Adriano is through his heart surgery

Adriano now healthy and gaining weight. To look at him now you would never guess just how sick this little man was. Thanks to the wonderful host family and
Staff at St. Christopher's he now will be able to grow, gain weight and rejoin his twin Sister in Haiti We thank the Lord for all of the doors that have been opened for this little one and all of the children of Haiti. Blessing to all who have helped with his care.

3 Boys Update

I need to send out a huge Thank you to everyone who helped pull all of these things togeher for the 3 children who just left Haiti.

As of now they are all at their host families and have had surgery or have seen the doctors to schedule treatment.

This was something else God opened all the doors please remember to give him all the praise. Jeff and Diane thank you so much for coming to Haiti on such short notice to help escort two of the boys back.

Update per child

Marck Joanis had his first surgery and we are told he can see out of his new eye. His second surgery will be in a few weeks I am told. He is at home with his host family in New York.

Adriano Victor is having his first proceedure today. He is also doing great and has a wonderful family to care for him until he can go back to his Momma in Haiti.

Widlove Gedeon is in KY and saw his first set of doctors yesterday. They will let me know when his surgerys will start.

I am back in VA and tired. Back to work getting more children medical care.

Please continue to pray for these children, their host parents and parents in Haiti. And all of the children God wants us to find care for.

I thank each and everyone of you who helped with these three cases. God brought us all together and he has brought the children here for medical care. I pray that they all heal quickly.

All my love to each one of you. Momma V

Vanessa A. Carpenter

Pictures...

Prayers needed

Hi Everyone,

I am once again in Haiti. We are working on 3 major cases. I need all the prayers we can get. I have all of the documentation we however still do not have passports.

1. Widlove Gedeon eye and ortho surgery
2. Adriana Victor heart surgery 6months old only weighs 7 pounds getting worse
3. Marck Jonais eye surgery 6 weeks old and in need of eye surgery within the next 10 days to save his sight, or he will be blind for life , then heart surgery later.

I feel like I am playing beat the clock here. As soon as we get the passports visas will be issued. Then we will have to purchase last minute air fare (costly need prayers and donations to cover that) I will fly with the children to the US.

I have to tell you all what A Great Husband I have. We have a wedding this weekend, that is important for me to be at. He told me to stay and wait to get the babies out. God love him. He is a saint for putting up with me. I hope my niece understands if I have to miss her wedding. Love to all. With God all things are possible V

I tried to upload photos but will not let me will try again tonight. love V

Urgent!

 

Dear Friends,

I have been called by no less than 3 different Missionaries in Haiti about a case that needs our attention ASAP.  Marc Dorce is a 35 year old Haitian man, who works with Blessing Hearts International in Haiti.

He was driving a truck full of volunteer missionaries when the brakes went out on the truck he was able to drive the truck into the mountain instead of off it.  All 28 people in back survived.   Marc was left with the worst injuries however and was able to be operated on by Dr. David Halpern.  Dr. Halpern was able to re attach both of Marc’s arms as shown in the photos below.   Dr. Halpern has since had to return to work in the United States but is requesting that we find a hospital on Orthopedic team to take over Marc Dorce care.  Normally we would go to the hospital Dr. Halpern works at but when the earthquake happened they took in over 100 major medical cases all as charity care.  We are seeking another facility that would like to offer this father the best possible care so that he can return to his work in Haiti and take care of his family.

A little bit about Marc and his family.  His wife was 6 months pregnant at the time of the accident.  However she had a miscarriage.  Marc’s 2 year old daughter has caught Malaria and is in another hospital in Haiti.   This family needs our love, prayers and help.

Please if you know anyone who can help us with this case please contact Vanessa at 540 580 9721 in the US or in Haiti at 011 5093 488 3499. 

Thank you love Momma V  

 

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Christopher on the road to recovery

Great News about Christopher. Look below at the email from his host mom. Praise God this child has been thorugh so much. love V


What a difference a week makes! Dr. Garton was THRILLED with Christopher's progress. He has declared the procedure a success! Christopher has exceeded the time line for short term failure, and the long term failure rate at this point is less then 2%. His eyes have improved greatly, he is tracking much better than before, he is getting more and more vocal and smiles a lot! His head circumference has decreased and the soft spot is soft, not hard with fluid like it was before! His appetite is huge, I have put him on baby food and he loves to eat! He is thriving more and more each day!

