Hello All!
Our Toddler House has become too small and we have been searching for 6 months for another house that is bigger. Nothing seemed to fit. We found very fancy homes that were impractical or houses that were falling down but nothing that reached out and said...."THIS IS THE ONE!"
Then our landlord sent us a letter saying that when our rent was up in August, that he wanted us to move. We had been having trouble with sewer back up and water problems for months. He said the kids made too much noise since he lives next door to the orphanage. So both of us would be happy if we found a bigger house for the kids!
Then 2 weeks ago, someone came and told me about a house on the road where we live that was for rent. When we went and looked at the property, it turned out to be 2 houses on the same property. The houses have never been lived in. One house has 5 bedrooms, a place for 2 classrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a kitchen and living room. The second house has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a huge dining area where all of the kids can eat at one time instead of in shifts, a nice storage room that was a small bedroom, and an indoor kitchen and an outdoor kitchen!
I knew as soon as I stepped inside the house that it was perfect for the kids! It also has play area that is about 3 times the size of the present Toddler House! Another nice thing about the houses are that when it rains the rooms are big enough and there are big balconies on both houses that will allow the kids to be able to play inside the house!
I've attached some photos to this email so you can see us on the first day of moving. We will be busy again today and Saturday getting everything from one house to the other. Today, we hope to move the children. We will move the kitchen after breakfast and hopefully, it will be set up in the new house in time to fix the evening meal for the children.
Please pray that all will go well today and the transition will go smoothly! We will not be answering any emails until Monday probably. I could hardly crawl into bed last night because my back hurt so much! Thankfully after lots of pain medication I was able to sleep for 4 hours and do not feel so bad this morning.
Please also say a little pray for all of us doing the moving!
And life in Haiti goes on....
Dixie Bickel, RN
Orphanage Director
God's Littlest Angels
Our Toddler House has become too small and we have been searching for 6 months for another house that is bigger. Nothing seemed to fit. We found very fancy homes that were impractical or houses that were falling down but nothing that reached out and said...."THIS IS THE ONE!"
Then our landlord sent us a letter saying that when our rent was up in August, that he wanted us to move. We had been having trouble with sewer back up and water problems for months. He said the kids made too much noise since he lives next door to the orphanage. So both of us would be happy if we found a bigger house for the kids!
Then 2 weeks ago, someone came and told me about a house on the road where we live that was for rent. When we went and looked at the property, it turned out to be 2 houses on the same property. The houses have never been lived in. One house has 5 bedrooms, a place for 2 classrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a kitchen and living room. The second house has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a huge dining area where all of the kids can eat at one time instead of in shifts, a nice storage room that was a small bedroom, and an indoor kitchen and an outdoor kitchen!
I knew as soon as I stepped inside the house that it was perfect for the kids! It also has play area that is about 3 times the size of the present Toddler House! Another nice thing about the houses are that when it rains the rooms are big enough and there are big balconies on both houses that will allow the kids to be able to play inside the house!
I've attached some photos to this email so you can see us on the first day of moving. We will be busy again today and Saturday getting everything from one house to the other. Today, we hope to move the children. We will move the kitchen after breakfast and hopefully, it will be set up in the new house in time to fix the evening meal for the children.
Please pray that all will go well today and the transition will go smoothly! We will not be answering any emails until Monday probably. I could hardly crawl into bed last night because my back hurt so much! Thankfully after lots of pain medication I was able to sleep for 4 hours and do not feel so bad this morning.
Please also say a little pray for all of us doing the moving!
And life in Haiti goes on....
Dixie Bickel, RN
Orphanage Director
God's Littlest Angels
