Day 2 - Tuesday (part 1)

Well, I have had to get back to my busy life, so I apologize for not returning to this blog sooner. I am also having trouble deciding whether I want to "talk" about different topics or continue with sharing each day's events. I guess I'll just feel my way through :)


We woke early (the sun rises at about 5:30 am and I was usually awake by6). After breakfast we started unpacking the supplies we brought to the mission. Each of us could take two pieces of checked luggage weighing up to 50 lbs. So we stuffed them full of all kinds of things from canned meet to homemade dresses, blankets, and aprons. We also brought several gifts for a surprise baby shower for Licia. (She's expecting baby girl Betor in about a month) It was fun sorting all that we were able to bring and trying to hide the gifts sent with us for Licia, Lori, and the boys. It was also a joy to see the delight on their faces as they were telling us where supplies needed to go.
Here are some of the pics of one of the ladies in her new apron and a little one in her new dress holding her new baby doll.




After unpacking we took a tour of the mission itself. It was too dark to see very much when we arrived. I know they lead us through a tour of the clinic, but I honestly do not remember seeing it until Wednesday. The clinic is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of every week, so I only remember seeing all of the people and taking in some of the statistics about how many people they see and so on. Then we went on to the rescue center (RC). It was just down the road from the clinic and the house where we stayed after the earthquake due to the building (where we stayed) having been initially compromised by the quake. (Don't worry, the Air Force came and took a look at it before they started hosting mission teams in the building again) Anyway . . . As you might expect there was a lot of noise. There were about 60 kids at the RC when we took our initial tour. They knew we were there to love on them too. We were surrounded by outstretched hands wanting to be held. It didn't hurt that the older kids knew we had candy in our pockets for them. There were several nannies that were taking such good care of them. We learned some stories about some of the children. Some of the kids, the rest of our team had met the year before and they really appreciated the follow up.



The older children are divided into three groups and this is one of them.



This is one of the nannies, Roselyn holding Rosemone (sp?) and sitting next to Rose-Marie. They’re twins. Rose-Marie gave us all a run for our money. Energetic doesn’t even begin to describe her. 


And then we had lunch . . .