Focus

All things happen for a reason, and so was our stay in Haiti. When we arrived, we were only supposed to be at Wings of Hope for a day and a night; however, our stay lasted longer. The 2008 spring food riots were in full swing. Cars burning, rocks pushed off the roads above to block the streets below and buildings having their windows smashed out. No one was moving anywhere, so we got an opportunity to spend more time with the Wings children, one on one. Renee had a quarterly mailing to do for the children's sponsors, so we decided to help with the mailing. We all divided up into groups and took children and traced their hands and feet. It was a lot of fun, we all had a great time doing it. Once I completed our groups, I grabbed my camera and started walking around. As I got to the second floor, I saw Josephine was getting her tracing done. Now understand, Josephine had me wrapped right around her little finger, so as I sat down to watch, I couldn't pass up this shot. Focus seemed to be the correct title as both Maya and Josephine seemed very intent on what was occurring. Once we were all completed we sat and folded them up to go to their sponsors. It was fun and fulfilling and allowed me a chance to focus on something positive, while chaos was happening all around us.

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