The week began with continued cloudiness and rain, but by the end of the week we were back to the typical sunny and hot Haiti weather. Yesterday, I went with a sister who is a nurse to a clinic at a parish in the city. After driving through the crowded streets, we arrived to find a large crowd of people desperate for basic medical care. There were many people, especially children with skin conditions which probably were a result of living in wet tents during the past couple of weeks. There is the sad realization when working with people who are experiencing what seem like extreme poverty, only to find that there are people much worse off. People are given medications to treat their infections, skin problems, and injuries and illnesses. In reality, so many of these problems are the results of systemic injustices, because so many of these things could easily be prevented if resources were more equally distributed, if people had adequate shelter, basic nutrition, clean water. I think it is helpful for me to see the kinds of situations that many of our children probably experienced prior to coming to Kay Ste. Ann. I wonder what does world look like when seen through the eyes of a young Haitian mother or child living in a crowded dilapidated tent in the slums of Port-a-prince?
Yesterday evening, I went to a local parish for liturgy with two other sisters. The liturgy was beautiful the singing, like the people was Spirit-filled. It was a wonderful Pentecost celebration.
Many Blessings!
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