First Day with Raymonda

Tried to post a picture, but the internet is too slow. Were in PortauPrince at the Orphanage that Raymonda is staying until we can get her home. She is sleeping in our room while we are in Haiti. She has a funny little personality. She is 22 months, but is behind a bit in her development. Having her at the orphanage and being able to get nutritional food is really going to help her grow. Here stomach sticks out due to the lack of nutrition over the past 22 months of life. Her mother died 3 months after she was born and her father died before she was even born. In most cases, children like Raymonda would die. Tried to post a picture, but the internet is too slow. We are in Port-au-Prince at the Orphanage that Raymonda is staying until we can get her home. She is sleeping in our room while we are in Haiti. She has a funny little personality. She is 22 months, but is behind a bit in her development. Having her at the orphanage and being able to get nutritional food is really going to help her grow. Her stomach distended due to the lack of nutrition over the past 22 months of life. Raymonda’s father died before she was born and her month died 3 months after she gave birth. In most cases, children like Raymonda (she cannot walk yet due to the lack of nutrition), die before the age of 5 years old. In fact, 1 out of every 5 children in Haiti die before the age of 5 years old, and a lot of these children that die are facing the same challenges as Raymonda. God is good, we are praying for 100% healing of her legs and full recovery from any issues she has from lack of food. We take her to the doctor tomorrow for blood work for the adoption and also see the lawyer on the Haitian end. Thanks for your prayers. Please pray for our four children at home in Ohio, we miss them very much!