friends,
i will spare you all from my attempt to find words to go with the emotions of the past week...after reading reflections and stories of the haitians one year after the quake...after watching videos reliving it all...videos that show how the people continue to fight the fight...my words would not do any of it justice. and would sound only like that...just words.
a dear friend posted this video online a few days ago, and i finally just made it all the way through.
please, if you have about half an hour, i would recommend that you watch it.
it is a story about raphael, one of the strongest people i've been blessed to meet and work with a bit while there. it is a story about his dream to build a movie theater, and so, so much more.
it is a story about fr. rick frechette, a priest and doctor - the medical director of NPH (orphanages that i worked for), that began the country's largest free pediatric hospital - St. Damiens (where i was working after the earthquake), and founder of NPFS (NPH in haiti). it is the story of his compassion and love for the people of haiti.
****WARNING - the video has some graphic footage of their work in the city morgue.****
i had the most beautiful opportunity to accompany these fine men and the amazing team of theirs to the morgue and burial grounds one day. had the opportunity to ride beside raphael on the way to the morgue...as we drove through the city he would point things out to us, and tell us about how things used to be. i then got to ride with fr. rick from the morgue to the cemetery, listening to his countless stories about life in haiti.
a month there...an experience never to forget, and impossible to describe. the video speaks more than i ever could about it. so, i will let you get on with the video.
much love.
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