Haiti Happenings

Getting ready for a day of fishing

While working on replacing a couple of chalkboards at the LACC school in Cite Cadet today, the kids showed up with their plates of food.  Here is a photo of a young boy who is happy to have his daily meal at school…thanks to Convoy of Hope and the NutritionHope program.

Here’s another one of those beautiful smiles.  This young boy was watching us work at the LACC school on Delmas 33 this afternoon.  Just another proof that the kids in Haiti are some of the most beautiful in the world.

Following a purity seminar  at Pernier school yesterday morning, the COH team introduced ‘tire gardening’ to the 6th graders.  It was a well-received project that the students took seriously.  The photo above shows the onions and leeks in one of the tires.  Other plants were bell-pepper, chard and spinach…all thanks to Double Harvest!

The team puts the finishing touches on small benches that will be placed with matching tables for pre-schoolers.  The benches were finally taken inside after dark.  All-in-all, it was a long, full, fulfilling day.  Today….REST at the beach.

Today was the start of a new self-sustaining seed project with 50 students at the LACC school in Terre Froide.  Each of the selected students received 3 small marmites of black beans seeds.  They ‘sign’ for the seeds, then are responsible for planting the seeds in their garden, taking care of the garden, and harvesting their produce.  They are then required to return to the ‘project’ 3 small marmites of black beans seeds.  Thus, in a sense they are ‘borrowing’ the seeds to use for their garden.  In the above photo, Pastor Fils Aime watches as a student signs for her seeds. Below is a photo of some of the students with their bags of seeds.

Below, Makendy stands in the middle of his garden with his sack of seeds.  He will be planting them later this month, then praying for a great harvest in June.  The view from his garden is breathtaking as you can see for miles out over the valleys.

This week the COH team is busy building new school benches.  These, along with new chalkboards and a storage cabinet, will be delivered next Saturday to some of the LACC schools.  In the photo above, the girls are sanding the finished product, while Jorel shows his skills in using a drill in the photo below.  These benches are very solid and should last through several school years.

 Our Saturday journey took us waaaaay beyond Mirabalais, up into the mountains.  After driving as far as possible, we hiked another hour to the point where a new church will be built.  Along the way, we crossed water several times…sometimes on rocks, sometimes barefoot and wading.

The photo below shows the beginning of the congregation just steps away from the location of the new church.  The foundation has been dug and rocks and sand have been carried in by the people.

The Convoy of Hope team spent time today at Boutillier, getting a great look at the city of Port-au-Prince and spending some time praying over the city.