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We're home safe and sound!
The profound impoverishment in Haiti is beyond words. The earthquake simply put them on our map of understanding this.
We spent time with children and communities in activities from building a foundation for a three room school house and providing medical attention, cradling parent-less babies, to catching orphans who never swam before in a rapidly flowing river. We saw devastation throughout the country.
We rode in the back of the pick-up truck everywhere we went, sometimes with 12 children in the back with us. We smelled exhaust, sewerage, dust, burning coal and garbage with the backdrop of beautiful mountains. We felt hot and filthy from the dust, fully clothed, next to children and adults, at times, who didn’t have clothes or shoes. We saw families SO proud when their children graduated kindergarten as education is valued but not the luxury for all. We saw several funeral processions as medical attention and parenting education (in preventive health care & nutrition for children) are not what they are in the States.
We saw children with no toys. No parents. No running water in their homes. Not much food. No clean water. And, almost ALL smiled when they saw us. They are grateful for what they have, not knowing what they don’t have. We saw HARD working people… from the age of two to 92.
And, I saw progress from the last time we were there. We saw MANY other missionaries from around the world pouring into help. One by one by one they are making a difference.
Thanks to all those who supported with prayers, dollars, and/or supplies. YOU made a difference in SEVERAL beautiful children’s lives.
Thanks for the opportunity and keeping us safe in our travels GVCM & C.A.R.H.A., Djumy, Tod, Berlie & the De La Fuente family!
Bre & Tag, keep doin' what you're doin'!
God bless you for all the work you're doing.
The profound impoverishment in Haiti is beyond words. The earthquake simply put them on our map of understanding this.
We spent time with children and communities in activities from building a foundation for a three room school house and providing medical attention, cradling parent-less babies, to catching orphans who never swam before in a rapidly flowing river. We saw devastation throughout the country.
We rode in the back of the pick-up truck everywhere we went, sometimes with 12 children in the back with us. We smelled exhaust, sewerage, dust, burning coal and garbage with the backdrop of beautiful mountains. We felt hot and filthy from the dust, fully clothed, next to children and adults, at times, who didn’t have clothes or shoes. We saw families SO proud when their children graduated kindergarten as education is valued but not the luxury for all. We saw several funeral processions as medical attention and parenting education (in preventive health care & nutrition for children) are not what they are in the States.
We saw children with no toys. No parents. No running water in their homes. Not much food. No clean water. And, almost ALL smiled when they saw us. They are grateful for what they have, not knowing what they don’t have. We saw HARD working people… from the age of two to 92.
And, I saw progress from the last time we were there. We saw MANY other missionaries from around the world pouring into help. One by one by one they are making a difference.
Thanks to all those who supported with prayers, dollars, and/or supplies. YOU made a difference in SEVERAL beautiful children’s lives.
Thanks for the opportunity and keeping us safe in our travels GVCM & C.A.R.H.A., Djumy, Tod, Berlie & the De La Fuente family!
Bre & Tag, keep doin' what you're doin'!
God bless you for all the work you're doing.
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Mission trip 2011 building homes… |
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