A special update about Haiti

You never know where God is leading you, or the lives that will be touched. Dr. Ben Fredrick’s is a long time friend and support of AMH. He and his wife Jen have hosted 3 heart children for us while here for life saving surgery. A few years ago he wanted to go to Haiti to make a difference but he wanted to work in a rural area of Haiti. At the time I took him to the most out of the way Rural area I knew of Pestel. Just getting there is a trip and a half. Sister Fedilis has been working in this area for years and is so sweet. She always tells me of the needs there. One trip and Ben was hooked. Here is an email I just received from Ben. It is thoughts from Dr. Jon Eager who went to Haiti recently with Ben.

There are days I wish I could write like this. He shows you Haiti through his words.
Thanks Dr. Jon
Blessings to all Love Momma V




Dr. Jon Eager
Family Medicine physician serving with Africa Inland Missions (AIM) in rural Tanzania.
6/2010
Thoughts and ramblings on the Haiti trip… and a bit more

As we landed on the single paved runway of the Port au Prince airport in Haiti, a flood of remembrances and similarities to Tanzania struck me all at once. The tropical heat and humidity, the green palm trees and lush surroundings, the mix of modern airplanes and terminals with dilapidated buildings, the organized chaos on the main street next to the airport. A dusty and sometimes muddy street filled with cars of all kinds and age, UN armored vehicles with flack jacketed soldiers and poised M-16’s locked and loaded , people riding on the top of dump trucks, all blowing their horns as they travel along bumper to bumper dodging bicycles and pedestrians. A street with numerous pushy airport porters all vying for a spot behind your luggage cart to push it a couple hundred feet in hopes of earning some money. They seemed desperate to get the chance, in a place where if you don’t push your way to the front/look out for number one/scrap and scrape for the last morsel…… you’ll go without. A place where if you don’t stick your nose out into traffic, you could spend the day going three blocks. A place where there is so much need, so much potential, and such a gap between those who have and those who don’t. So many porters, and not really enough work for all of them, like the vegetable ladies in Tanzania on the side of the road, who sell mountains of one particular thing, right next to five or six others selling exactly the same thing. I wonder how they ever get enough vehicles to stop and buy their produce to help all of them?
I saw a CNN article about a farming co-op idea that uses cell phones to communicate market trends to rural farmers to make them aware of what the prices are in town, so they are not taken advantage of by middle men who rip them off by buying the goods for very low prices in the village and selling them at high prices in town markets. Many years there is a good harvest, plenty of vegetables, plenty of produce, but is the system really set up to help the rural farmer? Or are there multiple layers of economic challenge, corruption, and injustice that contribute to keeping these people in the grips of poverty?
In the streets of Port au Prince, hope seems to be gradually returning for some. The streets are passable, vehicles and people are everywhere, going about their business, selling things in wooden booths with plastic bags for roofs on the side of the road. There are plenty of reminders of the massive earthquake though that hit four months ago, like the piles of rubble pushed and dumped together, completely collapsed buildings sitting in their plots, between ones that were seemingly unaffected. The massive tent camps, dotting the city like a patchwork quilt, with tents of different colors and insignias of various relief organizations. I can’t imagine what life must be like for those in the camps, people who have lost so much, their homes, family members, children, spouses, parents. They may have lost hope as well.
Riding through the streets something strikes me again about people in the Majority World, as I look at these Haitians. I am struck by their amazing resilience in the face of such disaster and discouraging circumstances. A song plays on the radio saying ‘we will rise again’, written about the people of Haiti following the earthquake. The earthquake was devastating, but think about what Haiti has already been through… things like hurricanes, colonial oppression, slavery, foreign invasion, corrupt dictators, political mass murder, and the list goes on. Resilience and perseverance are choices however, because the same struggles seem to also produce a fatalistic apathy that is present as well in the Majority World.
So I guess Majority world is the politically correct term now used to define poorer countries. It makes sense though. What did we used to call them? I’ve heard all kinds of names… the Third World, Underdeveloped countries, Developing countries, Low resource or under resourced countries. Who named them the Third World? Wasn’t it us in the First World, in richer industrialized countries? So we are first and they are last. It gives away our underlying worldview and sometimes subconscious and not so subconscious attitude towards the poor. The rich are first and the poor are last. And the Second World is somewhere in between. Shame on us. Thank God for His Kingdom and the declaration by our Lord Jesus who said “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” That declaration should make most of us here in the States a wee bit uncomfortable. The ‘Majority World’ name at least is more accurate, describing most of the world’s people as living in poorer countries. I don’t like the “under resourced or low resource” name either. Haiti and Tanzania are rich in resources, resources such as land, minerals, water, work force, produce, talent. The problem is the resources are sometimes untapped, mismanaged, or stolen by richer countries or corrupt leaders.
Ben and I have been reading “When Helping Hurts”. The book defines poverty more broadly than just material poverty. It rightly describes all of us as fallen and having poverty of relationship. We need healing in our relationships with God, each other, the earth, and ourselves. This healing comes through Christ, who is ‘reconciling all things to himself’. How can I help the poor without first realizing that I am poor also?
We stayed with friends of Ben’s in Port au Prince. He and Jen hosted their daughter, Nakisha, for a number of months here in the States so she could get life saving heart surgery. Nakisha is doing great, as is evidenced by her infectious smile and gregarious manner. She loved seeing Dr. Ben again, giving him a kiss on each cheek and pulling him away to show him the latest drawing, sing her latest song to him, or play a children’s game she learned at school with him.
Nakisha’s father, Ezai, was such a gracious host. His wife was in NY at the time, but we received the royal treatment, sleeping in the parents’ king size bed in the only air conditioned room in the house. The smells of fresh bread from Ezai’s next door bakery wafted through the house as we ate tender goat and rice and sucked on fresh juicy mangos from the back yard. Ezai was our self-appointed taxi driver all over Port au Prince, delivering us safely to two meetings with the help of Anderson, Ben’s techy & rap-loving 20 year old- city slicker interpreter, who probably looks up to Ben in some ways like a father, and not just a friend or ‘sponsor’. Anderson is another Haitian who Ben and Jen took in for a few months so that he could have heart surgery at the Hershey Med Center. Ben and he have been together every Haiti trip since then, and Anderson has been invaluable in the work Ben does in Pestel, hovering at his elbow and interpreting every Creole, French, and English word exchanged between American and Haitian. I was impressed though that Ben picks out quite a bit of Creole in conversations and spouts a few words back without Anderson’s help. It’s good fodder for the playful sarcastic banter the two share regarding language.




