The Christmas concert is tomorrow, so today was a day of preparation. In the morning, my mom went to St Marc with Mariah, TiMili, and and Valerie to stop at a ton of stores, according to Mariah. They were finding tissue paper for decorations, lights, etc etc.
A group of young people from the school came to make decorations. They made crowns out of cardboard that they painted and made tiny flag decorations. A fruitless hour of searching for the balloons bought in Port-au-Prince before we gave up, hoping that they'll come and find us tomorrow.
I spent 2 hours at the hospital doing a job that mom hasn't had time to do. The kids at the orphanage had all mistakenly been classified "Out-district", which means they are not from this region and thus have to pay $200 instead of the $12 for people who live In District. The crazy thing is, half of the kids in the orphange were either born in the hospital or abandoned at the hospital which then transfered guardianship to HATS. But no matter how much mom tried to explain that, the computer said something different so she was stuck in the bureaucracy. Today, I shook hands, visited with people and waited around .... finally the head of the department came, I explained the problem and we found the computer guy who is going to make the change. I've got my fingers crossed but he did promise.
Today we also had a visit from Jean-Pierre, Mariah's biological father. We had sent messages for him a few days ago and he finally came this afternoon, after not hearing from him for almost 4 years. We had a nice visit with him and we made plans to go out there on Wednesday (24th) to visit the area where Mariah was born and lived with her mom. We made the trek up the mountain when she was 3 years old and it was a real adventure. This time, we are leaving at 6 am from Deshapelles, and with the two hour hike (Mariah can hike a lot faster now than when she was 3), we'll make it up there by 10 am. A short visit and we'll come back down the mountain. Our plan is to make it back to Deschapelles by 3 pm. One of the security from HATS (and friend) is coming with us and is excited to hike the mountain with us. Luckner is working on finding a vehicle we can borrow as the HATS truck is still not working. Some guy is gone to the Dominican Republic to try and find a part that is needed. If anyone has an extra $30 000 US, a new vehicle for this mission is SOOOOO needed!
This evening we had some fun dancing in the Kay Devosyon (the building they use for morning signing and grade 3). But it's getting late and I must get my kids to bed before the roosters start crowing to wake us up.
Hugs!
Liette
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I'm so glad that Mariah got to see her dad and is able to visit where she is from. It must be great for her to connect with her home country. I hope Josiah isn't feeling left out. Hugs to all. Christy
I would love to be able to hike up the mountain with you. Hope all goes well. Will be thinking of you all today as you present the Christmas Pageant.
We were without power for over 12 hours yesterday and I hope everyone has it back by this morning. I know you are living without power a lot of the time but when it is -20 and strong winds it can be brutal.
Love to you all
Aunt Sandy
Hi Christy,
So good to hear from you. I'm glad you are enjoying the updates. We are busy, busy here! So much for a relaxing Christmas. Josiah is going ok, struggling to find his place here. But slowly, feeling like he fits in. I wish we could find his family, but I have no idea where they are and both of his bio parents have passed away. Too bad.
Anyways, have fun in SK!
Liette
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