I returned home from the beautiful place of Haiti August 8th. When I stepped off that airplaned I was overwhelmed with the question "So, how was the trip?", and to be honest it's hard to explain what you've seen. Now that I'm home, things that never phased me before make me want to yell, cry, crawl under a rock, and run back to Haiti. I work at "Raising Canes" and when i take peoples order I wonder if Rosemanet, or Jean Maxion were able to eat supper. I have had many talks with close friends that have gone to Haiti before me, and the only thing we can say is that God rocked our world. I never expected to fall in those with those children, but now I just want to get on the next flight to Port-De-Paix and take a very LONG two hour tap-tap drive to Passe Catabois and embrace all of my friends. When I think about them I can't help but cry because not having food, purifed water, and a comfortable place to sleep is a every day reality for them, and when I let that wonderful place in Northwest, Haiti I returned to an abundant amout of food, a bed, and electricity. When I was in Haiti, I recieved a good bit of perception. I saw death, AIDS, lack of medical supplies, malnourished children, and a 4 year old girl with a flesh eating disease that will eventually eat her face away and she will die before the age of 18. That's Haiti.
This precious baby girl is 11 months old, she has TB, and that is a feeding tube attached to her nose. Her 16 year old mother died while giving birth due to complications of AIDs. The missionaries that live in Passe Catabois care for her but she is not expected to live.
This is Ann Marie, also known as my hero. She is from the Netherlands and permanently lives in Passe Catabois, Haiti. She is the only doctor for close to a million people. Ann Marie works at a clinic in the morning and a hospital at night. She gets little sleep, and is put in tough situations everyday. Ann Marie is changing Haiti by her love for Christ. Her and her husband Rob have three adopted daughters from Passe Catabois.
THIS IS HAITI.
