why haiti part 2...

So, after we knew who Rodrigue was, I got the awesome privilege to go to All God's Children Orphanage in Fedja, Haiti. Before I went, Gaston and I began to pray about missions. We have been taking Tanner on short term mission trips since he was about 2, and have always been blown away with each experience. We decided when Tanner was tiny, that we wanted this to be a part of his life...to always have a heart for others and a desire to help people of all walks of life...anyway, before the team from our church and I traveled for the first time to the orphanage, we were seeking answers and wondering if Haiti might be where we would go. The much anticipated day finally came...after a short flight from Dallas to Miami, we were on our way to the island...I could not wait to meet Rodrigue in person...I could not wait to see all that I could about the land where my little boy had grown up so far! I did not really have too many expectations, just a deep desire to serve God in anyway possible while I was there. The airport in Port Au Prince is crazy...people everywhere, and all trying to "be hired" by you to carry your bags...and then of course there was a major language barrier. The language spoken there is Haitian Creole...if your like me, who has ever heard of Haitian creole? To be honest with you, until the devastating earthquake hit Haiti and the news was widespread, I only new Haiti to be an island shared with the Dominican Republic. I had no idea the Haitian part of the island was only about the size of Maryland, and the population almost 9 million...which sadly includes approximately 1 million orphans...my heart broke as we first walked from the airport to the orphanage bus, to wait for our driver. There where children everywhere...street kids...mostly shoeless and dirty...hungry and thirsty! The devastation from the earthquake was chilling to say the least...i will write more tomorrow...pictures to follow...love, amber