The Smiling Face of Poverty - Haiti Mission Trip Journal
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
By Ann Brau - President of Reiser Relief
Here in Haiti each morning before breakfast, one person in our group shares a reading with everybody. Today’s shared reading, Romans 8:31, said, “Do not expect an easy path as you journey hand in hand with Me, but do remember that I, your very present Helper, am omnipotent.”
What a perfect reading to prepare us for our day. After a 6 a.m. tent worship service, we headed out on our tap-tap. Our first stop was at Terre Promise School in Cite Soleil. We delivered nearly 30 boxes of Feed My Starving Children food to the school, which was such a rewarding experience for me after the complicated process of getting the food TO Haiti.
From there, we set off to do our daily water delivery to the slums of Cite Soleil. Due to government demonstrations in the city today, there were more obstacles delivering the water than usual. I’d like to say things have changed in Cite …More