KCC's Team Last Haiti Day

We finished with a bang!! But let me back up and start at the beginning of the day.

Other than a long, loud barking stretch last night with most of the guest house occupants getting up and debating who had a flashlight walking around outside the guest house in the middle of the night it was relatively calm.

Once they woke up Anna who stayed down there for the week she assured them it was likely Jenner the night watchman from the clinic coming up to see what set off the dog.

Following breakfast we enjoyed a bit of a chat until we went down to see Compassion's Child Survivor Program.

Few children who made it to school were released early because of the protests further down the road from us toward Port Margot over the road conditions.

Brother Onix the CSP director spend a few minutes talking about the project and answering questions.

We then visited the dinning hall where the afternoon Kid's club was held due to a meeting in the church.




Part of the team completed the painting in the school rooms while others put together the colored beads for the afternoon.

Lunch.

The John Pierre and Dieucel shared with the team about school, Kid's club and volleyball programs.



Kid's Club crowd only reached about 50 as many children live in the area with the protests.

For the skit Cory translated for Lori, his little sister and then Anna translated for cousin Lyric for the umbrella skit.

We reviewed the colored beads, sang songs, did introductions, prayed a couple of times....and then headed to the big finish.

Craft time consisted of a foam sun visor to be decorated with stickers.

 The small crowd lulled us into thinking we could control the crowd if they stayed in their seats and we tried to distribute the items all at once.



Well because of some sneaky children the distribution became uneven with some children getting a few while others ended up with a handful of stickers.

I saw at least a few hats that were flipped over to show their lack of stickers when in reality the underside already boasted many stickers.

I hope no one felt totally left out. The staff and team realize that working with the kids takes a lot of prayer, patience and energy.


As today shows the work is not yet done. Lessons still need to be learned by both them and us.

But thankful that the Lord loves each of us and lets us grow.

Tomorrow morning the team will eat a bit before heading out at 5 a.m. to reach the airport at 7.

They should be leaving Haiti shortly after 9 a.m.




We enjoyed the  team very much and know that the Lord will bless them and the work they did here will continue to have a positive impact for weeks and months to come.