Greeting from Haiti,

Sunday

This morning we began waking up around 5 AM. Church was at St Pierre's at 7:30 AM. The 24 hour viral bug with severe stomach cramps was still meandering thru the soles of the House. Today two of the Art Therapists a few students were taken hold. Today activities were unstructured due to Delta's flight delays of yesterday and all here seem pretty much exhausted as well. Several slept while the rest remained quite. In the afternoon those willing were taken to the Kinam, a nearby restaurant to for a light lunch. A pool was there as well for those who wanted to jump in for a refresher. While there Em and I met Coleen and her daughter whom we had not seen in months. They are both well. Her daughter was just returning from the US having spent the last five months with relatives.

Upon returning to the House we stopped at a local market where I bought several bags of local cookies for the students who would be working with the Art Therapist back at the house. Peggy was delighted with the treats as were the students. These children are in our educational program and many of their homes have been devastated. Consequently those affected are still living out of tents. Five months later with no light at the end of the tunnel. All three Art Therapists - Caroline, Peggy and Julie are amazed how clean the children and their clothes are. Absolutely spotless. Everything they wore was pressed with that fresh look feeling. The whites were brilliant with not a hair on their out of place. Peggy was sharing with me the student drawing afterwards. Sketches of themselves were white and not brown skin. Tears were still prevalent on many. Trees were drawn but not the ground. I noticed it was left out on several drawing and asked why. Peggy's explanation was that the ground was not stable in their lives and they would rather ignore it. These children ranged in ages 6 to 14. They drew pictures of homes, trees, a helicopter (very detailed I might add), a broken heart with a sword in it, people, a car with blood on a wheel and the list goes on. These are the children of PAP. The heavens have opened up now as the rain cleanses the trees, the crops and the roads. It has been over a hour since the class was finished. I hope the children made it safely back to their tents.

Peace from Port-au-Prince,

Peter