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Hope in Haiti

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Happy February! My oh my, 2014  is moving right along! This is shaping up to be another busy year, and it really felt like it kicked off last week when I traveled with Food for the Poor to Haiti. You may remember last year we traveled to Guatemala around the same time. The experience was life-transforming then, so I am not surprised it happened again. I was greatly blessed by the companionship of my friend Andrea and a wonderful group of radio comrades from across the country.

There are so many feelings and experiences that occurred in the few days that we were there, that I’m not even sure where to start.  To witness humanity in such a raw form. Stripped away of all THINGS (possessions, necessities, privacy..) was profound. There were extreme moments of joy. Beautiful children singing dancing, and giving thanks to God. 


Extreme moments of anguish. A baby, orphaned and abandoned and in pain from the water on his brain caused by hydrocephalus and his heartbreaking suffering. 





There were moments of hope: meeting a family who received a new house from Food from the Poor to see even their posture and countenance be endowed with a dignity that was very obvious and beautiful.
We helped feed just a small portion of the 15,000 people who come to the Food for the Poor feeding center every day in Port-Au-Prince to receive lifesaving nourishment. 
In June, our radio station will lay the needs of Haiti before 95.5 Fish Listeners in Cleveland and share some of these stories first-hand. Since that’s a long way off, I thought I would post just a brief video I shot while we were visiting a school in Kadwa:
You can always donate, and find out more about Food for the Poor by visiting their website too. 
Our Cannon camera broke the night before the trip (ahem…I’ll give you two toddler-sized guesses how that happened)! Lol. So I was disappointed I wouldn’t be able to do justice to the experience without good images, but the kids shined bright, it didn’t matter. I always seem to regret not taking more more videos and pictures, and I’m already feeling that about Haiti. I just pray the Lord will preserve my memory and prepare my words to adequately be their voice. And what a beautiful voice Mother Haiti has! 

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