During our stay in Haiti, we visited four different orphanages. On one occasion, we visited an orphanage next to the sea. The buildings were in terrible shape, and, quite frankly, it should have been condemned. What is worse, during our six-hour stay, the children never were given any food or water. One of the nurses commented that the children had bloated stomachs, which was a sign of starvation. Yet as bad off as these orphans were, there were children living below them in a blighted area. In fact, Tyler accurately commented that the orphans were "filthy rich by comparison" to the kids who lived below them. As you can see from the photo, the children had no shoes, some had no shirts, and some had shirts that wouldn't be used as a rag in America. So it came as no surprise when the kids from the area below the orphanage delighted in our company and joined us for fun and fellowship. I only wish that we could have fed and clothed them all.
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