Anderson has really become Ben’s right hand man on these many trips to Haiti. In spite of his young age and definite affinity for city life and American pop culture, he strikes me as steadily committed to helping Ben in the work he’s doing in rural, remote Pestel. I never once heard him complain about translating, and he had a very good attitude even with the long days and long meetings. Don’t get me wrong, there was the occasional whining that we ALL did here and there, but just minor stuff, how hot it was, how sore our bottoms were after the mountain drive, etc. Really, we had more praises for things we enjoyed, and answered prayer than complaints. Anderson’s self-conscious about his English, (the same way I’m self-conscious about my Swahili) but in a humble and I think typical way non-native English speakers are, and this tells me that he takes his job as translator seriously. He’s quite fluent actually! Heck, he speaks French and Creole too! And considering he only spent a few months in the States, I’d say he’s quite gifted in languages.
We talked a little one evening, the three of us, and Ben asked Anderson to tell me what it was like when the earthquake hit. It was amazing to hear a first hand account, to hear him describe the ground moving and shaking, the fear and anxiety the unpredictable aftershocks brought, the sleepless nights out in the open- not trusting the shelter of buildings for weeks, the sadness and aloneness survivors felt as they wondered whether loved ones were still alive. Cell phones, the main communication method there, were down for days. I remember the palpable anxiety in Jen’s (Ben’s wife) voice those first days after the earthquake, when she was unable to contact any of her Haitian friends. For Ben and Jen this wasn’t some obtuse disaster in a far away corner of the world that we see for five minutes on the evening news. This was affecting people they knew, people they loved. In our conversation that evening I pointed out to Anderson that he is very fortunate. He survived open heart surgery and an earthquake that claimed the lives of 250,000+ fellow Haitians and left a million homeless. So now what? It’s good to ponder that question. When you look back at your life and see what you’ve come through, it begs the question, “What do I do with these remaining days that God has given me?” You don’t have to survive an earthquake to ask yourself that question, but I think some of us need an ‘earthquake’ sometimes to shake us out of our complacency.

