Kids Against Hunger Haitian style

Some of our girls spent some quality time with the kids in Leveque, while the rest played soccer.

Walking back from the aqueduct in Leveque. 

While packing meals in Haiti, it was great to see Kids Against Hunger Meals from Michigan in Haiti

This is the Haitian meal packing process.  Our team was amazing working alongside Haitian workers.

So, Thanksgiving’s tomorrow but we’re all so thankful we have the opportunity to serve in Haiti this week.  Amazing families and amazing dinners will be missed, but we are truly blessed to be here now!  We started our day with a goal of packing 20,000 meals of rice and beans we bought from the Haitian farmers in the village of Turpin.  We were blessed to have friends, families, students, and members of our Avondale community, who have been touched by our Kids Against Hunger food packing events, donate to purchase the food.  We were especially excited to plant trees in Turpin yesterday, visit the farmer’s fields, and learn more about the farmers’ lives and growing methods.  The bigger picture in all this is a community with an expanding economy, so they can support their families, feed their children, and send their kids to school, so they can create a brighter future.  If you know the way our team handles business, it’s no surprise we took a task that should have taken us until lunch and raced to complete it in about an hour and forty five minutes.  We packed it so quick that MOH asked us to pack an additional 5,000 meals, so they could get it out to schools and orphanages they support next week.

We traveled to Leveque after lunch and spent some incredible time in the village.  Our work project was cancelled, so we immersed ourselves in the community and the children.  After an afternoon of playing with and carrying children all over the village, walking to the local water source to learn more about the women in the community, meeting with the village champion and learning more about the community, and playing soccer, we headed back to MOH.  We were blessed to spend time with a dear friend, John Marc, who is an orphan who has lived at MOH since 2006.  He shared his powerful story and challenged our team.

Well it’s 1:15 am, Happy Thanksgiving, many great conversations tonight and it’s time to get a little sleep before the 6:00 am wake up.  Wish I could share more, but our days are quite full.  Parents, your kids love you, but sometimes they don’t want to post very much because they’re immersed in Haiti, are locked into their experiences, and are processing those experiences.