March 11:

Arrived at the Port au Prince airport currently operating in an air cargo warehouse.

Visited the Heartline Ministries temporary hospital and mourned the loss of the World WIde Village guest house.

March 12:

Visited the village of Luly and assessed the damage to their church and school.  World Wide Village has recently agreed to provide school lunches for the 169 children attending the 24 feet by 60 feet primary Christian school.

Traveled to Leogane an area suffering from 90% earthquake destruction.  We saw the 50-bed mobile medical hospital and surgical suites donated to World Wide Village.  Since the earthquake, 11,000 patients have been treated and over 70 new babies welcomed into the world – including a 3 pound premie.

March 13:

Returned to Leogane.  Taught the displaced children from tent city how to play kickball in the tropical Caribbean heat and humidity.  Distributed tiny toy cars, bubbles and jump ropes to the children.

March 14:

Visited Pastor Jean-Claude’s church in Jacmel which was destroyed in the earthquake.  They now hold services in the hallway of a children’s home.  The crowded conditions do not dampen their spirits.  They are joyful and praise God with all their hearts.  From there we drove to Port Salut on the south coast of Haiti – surviving a multitude of “killer” speed bumps.

March 15:

We visited Coeur School and began taking individual photos of the students.  After school, we taught the children how to play Team Handball.  Sunburns all around for the white visitors.

March 16:

Returned to Coeur School to distribute photos to the children.  They were thrilled!  Some hugged them to their chests and smiled HUGE smiles!   We taught crafts to the older school classes and helped serve lunch to all 240 children.

After leaving Coeur School, we stopped by a children’s after school feeding program where 40+ children are given a meal three days each week.  One of the supporters of the program was recently murdered.  World Wide Village committed to providing Feed My Starving Children fortified rice to expand the program to daily feedings.  For some children, the meal at the feeding program is the only meal they receive.

March 17:

Today we returned to Coeur School in Dumont and taught the older children about snowflakes.  They cut snowflakes out of paper and decorated them.  It was astounding to learn that many children did not know how to use scissors.

The smaller children were excited about their crayon drawings.

We were blessed to connect with two sponsored children and deliver special gifts to each child from the Anderson Family who sponsor them.

More to come…