Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Empty But Filled

Water Truck.....wow, what an incredible and exhausting day!! After a hearty breakfast, we headed down the bumpy road in the tap-tap. Today was the water truck day. Fresh, clean water is delivered to Cite Soleil by Healing Haiti six days a week. The water truck is filled with thousands of gallons of water at the filling station. Our first stop was in the center of the city. Our second stop was the wharf and third stop was the village. All different and distinct. Hundreds of thirsty people came for water and interaction with us! Some of us held the hose, others filled the buckets and helped carry them to their homes and still others played games with the kids. It was challenging at times to keep order in the line. Some arguments broke out among the Haitians but we kept calm and focused. This experience today helps sustain their lives but changed our lives forever.





Haitian Initiative..... this is a program in which the Haitian kids are encouraged to stay in school by being given food and an opportunity to play soccer on a team. This program is working! Over 300 boys and girls are successfully enrolled in the program right now. This afternoon, we headed to the soccer field, a flat gravel surface, but man did we have fun playing soccer with the kids! In Minnesota we had packed supplies full of soccer equipment to give the soccer team for their trip to MN for the Schwanns Cup in July. It was fun to hand those out to the kids. We look forward to cheering the Haitian team in July at home!


We returned to the guesthouse, dirty, grungy, tired and sunburned. We quickly realized we had the opportunity to play soccer again. This time with the neighborhood kids that several of our team had met last year. It was a highlight of the day for many of us.
 

 

 

 

"The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry, and restoring your strength. You will be like a well watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring."
Isaiah 58:11

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