Coming back up...

I can't believe I've already been back from Haiti for a week! The first few days I was home felt like a heavy blanket was covering me. I felt so down and so moved by what I had seen in Haiti. It's not an easy place to live, but it's not easy to leave either. I didn't realize how hard and fast I would fall for those children. I didn't realize how it would forever change the way I saw everything. Being in Haiti made me feel so small - how on Earth can I possibly make a difference in the world when it's so BIG and I'm so SMALL? I haven't yet figured out what the lesson is that I'm supposed to get there. But I do know that Haiti's people are no longer a nameless, faceless entity - Haiti's people are alive and breathing and a permanent fixture in my heart. I have been changed as a result of this trip and I believe there are more changes in store. Even after you leave Haiti, God continues to work on your heart as a result.

I miss holding "my" babies and my greatest hope and prayer is that soon, their forever families will know the love and joy that holding them brings.
Emily