- MY RECENT HAITI TRIP -

since arriving home 1 week ago, i've been swamped with things to do - not only the typical laundry, cooking, cleaning, taking care of 5 girls & 1 husband, running errands, carpooling daily, etc., but when i got home brit was just getting over her sickness [she was the LAST ONE!!!], but before she gave it up for good...she shared [with me!] - needless to say, i've been under the weather & yesterday was by far the worst, but i'm on the mend & feeling pretty well today [praise the lord!] - i talked with my neighbor christy this morning & she was questioning me about my lack of blogging about my haiti trip, so christy, as it was promised to you this morning...

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karleigh's papa richard

[thanks mom for noticing i'd put the wrong name!!]

richard was with rachel & i in our hotel room for many hours & while there i got the idea of letting him call karleigh on the phone - i phoned mom [who was at my house taking care of the girls] & said, "mom, get madisyn on the phone right away & then put karleigh on another phone & have madisyn to translate to papa, all that karleigh says & then have madisyn translate to karleigh, all that papa says" - madisyn did an awesome job & for this papa who last saw his daughter at 5 months old, when we brought her home from haiti, to be talking to her now at age 5 for the first time, was an absolutely beautiful thing to watch - here's a picture of him talking to his baby girl for the first time ever & being able to hear her speak to him [even though it was in english & was being translated - in my mind, as happy as he was, i truly don't think he would've minded talking to her & not even understanding a thing she said, just being able to 'hear' her would've been good enough to him...& her!

karleigh's sister, mimose [me mOs] & her little boy stephen stephen 10 year old judeline, another one of karleigh's sisters kiara's papa beau kiara's auntiemadisyn's grandma madisyn's brother sonsonmadisyn's brother hermann [air mon] rachel's little boy schneider [soon to be named isaac] the locals