SVCC in Haiti - Day 2

On our first full day in Haiti, we toured Hope Church/Clinic/School/Innovaton (IT) Lab, we had our first of two water truck days on this trip as well as visited Sakala School, and then returned to the field for a second stop with the water truck.  While this sounds rather mundane as it is stated in logistical facts it understates the impact that Healing Haiti’s operations are having on the community, the overwhelming experience that seeing Cite Soleil is, and the resiliency of all the Haitian people.

Hope Church continues to be a beacon of light in an area of the world that in the physical most would assume should be shrouded in darkness.  Their faithfulness continues to bear fruit.  The newest addition of an IT Lab for the students is training the world’s most disadvantaged children with the best software, hardware and curriculum that the world can provide them.  Their futures are shining brighter than their smiles.

As we helped carry water to the homes of the residents of Cite Soleil, we saw many things that by our standards might have been lacking but one thing that was not, was joy.  Their hearts overflowed with joy just as their buckets did with water.

When we went to Sakala school a member of the team was introducing us.  As he finished our introduction, he said we come from Minnesota where all the snow is, this was met with a sea of blank stares, so he couldn’t stop there.  “Who wants to have fun?” he asked.  The children erupted YAY! I can’t hear you! An even louder roar went up, and right on queue our delightful and extremely helpful Healing Haiti staff Smith put on some music and the dancing began.

Before we knew it, we were being asked to load back up and reconnect with the water truck.  The idea of a water truck was foreign to most of us before this trip as we are accustomed to running water but we helped deliver a basic necessity to people who otherwise do not have access nor the means to procure clean water.

Exhausted physically from the experience we returned home to a delicious meal of Haitian Lasagna prepared by our loving and diligent Healing Haiti staff at the guest houses.  As we all reflected on our day it was far from mundane. Somehow as we went out into the world to love God’s people just as they are, and give what we have away, we found we were the ones who felt had received the most and our hearts overflowed with gratitude for this opportunity.

~ Kyle