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News from Tasha in Haiti:
The car is back! The muffler is the only thing that didn't get repaired. We need to get that fixed too because the noise tells everyone in the neighborhood when we leave and return home which makes us easy pickings for kidnappers.
The hospital has decided that Poutchino has tuberculosis and has started treatment. It is puzzling because he was negative on all previous tests and the other hospital diagnosed him with pneumonia and supposedly cured it which I assumed meant a clear chest xray. Maybe he picked up TB at physical therapy or one of his many doctor appointments. This news is good in a way because TB can be treated but challenging because we now must test all the other children and the staff. I was tested 2 days after arriving in the U.S. and am negative.
The surgeon who wants to operate on Mickenson for his undescended testicle has informed me by email that the entire procedure will be in the neighborhood of $3000 USD. That is almost a whole month's budget for us. I need to try to find another option. Pray for this special need.
Our 3 dogs and 1 cat have all been spayed or neutered thanks to a veterinary mission organization. As much as I love animals, it is a relief not to have to worry about more animals.
Sad but glad news is that Natasha will be leaving on Oct 14th. I cannot imagine what we will do without her but I think God has big plans for her and she needs to go about His business. I can't help hoping that His plan will bring her back to us at least from time to time if not permanently.
Baby Lavensky, a little boy from Gonaives who has been in the hospital for several weeks being treated for malnutrition, has been released to our home. Like Johnny, Lavensky is HIV positive. He also appears to be blind in one eye most likely because his mother had an STD. Newborns' eyes are not routinely treated in Haiti the way they are in the U.S. His father, who brought him to Sherrie Fausey in PAP several weeks ago and returned to Gonaives, has not been seen since the floods.
Friends in Haiti are writing about finding children and families who are starving because of the storm damage. I need to get back there fast to start helping as many as possible. Please pray that we will receive plenty of funding to pay our rent for the next year ($8400) and be able to help many of Haiti's malnourished, sick or homeless babies.

News from the U.S.
My son and his wife sent me a ticket to fly to Maryland to visit them and see my 9 month old grandson, Cole. What a treat! In case you don't know, my son is deaf, his wife is hard of hearing and Cole is hearing. It is necessary for Cole to be bilingual so he is being taught American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English. He could sign 'milk' for about the last month and added 2 more words to his ASL vocabulary during my visit, 'water' and something we aren't sure about. Like all hearing babies, he babbles with his voice practicing how to speak. What is fascinating is that his fingers move a lot as he "babbles" in ASL.
The kids surprised me with a 60th birthday party. It was a complete surprise because I turned 60 many months ago, but the biggest surprise was that my sister who I haven't seen for many years came to the party. We had a grand time.
If all goes well, I'll return to Haiti next weekend. I am grateful for knee surgery and have enjoyed the U.S. but Haiti is where my heart is and I am longing to return as soon as possible.

Please pray for Haiti and its people and also please pray for the United States as it faces critical elections and a failing economy. God is our only hope through his son Jesus.

Dorothy Pearce
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13


Mailing address:
Dorothy Pearce
Agape Flights PAP 15297
100 Airport Ave
Venice, FL 34285
(I am charged $1.50 per pound for all packages shipped to me)

Tax deductible donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti

Telephone: 011-509-3529-1962