WARNING: FOLLOWING PICTURES MIGHT BE TO GRAPHIC AND UPSETTING






This is how Devin came home yesterday after playing with his friends for an hour. I went to pick him up as we had other plans to meet with my cousin and her child. I could not believe what I saw and was literally speechless. All 3 of them became brown creatures! One of the other mom's told me that they came to her house and decided they wanted to play inside now! AAAHHHH!!! After being turned away they went to another friends house asking to come in and have a snack:) Poor guys being turned away everywhere. BTW, Devin is crying in the pics because I let him walk home, instead of letting him in the car (btw, he didn't think there was anything wrong with him coming in the car like this). This was finally enough for him being treated so unfair that he broke out crying.

No gifts!

Our family has decided to not give any Christmas presents this year. We will only be giving something (smaller) to the children in our families. What could any of us still NEED, when there are so many people out there who REALLY have NEEDS to be able to survive. Please don't send us anything either. If you really want to give us anything, then make a donation to Lori and Licia (Real Hope For Haiti). They are doing such wonderful work in Haiti. Lori just wrote me yesterday that they have had such a horrible week and sometimes she is so close to loosing all hope. She asked for prayer. So please, whoever prays, include them.
The no-exchanging-gift-thing (but instead donating money to a good cause) has been on my mind for the last couple of years. Despite being stressed out sometimes what to get everybody (get this...STRESSED OUT...people in Haiti could probably not even imagine in their wildest dreams to be stressed out about shopping), I still had so much fun doing it and it was just so Christmasy for me. But I still always felt guilty about it! So, anyway...can you still follow??? I hardly can't and today is definatly a hard finding the words in english kind of day again...
So, anyway we had parents crafts evening in Shilda's school last week and I was sitting on the table with 5 other women. They were all talking about Christmas presents, complaining not knowing what to get, being totally stressed, one was saying she has all the smaller gifts for her daughter, but now she needs THE big one over 100 Euro for her still. Another woman gave her some suggestens, which EVERYTHING she mentioned the daughter already has. This almost made me sick to my stomach and was finally the turning point for me. If these women just knew what blessings they bring this year to Haiti. I shared this conversation with many people and so this year almost all my family and friends are donating money.

I know I have posted Lori's site before but here it is again

http://www.xanga.com/haitinurse4life

and her sister Licia

http://www.xanga.com/no_Im_not_a_nurse


If you want to donate any money you can do it on their blog via paypal or if you rather send a check or something let me know and I will give you an adress in the states.