Haiti day two

Haiti day two This morning I was awaken by the shower flowing next to my bed.  The whole room was a buzz at 5:00 am. What?  These Christian hedonist wake up to early.  I got up and took my turn at the shower.  The water was only a trickle and ice cold but refreshing.  No complaints here just trying to give you a fill of my journey. Breakfast time.  Eggs and fresh fruit. Following breakfast we prepared for the day ahead.  We traveled to a medical clinic to drop off Dr. Steve.  Traveling by car, truck or motorcycle in this country is an adventure.  No lanes no signals and no right of way.  People pass you on every side, we even had someone pass us on the sidewalk.  Ricky bobby would be proud.   We then traveled up the road to our first orohanage.   There we found 12 children ranging in age from 8 months to 1 years old.  As I walked in a little girl about 2 took me by the hand and escorted me around on the tour.  When we finished I sat on the porch and she sat in my lap for the next couple of hours.  We played with the children and did some teaching.  They ate lunch and we snacked until about one.   Michelle (the wife of our host) came to us and told us about another orphanage that had a child come down with cholera.  For Haitians cholera is deadly and for americans it causes a very difficult illness.  We were asked to go help disinfect the building.  We were not prepared for what we found.  The house had no water inside, roaches were infesting the clothing and beds.  The care takers had taken all the mattresses off the beds and moved them to the roof to be sprayed with clorox.  I asked about new mattresses because most of them were torn and tattered beyond being useful and then committed to buy as many as needed.  We need 33 at $25.00 each.  The mattresses are made here in Haiti and will be ready tomorrow.  We cleaned the inside of the house and then burned the old bedding and most of their clothes.  What a challenging day. By now it was dark and we had been told to stay in after dark, the ride home was really fun and uneventful.  We arrived safely to our mission house. Dinner tonight was off the hook.  Beef tenderloin, green beans, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob.  The highlight was the freshly juiced orange mango drink, yummy. Well that wraps up our day two in Haiti.  Most of what you will read is unedited so give me some grace here.  Looking forward to tomorrow and the opportunities God sends our way.  Unfortunately I can't upload pics at this time. God bless