Cheri Kay in Haiti....where my life became meaningful.

Or Maybe it's Englihs school!!!!!! I don't mean to make fun, but this is my favorite banner that is currently hanging in 3 different places that I have seen in the Port-au-Prince area! It is a local school that teaches Kreyol speaking Haitians to speak English. But, if you look closely at the spelling of English, there is a typo--Englihs! I think maybe, a different school may be a better choice!

This is a common scene in Haiti. This man is making charcoal to sell on the streets. The Haitians cook on open charcoal fires to make their rice and beans, fry their chicken and fry their potatoes. This food is delicious! There are a couple of things about this technique that make me think about the further consequences of this choice however. Haiti's mountains and land is largely deforested. This is determental to it's landscape, farming, and overall economic status. The charcoal makers cut down trees and make charcoal from the bark. This is a consistent activity that takes place on a daily basis. The trees are not replaced. So, now there is a problem with few trees here in Haiti. When it rains, the blessing of the rain washes away the nations rich topsoil into the ocean. This in turn affects the farmlands and farming gets harder and harder in this country. Food becomes more and more scarce and a source of income for farmers, merchants and families becomes scarce. D...

Isn't he Cute!!!! This is Jabez! He is a 17 month old little boy with Cerebral Palsy . I worked with him 2x a day for 4 days while I was visiting Jacmel over the past weekend. He is an adorable little boy that is being adopted by my missionary friends that live and work in Jacmel . Jabez wasn't real thrilled about doing any work when I first got there and didn't like moving much at all! He is really content to sit in his little bouncy chair looking cute with his thumb in his mouth!!!!! But, by the end of the 4 days, he was doing a really good job on the therapy ball and tolerating activities that encourage him to use his right arm. His mom and dad are fast learners and they were incorporating the activities that I taught them into their daily lives and they were doing a great job with the therapy ball exercises. I left one of my therapy balls with the family for a while since I can not be there on a consistent basis, this way the little man will still have opport...

What a fun weekend! 2 missionary friends of mine paid for me and my 2 children to fly to Jacmel for the weekend. Jacmel is a town on the southern coast of Haiti and is full of character! I got to work with a few different kids with disabilities, visit a school for children with disabilities and see the beaches, visit a waterfall, visit 2 different orphanages and watch some of the Kanaval festivities! Wow huh! That is what I thought! I was so blessed to be there with my children and enjoy all of that all in 3.5 days! The above picture is of one of the small "Ra-Ra" bands. This particular one was celebrating the Haitians overthrowing the French. They play very very loud music, march through the town and dance and act out their part of history. It is pretty interesting! My kids and I flew to Jacmel on a very small little airplane, and it took only 11 minutes to get from Port-au-Prince to Jacmel! Ecrissa thought that it was great fun but Jaryse was a little scared! He kept sq...