Smiles All Around

I went to Port au Prince today with Sherry so that we could purchase medicines for next week's medical clinic to be held in Le Tant. We also went to the Caribbean Market so that I could pick up a few needed groceries. Sticker Shock is still prevalent. Nearly $100 U.S. Dollars spent on 3 lbs of hamburger, 2 packages of turkey hot dogs, one little package of stew beef, two cans of carrots and some peanut butter and jelly. I don't think I'll be complaining about the price of groceries the next time I'm back visiting in the U.S.

Since arriving in Haiti on April 23rd, I've learned to go nowhere without my camera. You just never know when you're going to get a beautiful picture. People tend to think that there is no beauty in Haiti but that's far from the truth. There is beauty in the face of every child that I see. There is beauty that radiates from the mountains and from the lake. There is beauty in the smile of a mother who's just received food to feed her family. Beauty is all around, it just has to be sought out at times.

Here is a picture of the "Greeting Committee" when we went to Le Tant the other day. Le Tant Welcoming Committee

The children love to "cheese" for the camera.

We also got a chance to re-visit with Madame Marie and her family. She is the woman with six children and one of them was born hydra cephalic (water on the brain). Mobility World of Lakeland, Florida donated a very expensive wheel chair which we had shipped down and taken to Madame Marie for Berchard. Before the she had the wheelchair, she held her daughter all day long. Every day. This is Berchard today. As you can see, she's smiling. Smiling is something she never did before.

A Smiling Berchard

I'm not certain what these two were conversing about but I'm betting that it was profound!


I wanted to send a very special thank you out to a young man in Utah by the name of Daryl. Thank you so much for your love offering to Randy and I. We know that the Lord will bless you for your financial gift to us and we will keep you in our prayers! Again, thank you so much!

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Thank you and God Bless You

Your Missionaries to Haiti,

Randy and Roberta Arnold