Last Day in Haiti

It was a really good day... but now the hard part has hit. We are leaving Haiti tomorrow morning - early.

We started off with our coffee and peanut butter toast... then headed up to the balcony for some baby time. We had some good play time and even got out on a walk around 10:00am for a trip to the Tampico place. We ran into Steeve's friend, Valerie (sp?) on the way there, so we visited for awhile. He is a good kid...

When we got back Stephanie asked us if we wanted to go up to the Toddler House with Dixie to help celebrate Christmas with them (they did their celebration today with Molly and Joyce now back.) We both wanted to participate, and it was a no-brainer when she said we would be able to take SC with us... It would have been hard to leave the Main House today, knowing we would soon be gone.

So, we had a fabulous time watching the kids open their gifts... how cool! They all were called by name and given a gift by Molly or Joyce. They all waited patiently with their gift bag until everyone had received one. And then they all opened them at once! :-) It was a precious memory that we won't ever forget.

When we returned (around Noon) and had our rice and beans lunch (my very favorite!) It was just Joe and I at the table - odd. Then we spent the rest of the time on the balcony with babies... and we cleaned up the balcony, etc... Sonice came up for awhile and kept us company at the end of the day. It was pretty darn quiet up there.

We got all set up for dinner and then realized we had forgotten that Wednesday night is Bible study night, so we quickly had to add places to the table when the Trimble's showed up... and honestly, we were a bit bummed as we knew that would take away from our time with SC tonight. But... it was okay, as wee ended around 7:15pm and were able to spend an hour with Samuel tonight. While in the living room, John came in and sat and chatted for awhile... then Dixie, Stephanie, Molly and Joyce stopped by and we hugged and said our good-byes. We are leaving around 6:30am, so no one will be up yet...

Joe and I both took Samuel up to his room and put him in his crib... He just stared at us and whimpered a bit. I guess you could say, I was doing the same... This is tough stuff. I hate leaving him, knowing he won't understand why we aren't there to get him in the morning... my heart aches right now.