They got to meet many people there and speak with them through their interpreter. She will fill in all the gaps when she can.
After church, they went to the homes of the women and babies there who are part of Compassion International's Child Survival Program. She will have to describe what she saw and how impactful it was. At some point in the day, one of the Compassion leaders had sponsorship packets and Wendi was immediately drawn to a 14 year old boy. This scenario literally almost never happens on one of these trips but as it turns out, he is a member of the same church they attended this morning and she is going to get to meet him towards the end of the week with our other Haitian child, Chasley, who is 5. So I guess we gained another kid! He has been sponsored in the past but his sponsors had backed out of the program. He has 7 brothers and sisters and they, along with both his parents, live in a 9 X 9 shack.
So say hello to Chaslon Celusma!
Again, this is a highly unusual scenario as you are usually not able to sponsor a kid you meet on the trip. It usually happens after the trip, only if they are in the program.
Finally, Wendi sent this photo she took today. It says so much about Haiti and their condition by just looking into his eyes. No matter how desperate we may think our situations are, realize how much God has blessed us by just placing us in this country we live in. I think that even if I were homeless here, living in a tent in the woods with no job, I would be vastly better off. Face it, we are all extremely wealthy in relation to the global population. God has entrusted us with much. His purpose for that is not that we may have a lavish lifestyle for ourselves, but that we may spread His blessing to those in need. The funny thing about that is how truly rich we become when we give what was really never ours to begin with.
