Trip Update 2/18/09

Hey Everyone!
I got to talk to my mom at about 10 on tuesday night. She sounded great. She said that she got to walk around Coq Chante village and meet the villagers. She told me that the poverty was like nothing that she had ever expected, even after my dad and I had talked about it for so long. Today Valancia had to leave Coq Chante and go to Jacmel, where her parents will say in front of a judge that they release all parental rights to Valancia. That's where my mom's motherly nature probably drove her crazy, because she cannot even fathom how a parent could be able to do something like that. However, she sounded great on the phone, but I know that that was bothering her a little. My mom talked for so long on the phone that they ran out of minutes and I didn't even get to speak with my dad, but she said he is doing great. I can already tell that they are both filled up with stories to tell, and I cannot wait to hear them all.