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I woke up on Monday morning at 5:00 to get a ride to the Medishare tent for the 7:oo departure to the airport. It was a difficult morning saying goodbye and leaving the childrens home because i could not get every single kid off of my mind. I know that they are going to be taken care of and get all of the love they need and it made it easier to leave. I met a pastor this week who lives in Gatlinburg and we talked nightly about his next steps when we leave and what he will continue to do over the next six months that he is here. Pastor Terry was awake at 5:00 this morning to assist us with carrying our bags to the truck and seeing that we made it to the Medishare tent on time. All of the clothes that i took this week was donated to Daniel the directors son. He has been here for two months and becasue of the environment and wear and tear needs newer clothes. I gave my flip flops to Pastor Terry to give to one of the kids he thought needed them hugged everyone and headed for the Medishare tent. We arrived at the tent with the rest of the medical staff going home and we all had time to debrief and say our thank you's and goodbyes.

We arrived at the airport to chaos and while we were standing in line a adolescent boy walked up and handed us a sheet of paper written in English. It told us his story stated that he was an orphan and asked if we would take him to the U.S. and provide him a good home. The letter stated that he knew the right people to make it happen and the 3-5 year wait on adoptions would not matter. We gave the letter back to the kid and Tony told him that there was nothing we could do.(Although i wanted to) The whole situation was hard but the kid did not speak any english yet handed us a letter in english, sounds like a human trafficking to me.

When we finally made it through customs and waiting for out chartered plane to arrive a young Haitian man and woman joined our team as well as a mob of CNN reporters and other TV stations. I found out that the man and woman had already mourned the loss of their daughter and just recieved a call last week that their baby is recovering in a rehab facility in Miami. She is a few months old and was separated by her parents after the earthquake, her head was severly crushed and today she is fully recovering.

As we arrived in Miami i could not get to a restaurant fast enought and get a cheeseburger, fries and coke!! After we ordered a man who flew in with us joined the group and after discussion he told us his name and why he was in Haiti this week. Dr. Daniel Campbell Susott the director of Ambassador Air which recieves donated miles to fly kids all over the world to the Hospital. He is Patch Adams colleague. I have not fully seen the movie but after talking with him Patch Adams is Day Clown and He is Night Clown. We talked with him about Marilynes storie and he stated that he did not see a problem with getting her to the states and getting the service donated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I talked with Dr. Looby and she flew into Denver with Dr. Susott last night and we have to send pictures to him and within the next two weeks she will hopefully get the procedure she needs. He gave me his information and i am going to e-mail him this week to check on the status and i will keep everyone updated on Facebook when this happens.

My fligth home was move from 5:45 to 10:00 and that would have meant that i would be stranded in Atlanta. I contacted my travel agent and she helped get me on a different airline and when i arrived in Nashville after midnight my baggage was still with the other airling stranded in Atlanta. We made it home and i went to bed around 2:oo a.m. because i had to contact Dr. Madosingh one last time and forward her our notes from the week so the new team can move forward. I had a great day with my family and again apprecitate everyones support. I will continue to follow up on facebook with any further information. I also apprecitate everyone letting me take you on this journey and hope to be going back within the year.