Thursday, February 6, 2014

Widows & Sackcloth

Written by:  Rhonda Wilson

Our day started out with a tour at Grace Village.  They showed us their new brick bread ovens that are being built. They have named the ovens Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego.  Grace Village is in the training phase for the women of Titanyen so they can have bread for their family and be able to sell it in the community.  They also have the aquaponic farm for Tilapia up and running with 4 containers, the run-off water is used to water the vegetable garden.

After our Grace Village tour it was time to visit the supported Healing Haiti Seniors and Crippled. Now we turn to James1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Our 1st stop was a gifted tailor with scoliosis.  Next was a 58yr Grandmother raising her 5 grandchildren the youngest was 1yr.  The Mom had passed away 4 days after the baby was born.  Her son also lives with her, as his wife had also passed away after their 14mo old twins were born.  Next was a 21yr old boy that lived with his mom.  He had an Epileptic Seizure when he was 12 yr old, but without the proper medical treatment he ended up with cerebral palsy and is bedridden.  Our 4th stop was another Grandmother that told us she was so old she couldn't remember her age.  She was living with her Grandson and his 3 children.  Our last stop was with our oldest senior at 95yrs old, she was the sweetest little Grandma.  She lives with her son, daughter-in-law and their 4 children.  At each of these stops we made them a sandwich, gave them applesauce, water, massaged them with lotion and sang with them.
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Our Oldest Senior (95yrs)          

                                                           

  (Psalm30:11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.                 

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