In Haiti, our children’s class on Sunday mornings in Linda’s tiny back yard is very popular here and we frequently have more children than we can take. The class is interesting and fun for the kids, they learn how to treat each other based on spiritual and moral principles and the adults and youth working with the children are kind and loving to them, which doesn’t happen very much to children here. Yesterday three children from the closest tent camp came with the children from the neighbourhood area. It is easy to see which children are from the tents because they are always dirty. The other children never say anything to them about how they look, but the tent camp children themselves are very conscious of their own clothes and frequently rub at stains as soon as they notice the other children don’t look the same as they do. Continue reading “the washing story” »
