she's ten. We've seen a lot of people here, who are abnormally short, mostly due to lack of good nutrition when they were young.
This guy is self taught and a very good musician. He does a bunch of funerals and other events and teaches others to play. He is also in high school looking to finish soon. That is not abnormal at all......education is highly sought and valued. As short as 20 years ago, there weren't a lot of people who could not afford an education here and a lot of folks are catching up!
