Today was water truck day. After breakfast, Ross and Calvin went to Grace Village to bake bread and teach Bread Baking 101. The rest of our team loaded up into the tap tap and traveled to Cite Soleli to deliver water to those in need of it. As we pulled into the area where we were delivering the water, the children immediately ran up to our tap tap excitedly screaming words of welcome, chanting "Hey you! Hey you! Hey you!". The gleeful look on their faces will be something our team always remember. Desperate to receive water, the people of City Soleli brought us numerous buckets, pans, trash bins and anything that we could fill. While some of the team filled buckets, the rest of the team were interacting with the joyful kids. These kids were so happy just to be held and loved. When the truck was empty and we had to say goodbye, the kids were extremely reluctant to leave our arms. After that first stop, we went to the water filling station to fill up the truck and then went on to our next water delivery stop, where we were met with the same desperation as the first stop. After an amazing experience we ended our water filling portion of the day and loaded back up into the tap tap. Our second half of the day consisted of the team delivering gift bags to the General Hospital which included things like snacks, soap, baby formula, tooth paste and a tooth brush; all the basic necessities that we take advantage of in our everyday life. Seeing the poor conditions at the hospital really shocked and impacted the team, as it was difficult to see the difference between how the patients are taken care of here versus back at home. Today was an incredible day full of smiles, tears, laughs, hugs, baa's (haha, inside joke) and most importantly, sharing God's love and tender care to the inspiring people of Haiti.
Ke Bondje Beni'ou,
Katie and Amy M.
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