Sights and Sounds

Greetings everyone, I thought I would talk about the sights and sounds in Haiti. I will follow up later in more detail about my current state of shock in what I have seen, it is so hard to explain and to understand how this can exist. The sights and sounds for now.......Friday night. The orphans singing, their melody echoing throughout the orphanage. A few UN folks stopping in last night, conversations with them, the singing children continues, hot, a slight breeze picking up. Stories of years of them (the UN folks) serving in other parts of the world, english accents. 60 orphans, many up for adoption. Some very very sad stories about them. They have hope and promise for a future now that they are at the Kingdom Kids Orpanage here in Port au Prince. Roosters making their sounds at 3am. Middle of the night, dogs barking in the distance, sounding back and forth to each other. The generator fires back up around 6am. People in the streets talking into the night. Tent compounds right outside the orphanage where we are staying. Kids everywhere, kids wanting to sit on your lap. Baby's crying, someone always looking to help. The folks that work here, very very busy always moving always working. Waking the streets (during the day in a group), people in doorways, pleasant greetings from all, rubble everywhere, sights you cannot imagine. A primitive barber shop. Kids watching. Music playing. A social meeting place. Sounds echo everywhere in this building (orphanage), concrete, unique construction, kids playing, kids cyring, the kids so so excited to be going to the beach in a few minutes (a very special trip today for all, our group and the staff and all the orphans). Communincating with the kids, tough for me, my lack of Creole studies on my end. We find ways to communicate. Le machine, matchbox cars for all, a week of machines for us. Later for now..............Neil Saturday, 7:30 am