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| the luggage |
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| Amarillo Airport, ready to get the show on the road! to DFW and then Miami for night. |
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| The snacks and the read |
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| in Haiti...no luggage...grrrr... |
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| Oct. 9, just hours after reunion we are back in PAP to pick up medical papers |
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| The do |
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| serious conditioning going on here |
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| beauty |
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| glow |
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| the high pitched giggle, audible joy |
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| you know I'm cute |
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| random activities, modeling clay |
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| making paper sandwiches |
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| when you let an 8 year old Haitian girl do you hair this is whatcha get |
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| mmmhumm |
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| the bless-ed passport |
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| my clingy sleep partner |
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| dry cornflakes and coffee |
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| always propping up that pretty head...we are working on that:) |
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| Dramamine = deep sleep on long drives - YES! |
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| Pastor, driver, father to 8, caretaker of 100 or so....I'll never know his kind of busy |
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| she's awake - visa appointment here we come! |
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| ESL flashcards- she loved them! |
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| the view from my stay |
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| she loves to fix Barbie hair |
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| lookin' cute |
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| trying to look cute in this heat |
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| banana soup for breakfast |
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| the thing that kept me awake even with ear plugs in....i-no-heart-roosters |
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| the narrow, packed roads |
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| if you can zoom in to the tinted part of window you can see the miles of mountainside slums - astounding |
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| and this is Haiti |
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| the beloved visa! |
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| ocean view |
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| Haitian art |
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| at HCRM, letting Sunny say goodbye to friends |
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| pretty girl (on left) |
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| and today's protein - peanut butter |
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| driving away from the orphanage....forever....pensive |
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| oh to know her thoughts in this moment |
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| holding hands saying "I'm here." |
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| practicing handwriting |
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| before we knew how long we would wait - IBESR for exit letter |
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| behind that door sits a lot of important papers |
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| waiting |
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| still waiting |
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| and she's with me, waiting. |
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| 6.5 hours later - we have the exit letter! |
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| goodbye Haiti |
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| celebration and thanksgiving dinner |
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| last morning in Haiti |
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| goodbye sweet Sam |
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| sweatin' in PAP airport. Sunny was in a daze, poor thing. She could not process what was happening. Dramamine wasn't helping, I'm sure. |
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| after flight delay and 3 hours in immigration, Sunny girl gets promised first hot bath in her lifetime. I'd give anything to have it recorded so you could hear her sheer joy. |
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| Homecoming Day!!!! Put on the new robes, its time to celebrate! |
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| giggles over ice water |
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| and then there was.....a welcome home like no other. |
