As soon as we got home, Dorothy got a phone call from friends of her's in Bercy (about an hour away). There is a cholera treatment clinic there and they had an 8 month old boy that needed help. He had just gotten over cholera, his mother had died in November, and his father couldn't take care of him anymore. So, we agreed to drive out and see/possibly get the baby.
It just so happens that Franklin Graham, Sarah Palin, and her family were planning to arrive at the orphanage/clinic around the same time. Sure enough about twenty minutes after we got there, their convoy of SUV's pulled into the compound. They were here with Samaritan’s Purse to give out Christmas gifts from Operation Christmas Child.
So, we were able to hear Rev. Graham pray for the children and see them present the children with their gifts. It was kind of funny to see a political figure just breeze right into our dusty dirty country, pass some gifts out, smile for the camera, and then head out to their next stop. None the less, it was interesting and kind of exciting for all the Americans that happened to be there.
After they were finished with the children, they hung around for a little while to do a Fox News interview and talk with some of us. I got the opportunity to talk with Sarah Palin for a little while. She was interested in we are doing here in Haiti. Of course, I got a few pictures, too.
Afterward we went over to the cholera tent to see the little boy. He was not doing very well and they agreed to keep him for us for a few more days until he is a little bit better. While we were there we also saw a few cholera patients being carried in.
Like I've said before, you just never know what is going to happen in Haiti!
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| The local kids coming into the compound to get their gifts. |
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| Sarah, her husband, and her daughter |
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| Franklin Graham and his translator speaking to the kids |
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