Up date on Christopher

From Christophers host Mom Sue

Christopher had his check up with Dr. Garton today. He was not entirely happy with his progress. The baby's head has filled in more than he had hoped. He gave himself 2 options. The first was to declare the surgery a failure and put in a shunt. He seems really reluctant to do this surgery because he feels Christopher has a great risk for a cranial collapse. The second option was to take a "wait and see" attitude. This is the avenue he has decided to take. He will see him back in one week to see how he is progressing. I think if he continues as he is without getting any worse he is prepared to leave things alone. If his head begins to get bigger again, he will have no choice but to do the shunt surgery. So we will take it week to week. If you have any questions Dr. Garton will be happy to return your calls. You can call his office at 734-615-0536 and leave a message for him to call you.In the meantime, Christopher is doing pretty well. I put him on baby food and he loves loves to eat! I will update you again after his appointment next week. Sue

Update on Oyis

From Host mom Sondra

Hello to you all!

Took Oyis to the eye dr & Orthopedist. Facciani was concerned about a spot on his cornea and wants him to see another Eye Dr who specializes in cornea problems. He thinks it is possible that he may not have do do surgery! He has given us an RX for some plano glasses and we will be putting a prism on the R lens to offset any double vision he may be having.

Dr Shaw's appt was even more exciting! He took xrays and looks like leg is healing! He wants him weight bearing on it!
Walking no more wheelchair! He didn't like that too well when I took it away! I gave him a walker but he's not thrilled, keeps asking for his wheel chair! He also said he can get in the pool! HUGE smile when I told him that in Kreyol! We couldn't get home fast enough and get our bathing suits on! Even better...We will be taking the fixator out next week!

Seeing Dr Adam tomorrow. What a week! Hope you are all well, and we would for you all to come & say hello to the little man! He is learning English FAST!

Peace, Hugs & Blessings,
Sondra

Picture Update

The girls beating up on dada Troy

Oh Happy Day,

I am visiting with the triplets Hope, Grace and Faith. Whom are all doing so well. You would never know that just 8 months ago that they were clinging to life. Now Grace is up to 20 pounds 3 oz. Hope has passed up Faith and is 16.6 pounds and Faith is now the smallest at 16.1 pounds. Not bad for 2, 2 and 3 pound babies. They are still allergic to formula and are of the expensive substitute. Hope and Faith are crawling, pulling to stand up and walking around things. Grace is content to sit in the middle of the floor and watch all the fuss around her.

This morning we were treated to a pot and pan concert all 3 girls on the floor banging the pots and pans making wonderful music.

Church was great we participated in the Missions Sunday and all different Missionaries there to tell of the work that is bringing people to God. Girls were tired so did not stay for the wonderful potluck.

After their afternoon nap it was time to break out the swimming pool. Mommy got it out and Big Brother Julio helped to fill it. All three girls sat around the outside of the pool splashing to their hearts content. Julio who is bigger got into the pool and let the girls splash him. He even showed them how to float. Well what floating you can do at 5 and in 3 feet wide round pool, with 8 inches of water left in it?

Back in for dinner everyone ate great and now they have all had their bottles and are going to sleep for the night. I hope you enjoy the photos. Love Momma V

Hope, Grace and Faith look at us so big

Dear AMH Family,

It is with a heavy heart I will write this next update. I am asking for prayers for Dr. Kitty Humphries and her family. Her beloved husband "Jamie" passed away last month while I was in Haiti. Dr. Kitty and Jamie have been long time supporters of AMH and the children we bring to the Roanoke Valley. She has helped us so much over the years with so many projects I can not even begin to list them all. Now she needs our prayers.

I am posting a photo of Dr. Kitty and Jamie 8 years ago at their wedding. His Memorial will also be posted. We all want to thank everyone who has donated in Memory of Jamie Humphries.

