Monday, August 9, 2010

Just a thought today:

So Haiti:
I know this has always been a poor country, even before the earthquake the struggled.. Probably not as bad as they are right now but still they had their hardships. When you look around it's hard to see what actually happened becacuse of the earthquake.
In being a poor country I know that it is hard to make ends meet.. It's hard to pay bills and put food on the table. In saying all of this, I still cannot imagine giving up one of my flesh and blood:
We had a pastor come to the orphanage today to give us his little girl she is just two months old and he just can't afford to pay bills and take care of his family. Little did we know that this was his 7th child.. When he came here and decided to give her up he did show little emotion, however he left and then came back with 4 more of his children. Two girls and a little boy.. The other one was 18 so is to old to be adopted and she spoke english so she was somewhat of a translator.. It's just hard to imagine what the pastor could be going thru. He still has his three oldest but still to have to give up four children in one day has to be heartbreaking.. I do understand that they may have a better life.. They may be able to be adopted and go to the states or to a better country. But it's still a heartbreaking thing to watch.. After all this is said and done he did tear up and wanted to know if he could come around and see them.. He shed a few tears but I believe is hoping on God's strength in all of this.. A heartbreaking story on this earth.. But God is still almighty and still father of all.. no matter how old you are!

3 comments:

  1. So sweet and so sad Teresa. Breaks my heart that there is nothing that can be done to help him keep his children with him!

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  2. This makes my heart hurt to have to give your children he must have the strongest faith ti get him through this! I am sure there are many like this ... if we could help them all.

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  3. So incredibly sad. I can't imagine how that was for him. Thanks for sharing your experiences Teresa!

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