A day of firsts!

Here I am in the market taking a break from the hectic pace of racing through a market and helping children buy clothes.  The party started for the kids an hour before that when they were able to have a hamburger and fries and a soda.  It was cute to watch this young lad below love dipping every french fry in his tasty ketchup.

I moved from table to table to see how the children were enjoying their food.  It did not take long for this silly monkey to realize that for many of these children it was the first time they had ever had a hamburger.  One boy ate the buns first and then sat and ate the meat.

The fun really kicked into gear at the restuarant when the ice cream cones started pumping out! I have not seen such wide eyes since Momma took my cousin Phil and myself for our first time to Bananarama! These children were so polite....it was crazy. We were ready to go and one little girl had not finished her cone and would not think of leaving it behind. You see her in the pic on Brianne's knee. The ice cream was everwhere...but the little girl was happy....and tired....as she was fading in and out of dreamland in between licks.

Now about the market...it was crazy!  You know....when I was a young "vine swinging, fur scratching, tale twitching" youngster, I thought about no one else but Fred.  I watched one boy today make sure he used his portion of the money to buy clothes for his brother and sister.  When it got to the end he wanted a pair of jeans and did not have enough for them and then quickly settled on a couple shirts instead.  This fun loving, prankster monkey, had to find a private place to contemplate such care, love and sacrifice!  I also had some real fun watching Scott (Son of the Freakshow) handle the vendors and his children.  It was chaos...he would just look at me with a crazy look and laugh.

All in all it was a good day!  A special thanks to "everyday philanthropists" that made this possible for these children....for some...first time in a truck....for some...first hamburger...for most if not all....first time picking out own clothes.  Dignity was given....hope was embraced....joy was found.

The results are in!

If you remember I posted a pic a few days ago and asked you to send in quotes as to what you think may have been said....Here is the pic again with the quotes that we received.

She said..."Are you seriously wearing stripes?"  J.S.  Petrolia

 She said...."Listen dude...I am too legit to quit"  R.T. Milton

She said..."I am not into long distance relationships" S.V. Toronto

He said..."Your dance moves do not mesmerize me"  D.S. Kingston

He said..."You really need to work on your tan"  K.D.  London

It's a Zach Attack!

This is my friend Zach!  He is heading to the northern United States for some schooling and had no "cold weather" clothes.  PI helped him out with a nice warm coat, pants, boots, hat , mitts, underoos, jeans, shirts, sweater...he was very happy.  And he thanked me for the help from caring people( he had trouble with the everyday philanthropists words....lol)

Brianne's connection!

Everytime I turn around Brianne is talking to a child or holding one. Here in this pic she thought it would be good for me to be introduced to this young boy named Joshua. He is the young boy you heard about a couple days ago with cerebral palsy. He loved getting his hands all over me!

Bring on the Haitian Party Baby!

I am back from my trip to LactoseIntoleranceville! Feel good now. Can you imagine my excitement of being part of this huge party with all these children? Thank you Rachel Mary for letting me tag along once again on a trip with the Freakshow. The children were "peaking" as they waited to be given the go ahead to line up to have the plates of food dispersed. This was no normal meal for them. I was overwhelmed with gratitude for all you "everyday philanthropists" that gave to the "Christmas Parties". I hear that awesome parties and events are happening in Central Asia also as well as in Kenya...and soon to be happening in the Philippines.

The pic below is one I had taken with the ladies responsible for all the food. The ladies were awesome.

A little well deserved R & R

Not just the kids in the orphanages and institutions are getting visits from our team, but here Talant is bringing gifts to one of the families that Sergey supports.... It has now been about 10 days strait that our friends have been doing the Christmas blessing thing, and I am sure that their own kids are starting to get a little ency, and with still another week of Christmas parties to go... it was time for a VERY well deserved break... So this afternoon, Sergey and Talant brought the kids to the mountain to go skiing.

Aurture was all decked out and having a great time.....

Melodi on the other hand found out that skiing was not as easy as it looked, and she was not so impressed with the idea of spending so much time falling down......Talant and Davina give us a wave from the top of the mountain

this is a photo of Emma and Bekah when we were there... I put it in so you could see the valley bellow.... it is about 4 miles wide and about 40 miles long... the Capital at one end and the seniors home at the other.. and every where we help in between, in fact Aigoola's house is right at the bottom of this hill, and in the summer, this is where Torat brings the animals.. the Valley is also on the north boarder of this Central Asian country... in fact the mountains you see in the distance are the neighboring country..

Hope in a Pot!

New Years day here in Haiti means "pumpkin soup". We delivered several pots of the "makings" for this celebratory soup to families. What a joy! The two Scott's loved making the deliveries.