Still in Haiti

Hi everyone, I got news that Elena is still in Haiti. She spoke with our cousin Marta (who by the way is doing a great job keeping tabs on our girl, thanks Mar we love you!) and she told her that she would be delaying her trip to Santo Domingo a few days. She may be leaving today or Saturday, but that she would be headed back soon and would call us when she got there. She plans on staying in Santo Domingo for a few days to rest and then possibly head back to Haiti to continue helping.

Marta told her we saw the clip of The Doctors and Elena said that she had met a military connection who somehow contacted the doctors and spoke to Elena about coming to their orphanage. She met up with them and was excited because they came with so many resources. She told Marta to let us know that she's doing well and that she has many stories to tell us. She says that it´s intense and that she can't wait to share them with us. Hope we hear from you again soon Elena...

MOSCTHA on The Doctor´s

Still no news from Elena today. Elena where are you? I´m going to make some phone calls tonight to see if I can get in touch with her. In the meantime, my mother sent me this link today. It´s from todays episode of the T.V. show The Doctor´s on CBS. If you watch it, Elena is on the left wearing a green hat and the yellow MOSCTHA t-shirt translating and as the show continues you can see her ontop of the boxes handing things out. Go ELENA!!!!!

http://thedoctorstv.com/main/procedure_list/1154

It´s been four years...

It´s been four years today since our Grandmother passed away and in remembering her all I can think about is the suffering and pain those in Haiti must be feeling to have lost so many loved ones. We lost our Grandmother, but how many lost their entire family? We lost our Grandmother, but how many lost their entire family and their homes? We lost our Grandmother, but how many in Haiti lost almost everything they loved and lived for?

Losing a loved one is never easy, regardless of who you are or where you are. That being said I would like everyone to take one minute today and think about loved ones they have lost. As time goes on and you get back to your "normal" life it´s supposed to get easier and for many it does. You remember those you´ve lost, but you still have many more that surround you. You have your home, your car, your work, your education and so many more things. In thinking about this I wonder, how easy will it be for those in Haiti?

I dedicate this blog today to our Grandmother and to all those loved ones that we´ve lost along the way. I would also like to dedicate it to the people of Haiti. Let´s support the people like Elena and so many others that are helping Haiti get back to a "normal" life so that hopefully someday things will be easier for them too.

As for Elena, no news yet, but she said tomorrow she would be going back to Santo Domingo so we´ll hopefully hear from her soon.

I hope you have a great day and please keep Haiti and your loved ones in your thoughts.

If you want to see some children smiling, despite their pain please go to the MOSCTHA facebook site. There are some great pictures!