For this my son was dead, and is alive again!

Venita's son is not dead! She was reunited with him, someone brought him to her father's house! "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate." Luke 15:24

She is so excited. Last night we were having dinner together and when Luge (nicname of Venita's almost-3-year-old son) looked up at her with a big smile, his two huge, dimpled cheeks shining, she waved her hand in the air up to heaven and said "Thank you, God! Thank you, God! Thank you, God!" I'm not sure how many times. But a lot.

How did this happen? Well, we don't actually know yet how he survived the earthquake, but a couple brought Luge to Venita's father's house (probably 8 days ago because that's when the road opened up to that house). Her father couldn't tell her who they were, but she has a guess. The couple recognized Luge from times when Venita would go to her father's house to visit, so they brought him there. They said he cried a lot but when he saw his grandfather's house his smiled and ran to it. Venita had been trying to call the people at her father's house but had never gotten an answer until Monday (3 days ago). When she heard that they had her son, she went right away, even though some people warned her that it might not really be him. And that sometimes people even do that for a joke (???!!!!).

We were away in the DR when this happened but came home Tuesday afternoon. I love having him around, even though he's pretty active and will likely get into trouble sometimes. He accepts all of us here out our house, we're already ALL his friends. He'll sit with any of us--Richard, me, Ecdes, Ronald, Paules, Jean, Sophia, Francoise.
P.S. Not all of those people live at our house, but Ecdes does, Ronald does for now and Paules & Jean are Ecdes's cousin & brother who are around a lot, although Jean goes to work everyday.

Other news on Venita...Her job has been reduced to 3 times/week for now, but with the possiblity of working full time as she improves/learns how to do more of the work.