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Hello from the beautiful city of Port au Prince! Chadasha had a busy week and this is where you can hear all about it. Some of you may have heard of the medical emergency work that we do, mostly for children. If a child is extremely ill and the parents feel they cannot adequately care for him or her, we agree to take the child and nurse him or her back to health and then return him or her to their parents. It is so amazing to see children get better, but so heartbreaking when we have to send them back knowing they most likely won't make it. This week we spent some time caring for and loving on baby KenKen.

KenKen lives in a tent city with his mom and dad. He is 9 months old and weighs 7 lbs. They did not know what was wrong with him, but knew he would die if they didn't get help. Reluctantly and heartbroken, but knowing it was the safest thing, they handed him over to us to take to the hospital to figure out what is going on. Sadly, baby KenKen's tests revealed pneumonia in both lungs, and he tested HIV+. He spent a few more nights with us and then we returned him to his parents. They were so happy to see him. His parents agreed to be tested for HIV, so we spent a day at the AIDS hospital with them this week. After paperwork and blood draws, they told us it would take 7 days for the results. We pick them up tomorrow, and their lives will most likely be changed forever. Prayers are so appreciated for this little family.

Also this week we were blessed by the presence of some incredible people. Jon, Glori, Shannon, Chad, and Leslie came in on Thursday and were with us until today. They are all such Christ-like, loving, and sweet people who were so encouraging to be around. On Friday morning we got into the Word together and really got to know each other's hearts. It was awesome! Jon & Glori are adopting 2 of our kids, James & John, from Little Hands & Feet [our Children's Home], and Chad & Shannon are hopefully adopting James & John's little brother, Jonathan. We also aquired the 3 brothers aunt, Denisea, who is 6 years old. She will be staying at Little Hands & Feet as well as of today. Below are some pictures from the weekend when all 4 kids stayed at our house:

Chad, Shannon, & Jonathan

Denisea

Jon, Glori, James, & John

Before this week we had 10 kids at Little Hands & Feet. We added Denisea & Jonathan, which makes 12. In addition, we also added 6 more children who are all brothers & sisters. Their pictures, names, & ages are below:

Samuel (6), Aaron (5), & Stephanie (10)

Esther (2)

Emmanuel (12)

Ruth (4)

Each time people go to Little Hands & Feet, every one of these children meet you at the door and want to hug your neck. They are the sweetest most well-behaved kids. Prayers for them as they continue to adjust to their new home!

We have a new team here this week consisting of 5 beautiful women from Church of the Cove in Tennessee. We know not what this week will hold, but our prayer is that it makes Jesus famous. Check back next Sunday to find out what went down in Port au Prince this week! And for more information about Chadasha, please visit us by clicking here.

Until next week! Love & Prayers from Haiti!