Photo Team - Friday, December 11
Last post for this trip... We're all missing our friends and families and looking forward to leaving tomorrow - but also sad about leaving this beautiful and desperate place! This morning we traveled to Lahatte to visit the adorable kids at our farthest school. I haven't been there before, and didn't know that there was an actual dessert (with real cactus!) in Haiti! Thankfully, the kids were very excited to see us, and no one cried or screamed and ran away!
We took a short tour of a close village, and loved on the kids while taking their pictures and helping our nurse (Anite) determine which students needed vitamins the most. We watched them play some soccer during recess before lunch, and learned a lot about their culture. It's hard to believe that the people in that area often have to walk between 2 and 3 hours to find water, then carry it home!!
This afternoon, while I am writing to you, Alonzo, Darren, and Myron are napping, and Jeanie is practicing her Creole with one of the staff. Darren and I will be having a couple of short meetings this afternoon with Pastor Herve and Hachemy, then the Leadership graduates will be here for dinner and training again this evening. I am really looking forward to meeting with some vendors a little later to purchase some Haitian vanilla, coffee, and souvenirs to take home.
Please pray for our long journey home tomorrow. We will probably be spending many hours waiting at the airport before our plane leaves, so pray for safety there. Then we will travel to Miami for dinner together before going our separate ways. Please pray that this time together will spur us all to share with others about the amazing Haitian people and culture, and to work toward building a better place to raise up the next generation of Christ-centered leaders!!
Kimberlie :)
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