Pak Easter

On Easter Sunday during the liturgy held here in our little chapel seven children were baptized.  Following the mass we had a party, which everyone seemed to enjoy.  Later that evening  a group of Canadian students who are visiting Haiti to do volunteer work came to meet the children and bring them Easter candy.  The young people have come every afternoon this week to do activities and assist children with homework.

The paschal mystery is certainly all around us here on the grounds of the orphanage.  Just a couple of weeks ago a cow was killed for meat; I did not offer to help or even watch.  On Holy Saturday another one of our cows gave birth.  One of the cats that hangs around the convent gave birth to three kittens on Easter Sunday.  We are surrounded by suffering, injustice, death in many forms, and we are surrounded by new life, birth, joy, resurrection and hope.  

I hope that you had a joy-filled Easter and will continue to celebrate the hope and new life that the season brings.  Many blessings!