Thank you all my love V




James (Jamie) M. Humphreys, 38, Bedford
James (Jamie) McCracken Humphreys, age 38, of Bedford, departed this life on April 23, 2010. Jamie was the loving husband of Kathryn Luth Humphreys, MD, and the devoted stepfather of Matthew, Elena, Nick, and Mariah (Ches) Bono.
He was preceded in death by his beloved nephews, Lloyd Davis Jiang and Miles Weston Jiang.
He is survived by his mother, Nancy Lloyd Fisher Humphreys, of Kansas City, MO; and his father and stepmother, Richard and Margaret Humphreys, of Leesburg, VA; his sister Kristin Elizabeth Humphreys, MD, and her husband, Shao Jiang, MD, and his darling nephew Andrew Kai Jiang of Kansas City, MO; his beloved grandparents Phyllis and James Humphreys of Derry, PA; his mother-in -law Kathleen Luth Adams and husband Budd Adams; his aunt and uncle Euniann and John Grove, as well as his cousins, sisters- and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.
Jamie was born in Munich, Germany. He was a lifelong athlete, excelling at hiking, soccer, tennis, skiing, and water sports. He enjoyed adopting companion animals and was an accomplished amateur astronomer and photographer. Jamie was a graduate of Handley High School in Winchester, and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Saint Andrews College in North Carolina. After mentoring many children as a teacher and athletic director at James River Day School and Bedford Elementary School, and as a soccer coach of the Liberty High School Minutemen and Peaks Area Soccer Association, he went on to work as an Airways Systems Engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration in Leesburg.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mothers day to all the Host moms who have been so supportive of the children they care for. For all of the long nights in the hospitals, all of the doctors appointments, and most of all for the love while they were here receiving life saving surgeries, so that they could go back to live with their parents in Haiti.

We had a nice semi quiet day. College kids over for dinner then off to study for finals at VT. It was a beautiful day to sit in the sun, play baseball or kick ball.

Enjoy some of these precious photos. I pray you all had a wonderful day also.

love V


A. Carpenter

Update on Christopher

He is in Michigan at his new host family and doing great. Almost sleeping through the night. He was unable to do that here with us.

I am attaching photo and part of the update his host mom Sue sent me. love V

Hi Vanessa!
I wanted to give you an update on Christopher.

He is a wonderful baby! He is mostly good natured, he does get crabby when he is tired. He now lets me rock him and I pat his back until he falls asleep. He loves to sit in one of several chairs I have for him and watch tv. He babbles and coos. He loves my husband and shows him with a smile :)

His tummy is doing fine. You must have broke him in for me because he has yet to throw up on me. I still don't let him eat more than 3 or 4 ounces at a time though. He only wakes one time at night, usually between 1 and 3 am. He eats a little and goes back to sleep within an hour.

His MRI is scheduled for tomorrow. He can have formula up until 7 am and then water after that until 10. His MRI is scheduled for noon and then we see the surgeon next Tuesday.

Even though this is a major lifestyle adjustment for me, I love doing this. I am anxious for his upcoming surgery so that he can start on the road to recovery.

My community is wonderful, I have had tons of diapers and formula donated to me, as well as gas cards to help me with the many trips to the doctors.

I will send you another update in a couple of days.

Much peace,

Sue Gasieski

Haiti Update…

What a blessed life we lead.  I am back home and got a full nights sleep last night.  Woke up to the most beautiful sunshine.  Temperature here are cold compared to Haiti but being from the North my body likes the cold better than the increasing hot of Haiti.

 

Christopher and I made it back to Virginia on Sunday evening around midnight.  Boy was it a long trip.  We had one complication after another trying to leave Haiti.  It started by them not wanting to issue a ticket for us to leave.  We were like ping pong ball being sent from one person to another.  Someone would say ok we have it all figured out.  Then someone else would say NO.  After two hours in at the counter and a visit from the Minister of Interiors assistant we were issued the tickets.  Then taken through immigration where they told me I am in Haiti so much I should be a haitian resident  I could hear them calling my name but it is hard to get from point A to point B with a baby, stroller and backpack.  Went through the next two screening places only to have the AA person say that the Letter to let Christopher out of the country from the Haitians was not enough.   Finally he agreed and we were taken to the plane.

