Yesterday, the 15th of July, we returned from 10 days organizing in an orphanage in
Ouanaminthe, Haiti. It was an experience that will never leave our hearts.
When was the last time that you encountered a place with no electricity? Now, I don’t mean when you were out camping or at the beach…I mean a city of 100,000 people who are totally in the dark at night. This of course means that they have no way to cook a meal other than over an outside fire. There is no way to cool their meager homes with a fan or air conditioning. Think of the items that we use in our kitchens…blender, toaster, coffee maker, microwave, oven, refrigerator, electric fry pan, ice crusher, coffee bean grinder, waffle maker, dishwasher..well, you get the picture. Oh yes, it also means NO hot water…ever!! Cold showers get old very fast…even after just 10 days.
We went on to the roof of the orphanage one evening, because it was cooler up there than in the building, and the sight was breathtaking AND amazing. To our right, in
Dajabon, Dominican Republic, just a stones throw across the border; there were lights and the normal sounds of a city. To our left was the city we were staying in…no lights were to be seen…total darkness as far as we could see.
…to be continued..
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