We have had many people ask us how they can help out the people of Haiti. The most needed thing is monetary gifts. We've heard on the news about scammers so I'll tell you of some missions that I know of and that are established. At J's O they are staying outside in the corner of a church yard. Both houses were damaged too much to be safe. The director has an EMT background and is busy helping injured people besides taking care of kids. They have not heard from all of their nannies so they don't know if they are safe or not. They are taking donations on their website at www.hishomeforchildren.com Another idea is; T's parents are expecting an influx of people in their area and we know they will do all they can to help those people out. Their blog is www.davisinhaiti.blogspot.com They have links to WOMI (who their support goes through) and MFI who flies missionary and humanitarian aid. Another idea is the Livesays who work with World Wide Village and with Heartline. Links to their sites can be found on the Livesays blog at www.livesayhaiti.blogspot.com I stayed with the Livesays overnight when I was in Haiti last year. They are wonderful people. And another group that is doing a great work in Haiti is Real Hope for Haiti at www.haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com I don't personally know them but I've followed their blogs for quite a while. One more option is the Apparent Project. These are the people that were house parents for J and we stayed with them when we were in Haiti to pick J up. Their site is www.apparentproject.blogspot.com Those are all ways that you can help.
We haven't heard about J's birthmom. There are two different adoptive parents with plans to go into Haiti next week bringing supplies and food with them. They have both said that they would try to find out about his birthmom.
In other news, J's team lost their first game today. Sigh...it seemed to bother the coach more than it bothered J. He didn't get a lot of play time but when he played he did pretty good especially considering we were in KY when they had practice this week. It was a close game and very intense at times. As long as he enjoys it, that's what's important to us.
We went up to JT's grandparents today. J loved it. He got to ride on a 4-wheeler with R and drive the Gator with Pawpaw. He couldn't reach the gas pedal and I thought they were all (dogs in the back too) going to have whiplash because he kept hitting the gas and slipping off and hitting the gas and slipping off. It was funny.
T and Pawpaw will be taking R out to CO on Friday, if nothing changes. It's the army and JT hasn't been "inprocessed" yet. He says it's beautiful there. I hope they get to stay.
That's all for now.
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