Haitians get in tune with new Oklahoma homes

 
BY DARLA SLIPKE | Published: February 28, 2010   

Sixties and ’70s music drifted through the Lechtenberg household as brothers Tiken and Ebby got ready for bed.

A month ago, the boys, ages 5 and 7, came to Oklahoma City from Haiti where they were living in an orphanage when the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince. On Tuesday night, they wore bike helmets and clutched a lint roller and a hairbrush like microphones as they rocked to the tune of John Lennon’s "Instant Karma” from their perch on the counter in their future adoptive parents’ bathroom.

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Feb 26The family talks about adopting seven-year-old Gardina.

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Local Nurse helps in Haiti

Feb 22Belinda Lechtenberg describes how she helped those in...

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Lenharts discuss adoptions

Feb 16The Lenharts talk about adopting children.

Six Haitian children — including Tiken and Ebby, who came to Oklahoma last month — are adapting to new lifestyles with local families who have pledged to adopt them. During...
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