Haiti Adventures (Jan 2015) Day 6-7

Thursday was very productive! We traveled to Helene’s village and passed out buckets to some of the people there! The people will use the buckets for mainly carrying water to their houses, so they’re very helpful! It was great to see the joy on their faces as we passed out the buckets and it was amazing how thankful they were. Can you just close your eyes for a second with me and comprehend this? (Please proceed to close them after you read the rest of this paragraph and picture all the things I name.) Look at your house, look at your car, your kitchen, its contents (the food, silverware and cooking utensils…) look at your family, your husband/wife, your kids, your pets. Now think really hard, in the midst of your one or two story house how many buckets do you have? Think of what we use buckets for, maybe to store dirt when gardening, wash our cars, build sand castles, put fish in when we go fishing and so much more. They’re something that every american owns, and many of us have large quantities of them. Now think of the people of Haiti, picture them smiling as they're handed a bucket. Something that we take for granted is something that they treasure and rely on to help keep their families hydrated….crazy right?!

     I’m hoping you've opened your eyes now to continue the blog.  After we were done handing out buckets we rode down to Helene’s house and they served us a homemade Haitian meal of rice, beans and seasoned chicken. It was so good, I can’t even describe it! Lunch went by quickly and then we traveled to a nearby waterfall and had some fun there! It was beautiful! At the end of our journey we returned to the complex and had an amazing communion service! It was great to worship and praise with the team members and the interns, all of whom I've come to call friend very quickly! Finally, I ended my day rocking baby Dely to sleep and singing to him, which I absolutely loved.

Friday wasn't quite as full, but still meaningful.  I went with Chelsea and Jean-Philippe to drop one of the mission teams that had been here for the week off at the airport. We stopped and prayed for some people on the way and then stopped at a cute little boutique in Cabaret. Then I returned to the complex, watched the village boys play soccer, hung out with them after and then had a Haitian sandwich called a paté. It was yummy! I ended my day with the interns, Tyler, Jessica, Chelsea and Aggie. We all got together and had a mini worship time. Words cannot describe how much I will miss all of them, I've bonded with them so much this past week and have loved my time spent with them serving the people of Haiti. I’ll miss them and this place so much. I can hardly wait to go home and fill out my application for a year long internship after graduation. It was a great last day, spent with friends and kids. I’ll miss this so much, but am thankful God gave me an opportunity to come back!