Our day started out early. We had to be up at 5:30am to head to the airport. We had to leave one of our team members (Rob) back due to an issue with his stomach (may have had some bad water).
Got to the airport and our flight was delayed one hour. The runway was filled with waste from an overspill that happened due to hard rains the night before. We final got up in the air on a 20 seat prop plane and flew up to NW Haiti, specifically Port-au-paix. We were pick up by Janiel who runs the NW Haiti Mission. Our first stop was to a small sea town and a mission location for NW Haiti Mission (NWHM) that they had just started a few years ago. This area had gotten hit hard by a CAT-4 Hurricane last September that wiped out most of the lower houses in the town along with 400 animals and 10 people that got swept out to sea and died. We pick up a young missionary that is from Lexington, Curtis, and he went with us to see the feeding location. The food that got feed to the kids was the food that NWHM received from Kids Against Hunger (Larry B) and that Orphans Promise helped with the shipping. The took at least 1 1/2 hours and was on the roughest road that most of us had ever been on. We had to drive through a river, yes, you heard me, right through a river. We also saw people walking on the roadside, riding donkeys and a ton of kids waved at us and yelled "Bloncs" which means white during our entire driving trip. The kids do not seem to see too many white people so they were so excited to see us drive by and all of us waved at them.
When we got the NWHM campus (one of many), we saw the kids and they were getting feed rice from Kids Against Hunger. It was very sad to see them lined up and as their name was called, they would head up and get their food. Some of the kids do not eat but once a day! We did our video interview with a women that has seven kids she is responsible for, most of them are her grandchildren since her own children cannot afford to take care of them and have to go to another city to find work. This lady only eats once a day if she is lucky and most of that food comes from the feeding centers. She was only 41 and she looked at least 61.
After we did our filming, we ate lunch and then went to head to an orphanage that NWHM runs. We drove at least one hour and hit a road that has too wet and muddy to head down or back up. We had to drive back and could not go. We did get to see a market (this was incredible). The market was packed and the people looked at us and yelled and waved. Only a few people seemed to have an issue with us, but most were waving and also asking for money. The drive was really a blast, it was like driving through the African ride at Animal Kingdom, but real, and much more exciting.
Finally we ended the night in the city of St. Louie. this is the main campus for NWHM. We will see a baby orphanage and a birthing center tomorrow and then head back to Port-Au-Prince. I will include some photos as well later. We love you all and miss our family. God is so good, this is such a great experience and the need for these people and especially the kids is so great.
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