Happy April Birthdays
Wow! April has been a busy month for Birthday’s at the Hope House. We had 9 birthdays this month ranging in age from 4 to 18. Birthday’s in Haiti are a little different than back home. Most children don’t get birthday parties, or much of a birthday present. We of course want birthday's to be something special! However, with so many children we have realized we can’t have a party for each child as there would have been 4 in one week this month so we have one big party every month for everyone born in that month. The kids ask regularly when the birthday party will be. We mix it up, sometimes at the beginning of the month, sometimes the end, and sometimes in between. Stevenson asks all the time what day the party will be in December (when his birthday is). He cracks me up. We have our very own way of screaming out, “Haaaaappppppyyy Biiirrrthdaaaay” to each child as they walk in the door. We light candles (sometimes birthday candles, sometimes regular ones.)