Thought for the day:
I was looking through my photos from Haiti and noticed this picture that is probably the most amazing picture I have ever seen. It is of a girl sitting all by herself in the middle of the road in Cap 'Haitian. There is nobody around that seems to care that this girl is in the street. (Click on it to see a bigger version of it)
To give you some background, this was about 1 hour after we started driving from the airport...one hour! There was no easing into Haiti, once you are there you are hit by this overwhelming since of poverty. However, what you will see by the week's end is the underlying sense of faith and hope that these people have, because in reality they don't have much else. I felt so much that first day, fear, hatred, anxiety, but yet through all the negatives it opened my eyes and I can say I am a better person for it and I really wouldn't want it to be any different. I ask you to take a look at this picture and reflect on it. I think it's powerful and I would love to hear your comments on this.
3 comments:
Joe,
That is a powerful photo of the little girl. Poverty for sure, but someone cared enough for her to put ribbons in her hair, clothe her and even put on very substantial shoes on her feet.
And, she has a cat!
The surrounding gray of the photo, however, really tells the story of the unremitting poverty in which she exists.
The slide show of the facilities really surprised me.
I had no idea that the facilities in the schools and the church were so nice. Much better than we had in the Bahamas in 1974. Our school, the largest in the island with over 200 elementary students, was a series of made-over construction shacks!
Jim
This is in large part of St Francis' and another parish in ohio's efforts. Through donations we fund the school (St Vincent de Paul, which part of St Micheals parish).
Wow. I am surprised by the beauty of the church and school. I expected something much different. The pictures of the children are what I love to see most of all. Their eyes are so expressive and they have beautiful smiles. As for the little girl on the street, I would love to scoop her up and hold her on my lap all day. And, I can't help feeling sorry for the poor cat too - it's so skinny! : )
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