It’s Friday afternoon.
The May sky is clear, bright blue and the Haiti sun is hot, too hot to
be outside. From my bedroom I hear Itela
crushing spices with her pestle preparing for tonight’s dinner. The children, happy that it’s Friday so they
don’t have to prepare for school tomorrow, are watching a movie on the laptop
in the kitchen. All is well today at Kay
Timoun.
Every afternoon this week the children worked on their
favorite projects: the older children,
Anna, Gastina, Christian, Rachelle, and Wozlo, studied English with Rosetta
Stone. The younger kids, Benjamy, Jean
Mary, Zachary, and Angi, are interested in playing games on a small
laptop. They are all making progress in
getting around from one program to another, under my close watch. Sundrene, Love, and Odiana love to do their
art projects, all original designs and colors.
It’s been a fun week!
The kids are doing well, all working for better grades in
school, and all learning to get along with one another, something that has been
a struggle. Many of the children here
had been pretty much “on their own”.
Living in poverty, with parents who are either sick, struggling hard to
bring money to the family, or not present at all, many of the children here
have had to scavenge for what they needed. It’s been a year now since they have come to
Kay Timoun, so they are feeling more secure, knowing that the next meal will
always be there for them. It has been a
difficult task teaching these children to socialize and to live in family. After many “time outs” for some of them, they
finally got the message.
It has been a blessed and rewarding year for me. I pray for strength and God’s grace as we
enter our second year… our family, children of Kay Timoun and me.
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