Prayer

Chaz and I praying for the day to come in Haiti. With so many needs, and limited resources, payer becomes a pivotal practice. With out God's guidance and miraculous provision, the needs can quickly overwhelm you. However, there always seemed to be hope when we looked to God for the answers. In many ways, I felt more alive in resource poor Haiti, than in my comfortable, resource rich, life back in the USA.

Sacrifice

Here an older brother makes sure his younger sibling gets some food. The kids at the nutrition center receive one meal a day for four days a week. It's not a lot but it keeps them from malnutrition. AND many of the kids take the little they get at the nutrition center back home to share with their family. It is sobering to think of the burden that these little ones carry at such a young age.

Malnutrition

Here you see a beautiful child with a tint of red hair. Red hair and a bloated tummy are signs of malnutrition. Thankfully, because of the local nutrition centers, we saw very little red hair this year compared to last. The Mompremiers do their very best to get these precious children into one of the nutrition centers as soon as they are discovered.

Cal-Trans is awesome!

Hailey takes her seat on the bus as we head for our host's home in Haiti. We took Haiti's highway number 3 to get to our hosts home. It was little more than a washed out dirt road. It was a lot like riding a bucking bronc0. Yee - Haw! I don't think I'll complain about the pot holes in the states anymore :)

A Great Adventure

Here's the plane we flew on and the grass field we landed on in the middle of Haiti.

Definitely not flying American

The small plane that took us from the capital to the middle of Haiti had seats for 18. However, in order to get some of the luggage we needed on the plane they used some of the seats for bags. So Hailey and Troy sat together, Jesse sat on Lyn's lap, and Brittany sat on mine. And the kicker was it was hot and humid. Safety regulations? What Safety regulations? :)

The waiting game

Troy and Hailey wait patiently as we try to negotiate getting our luggage to our final destination. After flying overnight we had a three hour wait in a small airport in Port-au-Prince. The kids did great! If that isn't evidence that prayer works I don't know what is.