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18 January 2010 10:45 PM

Is it ever going to get better? The day starts at 6 AM and ends at Midnight every day! I do not mind the long days, but pile high stress on top of that and it is too much! Everybody forgets to eat because we are so busy! Every country where we do adoptins wants scanned documents before they will approve the children to enter their country and we need to email them ASAP! Scanning documents here is not easy. Making photocopies of 800 documents take a long time! Stephanie, Melanie, and Amanda have worked so hard on getting documents pulled and copied or scanned and have worked two solid days and need a third day before they will all be done!

I was interviewed by CNN news again this morning. I think it went fairly well and I was given enough time to tell about the need to get the children to their families. The US, as usual, issued a statement about allowing children to come to the US and it is long and detailed and confusing! We just want to know can all children in process go??? I think they can but will find out when we get to the US embassy with the documents!

Today has been hard. I am tired and "fussy". I have no patience with passive people today. I want people talking to me that are on fire to get these kids out like we do! If you cannot fight for the children, please do not call me right now! See, I AM REALLY "fussy" tonight!

The Dutch plane comes tomorrow to take 100 children to the Netherlands. We mst be down at the airport early. We then will wait for a flight bringing in some relief supplies. We are very thankful that supplies are coming. A couple of other orphanages are coming to share in the donated goods. They are almost out of food.

We also heard today about an orphange with 60 children in it south of Port-au-Prince that collapsed and the children were killed. So much suffering and misery! The devastation runs from Port-au-Prince clear to Jacmel! The media is not showing you that far south yet, but it is bad. I do not know if we will ever know how many people died from this. People are still dying from their injuries!

We also heard of another orphanage with 80 children where the orphanage was destroyed and the children are all living outside. they are running out of food and water. We will try to get some to them as soon as possible. People have been so good about donating. We are thankful to have some funds to help community that is suffering!

I must go to bed. I need to be up early again. We have all promised ourselves a couple of days of sleeping in when this has settled down! And we are going to do it, too!

And Life in Haiti goes on...

17 January 2010 10:45 PM

It has been another long day! We have been trying to make copies of all of the dossiers, scanning some to send to adoptive parents, and making lists for foreign governments! It has been rather overwhelming and Stephanie, our adoption coordinator, has been working continously trying to get it all done with other volunteers and staff helping her. It is difficult to prioritize what needs to be done because it is ALL urgent stuff!

This afternoon, we had the Dutch ambassador and consular general come to tell us that 100 children being adopted by Dutch families have been approved by the Dutch Ministry to enter The Netherlands. The Dutch Ambassador and Consular General have met with the Prime Minister of Haiti and were hopeful that the Prime Minister will sign for the children to leave Haiti tomorrow afteroon. A plane is coming to Haiti from The Netherlands to pick up the children from 3 different Haitian orphanges. PLEASE PRAY THAT THIS WILL WORK OUT AND THE CHILDREN CAN LEAVE TOMORROW! ALSO PRAY THAT THE PLANE WILL BE ABLE TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT AS SCHEDULED!

We also had a camera crew from The Netherlands come who wanted to film the children leaving on the Dutch flight. They will come up to the orphanage tomorrow and travel with us to the airport and follow the children onto the airplane.

At the same time, we had a mission who had heard about our need come with some diesel and water. It was not a huge amount but every gallon we are so thankful for! Since people have heard about our situation, we have heard from people who want to help. I feel like we will receive enough water to survive. God has always been very good to us!

Tonight, Jill and Joe Wilkins, their son Chancelet, and I appeared on Larry King Live on CNN. I wish I had had 2 more minutes to explain more about what was going on! The time goes so fast! CNN called again this afternoon and asked if I would consider being on another segment at 9:00 AM Monday. They were not certain if the segment would be approved, but if it is then I will try to tell more about the situation in Haiti with getting the adopted children out. Join me with praying that the people who need to hear about the situation were watching and God will touch their hearts to help the children and their adoptive parents!

It is late and I need to get to bed. Tomorrow will be a very long day!

Laten we hopen dat deze mensen overeind blijven en dat ze hun goed werk voor de kinderen maar ook voor de mensen in de omgeving kunnen blijven voortzetten.