Musings

A month ago today I left East Grand Forks. In one way it seems like a long time ago and in another, just yesterday. But here is surely a world away!

It is 7 PM Good Friday evening. I went to services at the HHF chapel and it was packed with people sitting on benches beyond the front door. As with any service in Haiti, the people participate fully and the singing is soul stirring. The priest also runs an orphanage and the front tiny chairs are always filled with the little ones. For the past 2 days of Holy Week, men from 2 different orders of brothers (most in formation), also lend their voices, often in harmony, to the singing. The Gloria of Holy Thursday - the last to be heard for a few days - raised the roof with people singing and clapping their hands! Today, during the reading of the passion, the man reading the part of Pilot appeared in a Golden Robe and a white paper crown. He fairly shouted out the words, "Take him out yourselves and crucify Him. I find no fault in him." And again, "What I have written, I have written!" One didn't need to understand Creole to know what he was saying!
And now, as we quietly prepare for the Good News of Easter, I pray that all of you find a renewal of your faith during these holiest of days.

On the way home from services, I stopped to see Geliste, our baby with kwash. She remembered me because when I saw her and put my arms out to her she came to me. The good news is that she is taking the special kwash formula by mouth and does not need the feeding tube. The bad news is that she still hasn't received blood! There has been no doctor at the hospital and won't be until Monday. It is so frustrating.. But there is nothing one can do. What is, is! But Geliste is a little fighter and she is hanging on in spite of everything. I will keep you posted.
Take care. Happy Easter.
From your one month old transplant......Mary Ann