Last week I wrote that Katie and Blake Burchfield were staying here until their visas for their adopted children, Micah and Rose came through. Well after a week here and a few snags at the US Embassy they decided to go to Children of the Promise in Cap Haitien for a visit. Katie volunteered there for three years and Blake for the last two.

Our weekly trip to the ravine had a work team along this time. Sherrie Fausey who runs the Christian Light Ministries in PAP had a team here for a week. One of them was a medical doctor, Dr. Michael Hamm who examined all the sick children and prescribed treatment or medicines for them. It was really good to go along and observe, I learned a lot.

This photo was taken across the water. Here you can see a family watching us check over some children. We will eventually get to that side to do her side after crossing a bridge. She may have a sick child for us to see. After the doctor has seen the children and prescribes medicine, a CLM worker goes through the ravine twice a day giving the medicine directly to the children. The medicine is not given to a parent for them to give. The child may never receive it. It may be sold for food!