 

We were the last to get on the plane and the wonderful flight attendants who are always willing to help jumped in.  We got seated and off we went.   The flight for Christopher (his first) went smooth until we landed.  It did not agree with him and he got sick all over both of us.  We got through Ft. Lauderdale fine and had a 5 hour layover more than enough time to clean him up and try to do something with me.   I thought he was doing ok tried to sit down at a restaurant and eat but as my food was delivered Christopher made a funny sound.  I picked him up and out it came again.  I felt so bad for him he had no idea why he was so ill.  The people around I am sure did not want to finish there lunch.  The waitress put mine in a to-go bag. Went to the rest room for his second bath at the airport.  The second flight we were blessed to meet a woman who had also just came from Haiti.  She sat next to me and loved on Christopher he went to sleep and then so did I. 

We got to Charlotte for our next long layover, I went straight to the gate but Christopher was not a happy traveler.  Tried giving him just water, by this time I knew nothing would stay down for him.  Wonderful people tried to help to calm him but he was tired and ill just did not want anything but his mom.   There was a beautiful little girl in the airport about 2 1/2 years old she wanted to give her bob (sponge bob) to the baby.  Her father was so nice and went a bought Christopher his own sponge bob.  Another lady who also has a baby a little older than Christopher walked the airport looking for soy formula and a pacifier.  The Ladies who drive the carts went all over looking for blankets as it was very cold and all of ours were soiled.   So many angels stopped to help us.  We finally got called and I was never so happy to be on a last flight.  Christopher did ok considering how sick he still was.  

I had called Tom my wonderful husband he went to the store before coming to get us and purchased Soy formula.   We got cleaned up gave him drops for his tummy before giving him a little soy formula.  It finally stayed down.  Most of the night Christopher and I spent in the recliner but he did not get sick again.   Monday Christopher was looking for mom but no vomiting.  Tuesday brought Momma Sondra (from the team who helped take care of Christopher after his release from the USNS comfort ship).  Christopher is staying with her for a couple of days and I am working on his travel to Michigan and his host parents who are excited to help him.  He will have surgery at the University of Michigan Children's Hospital.   We will keep you updated.

A big Thank you to all in the airports that helped with Christopher.  God always brings angels to help us with the children. 

Other News:  While in Haiti we went to a remote village near Bassin Bleu.  Beautiful country and people.  The were so welcoming and want to donate land for us to build an orphanage or Clinic.  I will also put up some of the wonderful photos.  This however will require a lot of prayer because getting to this village is very, very hard and you must cross the large river that floods half the year.  During the times of flooding the people are cut off.  They need a large bridge more than anything.  I have no connections with this type of project.   I was pleased to see the village doing so well.  Some illness but not the worst I have ever seen in Haiti.  This village also is made up with over 90% of farmer's however when the river is up they have no way to get produce to market to make any money.   We were able to pass out 17 new Machetes to the farmers.   I felt like we were gearing up for a war giving out all of these large knives.  But as I have been told so many times the Machetes is the best tool you can give a farmer.  We want to Thank our friends at Stellar One for the donation to be able to help these wonderful people. 
There are so many opportunities to help in Haiti.  But knowing where to help and focusing on those projects are key.   Anyone wishing to help in Haiti please step out of your comfort zone and help.

Have a blessed day. 

I hope you like these photos. 

love V

Hello!

Hello from Haiti,

This is my last full day here this month. Yesterday we were able to get all documents for Christopher Cenary, so he will be leaving with me in the morning. Please pray for the following.

No trouble at the Haitian or US airports

for his mother who is letting him go so she can care for his 4 siblings

for the new host parents who will be getting him later this week

for the doctors who will help to make him all better

I hurt my back earlier this week, I am prayerful that God will give me the strength to get to Roanoke with him. His head is very heavy.

We were unable to do the following:
get a truck

fix all of the elec problems

approval for Ratesse Oyis to travel to US still working on it.

See the new Global Orphan project

We were able to:
Christopher Cenary visa and travel papers

Visit Double Harvest a great program that AMH will be partnering with medical teams
see a house that we can rent after June for the mission teams
work on other mission teams for the summer, VBS, Building and medical

See many patients who need care

Interview a few people who may be able to come to the US for training to fit Prostheses

Talk to another group who may be willing to partner with helping the Haitian Amputees.

See part of the destruction of St. Josephs, see 10 of my boys. All are in good shape and glad to be back in school.

See feeding program resume with the start of classes

Hold clinic along with everything else Kez has going on down here

and much much more.

Thank you everyone for your notes I am glad there are those of you following the blog. Have a blessed week.

love V