A Trip to La Baie

Hey it’s Shannon. Monday and Tuesday we were at La Baie. La Baie is about a two hour drive from our compound, and we stay at another compound with forty orphan boys. When we arrived in La Baie we hiked up a mountain and went from hut to hut to do a devotion, pray with them, and give them a bag of groceries. Last year when we did the hut to hut ministry, God lead us to a hut that had fourteen children that lived there.  They had a lot of sickness in their family so we prayed for them and gave them a jar of peanut butter. When we went back to the hut Monday, we gave them a bag of groceries, and we prayed with them. It was a blessing to see them again, and knowing that they were doing well considering their conditions. Another hut we went to was another one from last year, and when we shared with them the groceries you could tell that they were very grateful. They had also remembered us from last year, and told us that last year we prayed for their daughter that was sick. Now she is better and in college. One of the last huts we went to was also from last year, and the wife was sick and we had prayed for her health. We came back this year and found out that she had died two weeks after we left, and he has to take care of their seven children. This brought us all to tears, but he was happy that we brought him groceries. The rest of the day we did VBS with both the town kids and also the orphan boys. Tuesday we took a few of the orphans to the bay and swam then headed back to St. Louis.

Hey, it’s Elizabeth. Like Shannon said, we left for La Baie on Monday and came back today a little after lunch. I think I can speak for all of my team when I say going to La Baie and meeting (or for some of the members reuniting with the little boys they left behind last trip) was truly amazing. All of the boys accepted us with open arms.  With being orphans, they were easily the happiest little boys I’ve ever met and that really opened my eyes. Even though we were only with them for a short time I know that we were all touched by them in some way. We were supposed to take the boys to the bay this morning but they were all in school. We also did a VBS with them and so far they’ve been my favorite group. It was really hard to leave them this morning but I’m so thankful for the opportunity that God gave me to come to Haiti and all the people I’ve met here.