first food delivery!

WOO-HOO!

yesterday we had our FIRST food delivery at CAD & i am so excited to share all about it with you.

FIRST. i want to say THANK YOU to every single person who sponsors one of our kids at CAD. they are the most amazing, talented, sweet kids who just need people to love them & show them jesus. these kids raise themselves most days & need prayer, need encouragement & someone to believe in them & their dreams. my job with these kids is not always easy, yea i have fun with them & we play & joke BUT there are times when i have to sit down & have conversations about stealing, about running away, about fighting, about anger, hold them when they are crying, checking bones to see if their broken, talks about cursing, about forgiveness, about trust, & so much more. my heart leaves broken so many times but GOD keeps making me stronger to fight for these kids. i love these kids with my whole heart & they made me a mom. they really did.

so. on one of my last trips to haiti we created a menu for the kids- breakfast, lunch, dinner & when we send sponsorship money the money buys the items from the menu in 2 week time periods. so we send money on the 15th & the 1st. alix gets the money & buys the food, we pay for a tap-tap to deliver the food because we do not have a car in haiti yet. he takes photos, he makes a list of everything he gets & writes how much he gets of each things. he has someone at CAD sign the papers & then we put it in the food room.

*this is the list above, it does not include bread & eggs which we did get as well*

we also provide propane for cooking & water for drinking, cooking, & bathing. 

then through the week i will get photos of the kids meals!

i got a message from one of the kids that said "thank you for the food" & he told me that that day everyone got a cookie. i literally started crying. you guys, the smallest things we take for granted. A COOKIE. whew. lord help me to be thankful in seasons of need & seasons of plenty.

your $30 a month makes a huge difference. these kids are so appreciative! i cannot wait to tell all of them more about all of you & the ones who recently got sponsored. if you would like to write your child a letter or send them a gift i will always take it to them, they will be so excited- & i can assure you that you will get  something back. they love showing appreciation.

please pray for my trip in september - one month i will be with my kiddos. cannot wait!

-e

update on canaan & some THANK YOU'S!

i am sorry it has taken so long for me to write this post. trying to get in the swing of things, last papers for the non-profit, get the sponsorship program up & running, organizing the september trip, grow a baby & go to doctors appointments, do the laundry & take a minute to breathe.

moise.

banaelle.

babissa.

pouchon.

i have so much to tell you. our last trip was very productive. laura & i got so much done. we had a lot of administrative, & research to do but we did it. there was a lot of love to give out to all those kids with it being us 2 but we did a pretty good job.

thanks to everyone that gave for the kids in canaan we were able to take:

624 pens
295 pencils
glue
214 toothbrushes
152 tubes of toothpaste
31 boxes of crayons
150 bars of soap
20 bottles of lotion
30 bookbags

& $1500 to buy the fabric for the kids uniforms.

alix & wa-wa with all of the fabric. 

laura. 

this girl never lets me do anything because of my "condition"

WHAT! God is so incredible & good.

i was in tears packing all of the supplies & giving it to wa-wa & alix made us so happy.



THANK YOU to  Villa Rica Christian Church - their VBS raised an incredible amount of supplies for us to take to those kids.

THANK YOU  Saint Andrew's Christian Church - thank you for letting laura & i speak, thank you for hosting spaghetti night to raise money, thank you for the prayers, thank you for everything.

THANK YOU  First Christian Church of Carrollton - who donated money to help the school get items they were in need of.

wa-wa & alix have given out the fabric to the kids so their families can have their uniforms made.

these are some of the kids that will going to the school. 

this is wa-wa's daughter. 

they are in the process of registering all the kids for school & then they will give out all the supplies that were donated!

they will take photos of all of this for us. i cannot wait to see them!

they will start the school in the church & were doing a bunch of repairs while we were there. before the church was so hot it did not have a lot of windows but they were putting a bunch in & i was so excited.

eventually when the money is raised we will build a school close to the church. 

this is the bathroom that is already almost finished. 

this is some of the land where the school will be in canaan. 

girls dinner at la cabane.

i LOVE la cabane. this beautiful hotel is my home away from home. every time i am there i am greeted by mrs. tina or her husband with the BEST hug. they are like family to me, & did i mention that their food is amazing. you have their food & the view & the friendly staff & it makes for an amazing day.

when we were there in march we decided to take the kids one night to have a cold coke & play in the water. well this time we wanted for them to be able to enjoy a nice meal & swim in the water.

it was so fun to take my sweet girls there. most of the girls are afraid to swim or they cannot so they sit in the shallow end of the water & play. their smiles will make your heart so happy & when you hear them laughing bc they are having such an amazing time being kids it makes you appreciate all your childhood memories with your family.

i sat there watching them while they ate their chicken, rice, beans, plantains & enjoying their coke. mickerlange kept trying to cut her chicken wing with a fork & a knife like all the other girls. they think it is more respectful to eat this way when out somewhere nice. now.. trying to cut this chicken with a fork & a knife is a little difficult. so i told her, "girrrrllll, no way" & i picked up my chicken & ate it like a pro with both hands. her little face lit up like FINALLY i can eat this thing & she did. all the other girls did the same after seeing that all of us were doing it. after we ate we went & played in the water. i sat there taking photos & videos & hearing them shout my name so i would watch what they were doing or take their photo & i was just so happy. so incredibly happy that people donated to help make such a special day for them come to pass. THANK you to everyone that helped make this day possible. they do not get days like this often or at all & it means the world to them & to me.

sanaika & abigaile

sanaika & kethia

look how sweet!

she is so tiny & cute!

dd, lovena, me & guerlene

sanaika & i

we had so much fun & i cannot wait to see my girls when i get there. they might seem tough but they are sweeties.