Our Last Day in Haiti

This morning I woke up feeling so ready to go home. I wanted my bed, a shower, and some chocolate chip cookies...not sure why. Anyway, I was not expecting this day to be as life changing as it was. For the morning half of our day we went on a of Jeremie. During our tour we stopped at The Samaritans Home. This was a facility for the elderly. I honestly wasn't looking forward to this. I connect better with childern the with the elderly, but my though changed quickly. The moment I walked in my heart started to break for these people. The first room I went into had an elderly lady in it who was litterally skin and bones. She layed face down and was strapped into the bed. She spoke not one word to us when we were in her room. I was with Peter and Kristina. Kristina leaned over and kissed her on the head. Instantly I started crying. We left the room and went into a room Nick J was in. This elderly lady was praying for Nick. It was somewhat strange to me that she was praying for him and not the other way around. When they were done she talked to us about her pain, but also about how happy she was that we were there. I, again, brekdown in tears. Nick and Danielle comforted me while we all prayed over this lady. I never knew something like that could have broken my heart the way it did.
Next we went to the worksite to say goodbye to the people there. When we arrived no one was there so we prayed that God would bring the people, and he did. Kids started running down the streets towards us and embracing us with their hugs. Then my favoite little old man, Joe, came up and gave me a hug. I had worked with him yesterday on the work site. I was so shocked he remembered who I was, but he did. Saying goodbye was so hard. All I could think about was leaving these precios kids with nothing while I was going back to America for so much. We ae so blessed to live in America.
The last part of our goodbyes was the saddest. We got to go back and visit the orphans. Like always they greeted us with hugs. Then they sang to Mrs. Janis because today is her birthday. After that, they sang to us. I started to breakdown. The 3 older boys Yvon, Vnel, ad Auguste all saw mw crying and once the were done Auguste came and hugged me. He told me he loved me and thanked me for loving him. Vnel saw us crying so then he started to. Needless to say all the orphans were crying and most of us were too. Junior, a translator. told us that he has never seen these kids cry because a group was leaving. These kids truley loved us and we felt the same way about them. We decided to pray together before we left. I had little Richard and Mattieu sitting on my lap. Once the prayer was over they both looked me in the eye with such sadness. They wanted us to stay so bad. Emotions were flying.
I never thought I would be so impacted by the people of Haiti. Their love for Christ shines in everything thay do. I thought alot today about why they had to deal with the living situations they are in, and I don't know why, but God is here in Haiti even though it is rough. I will never forget the precious faces of all the orphans, or the kids whoose hair was turning orange because they were starving.
I hope and pray that next year we will come back and see all of these people who impacted us, but if we do not we will one day in heaven. There we will be able to worship the one true God together.
Now that the day is over I don't want to have to leave. I miss my family but there is so much that needs to be done here. My heart belongs to Haiti.