Day 5 Thursday

I began the morning with breakfast and met with Pastor Sueide to discuss a potential passport for Wisbens. He introduced me to Mario someone that the orphange is closely connected with about obtaining a passport and getting the right documentation to assist in making it happen as soon as possible. The average wait time in Haiti for a passport is six months and that is if everything is correct and there are no hold up in the system. After the meeting I went to the area where the children live and pushed them in the swing and sat on a stack of tires and watched the kids play spiderman on my phone. It was amazing to sat back and watch the kids play a game that some have never had the opportunity to play. I stared at them for at least thirty minutes in awe of how they shared as well as the how good we have it in the states.

The team from church headed to a tent city to give bags of beans and rice that they prepared and i decided to stay behind and play with the kids and spend more time with Wisbens. I brought out crayons and coloring books and the kids saw me coming and came running. I also brought a pocke full of hot wheels for the boys and they immediately cheered and began to play. Wisbens wanted to color Sponge Bob and instructed me on the colors that he wanted me to use. I had no agenda for the day and I was prepared to spend as much time possible with Wisbens.

After dinner I headed down for the final service and Wisbens saw me coming and immediately ran to me and jumped for me to catch him. He sat on my lap throughout the service and wanted my flashlight to play with. After service i hugged all of the kids and told them that I would not be there tomorrow and I would be going home. They hugged me and at times would not let go knowing that this may be the last time in a while that there would be someone there to hang out and play with them. The last person I talked with was Wisbens. After kneeling down and explaining to him the best I could that I would be leaving tomorrow he put his head down and I grabbed him up and hugged him. As I walked him over to his room and told him goodbye he waved and put his head down as I walked away. It was the hardest thing for me to do on this trip and I look forward to the next time I get to see him. I went back to the room began packing my bags and prepare my passport and plane tickets for the next morning. I look forward to getting home to see my family as well as contacting the attorney to begin the long process of bringing Wisbens home.