Friends, Hello!!  Thank you for your prayers this past week.  I had an incredible time in Port-au-Prince, and the trip was indeed exactly what I was meant to do.  I expected to go, see the city and get a feel for life there.  I knew that God was telling me to go (and alligning all my steps to go).  I did see the city and get a feel for it-- but I also spent almost the entire time on the guest house compound working with the women and children at the creche (orphanage for children under 7 years of age).  God obviously had a plan in bringing me to Haiti:  I ended up leading a small team of ladies from the larger team of 42 and did what I do in the states-- set-up a preschool classroom, worked alongside the Haitian women who have worked with these children since before the earthquake, and got to develop some "curriculum" to stimluate the children who have been through so much in the last couple of months.  But God is so very good.  As one of my friends said, "who else writes lesson plans for 6 week old. [You] were made to do this."  My trip was more than I ever could havr asked for or expected.

Thanks again for your support!  I could not have gone without all of you.  Just some notes:

1. From what I could tell, the government seems pretty stable and people on the street seem resigned to continue on with life as it has been-- under the current administration.
2. Praise God the rainy season has not been that rainy-- yet.  They had one day of heavy rain so far (last Friday), which is unseasonably dry.  Please pray for this to continue.  Heavy rains flood out the tent cities.
3. Medical care is still largely unavailable for the average person and sexual assaults are occuring at an alarming and truly disgusting rate.  Pray for the conditions within the city of Port-au-Prince and that God can protect the women and children.
4. The church in Haiti and globally is responding, and the humanitarian community is taking note.  One of our team members talked to actress and UN "ambassador" Maria  Bello on the flight in PAP.  Bello thanked my team member for helping and noted that it is faith communities that are really making a difference in Haiti and are rising up to meet the needs within the country.  Praise God!
5. I worked at the New Life Link creche and Hope for the Children of Haiti orphange. If God is putting it on your heart to learn more about adoption from Haiti, I haev some great contacts now.  Just let me know :o)

Submitted by: Sonia Adams