Hunger

Yesterday I saw a very thin black man sitting in one of the classrooms at church. Today this very same man came into the employment office. He speaks Haitian Creole, a little Spanish and a little English. He is looking for work because he and another man (a preacher?) are trying to care for and feed about 41 orphans in Haiti. He told me that just this morning one of the children died of starvation. He says it is very hard to care for these kids because of that earthquake. We werent able to help him much, as one has to have a permit to work AND an I.D. card issued by the Government. He has the work permit, but cant get the ID card for about three months (if he is lucky). We did give him one reference to a person looking for someone to clean windows, etc. He left, but was back in two minutes. He didnt know how to get the elevator to work. I went out and showed him how to push the arrow down button, wait for one of the elevators to open, then how to push the 1 for the first floor. I truly hope he can find work so he can send money back to the orphans in Haiti. (I also hope that what he says is the truth. Some people lie to get you to feel sorry for them).