Christmas in Haiti

I arrived in Haiti safely. I couldn't have asked for a better traveling day. My flights were on time and all my bags made it to Haiti in one piece. The Haitian airport has been rebuilt. It looks beautiful! It was destroyed after the earthquake and it was no more then a large warehouse. It was a nightmare trying to recover your bags from the baggage claim. But now it is up and running again. I'm so proud of the Haitian President. It seems like he he trying to help his people, and as long as he's trying then I cant complain.
Yesterday I celebrated my first Haitian Christmas. It was wonderful. I bought presents for four children that come to my house after school everyday to learn English. They are a part of my Haitian family. There is a 3 year old girl, a 6 year old boy, a 10 year girl, and a 12 year old girl. I brought cake mix back from America and made them all vanilla cake with chocolate icing. When I set the cake down on the table they all looked at me like I had two heads. They were really quite at first. Then it dawned on me they had never tasted or even seen cake before! I had to encourage them to try it. Can you imagine trying to talk a kid into eating cake. Once they tasted it they dug right in.
After cake, we opened presents. The older girls were a little shy in the beginning. They looked at they're gifts and then quickly put them back in the box. They would only whisper thank you. The three year old was a whole other story. She jumped up and started diving into her presents just like any other American kid. She got a new baby doll and another little doll that was dressed like a doctor. She was so excited she started shaking. Ben, the 6 year old boy, got a brand new green scooter. He never said much though. He's eyes got really big when he seen it and he started trying to get the box open. I helped him put it together and then he was off. I'm pretty sure he's still riding it even now...lol.
All the kids left with smiles on their faces and their arms full of gifts. They were waving good bye and laughing as they passed through my front gate to walk home. It was truly one of the best Christmases I've ever had.
Thank you Lord for showing me the joy of giving and teaching me to love.