first cry for the day...

I woke up and checked the GLA sight. Molly is an incredible "mama" too all these kids.....here are some of her words....

Another evening has fallen, we've made it through another day, start to finish everything ran smoothly, and NOISILY! Incredible how much energy the kids still have while the rest of us are dragging:) We had a news crew stop by the Toddler House for ten minutes and for the first time in the history of Chalinda she was silent, when they wanted to talk to her! lol:) There will always be surprises!

Just like the fact that tomorrow morning we will say "Good Bye" to TWELVE of our Toddler House family. These kids are going to be evacuated to the Netherlands with members of the Dutch government and the adoption agency that our families' use over there. They will be met with open arms by their adoptive parents at the other end. Thankfully many of these children have already met their parents, due to being required to come sign court papers in Haiti. Something that looked like a burden to families has now turned into a blessing as their children do no anxiously nervously wait to know what their parents will look, talk, smell, and be like, at the other end of the long plane ride, BECAUSE they have already met them in Haiti. God knows everything!

Tonight Joyce and I held a meeting with all the kids explaining to them and hoping to prepare them a bit for the possibility that they may get to go home sooner than expected but that "Mama" and "Papa" won't be able to come to Haiti to get them. They were excited and brave with the news! And have started thinking now about what it will be like, and preparing their hearts for the possibility of embarking on their new long awaited adventure without a familiar face to hold their hand.

We continue to rejoice in God's great plan, and how He makes all things work together for good, and for His glory! I was talking to Magalie this evening as she was hand washing out some of her kids' clothes and telling her how it may be possible to get lots of kids home to their adoptive families now. Tearing up she said to me "Molly, it would be so good. Then we will have so much room for new kids that have lost their fathers, mothers, family, everything they know. And if they can come now, then they will not have the bitterness of life in their minds, and if they can come now, they will not have a hardness in their hearts. But if they must wait on the streets for long, then it will be hard to erase the damage done." How is God going to use each one of us in the coming days, weeks, months, we do not know.... but we count it all a privilege and a joy to be used as His vessels.

Love from all of us, and many thanks for your conintued prayers!

I pray for the protection of all the staff and volunteers and for each child and how this is affecting THEIR lives. Everyone's life has been rocked and we just pray for God to work not only in our lives, but in EVERYONE'S life that has changed.