Children and Chicken Coops: TSC Moms Minister In Haiti

By Ashely J :   

Three ladies (including myself) from TSC are headed to Haiti on Friday morning with an organization called Visiting Orphans. I wanted to share some information on our trip with you so you could be praying and be a part of what God is doing to change the world!

Our team will fly out of Nashville on Friday.  Please pray for favor for the baggage. The airline we are flying with only allows one checked bag to Haiti. We each have a checked bag plus a second 50 pound bag full of formula. There are five of us on the trip flying out of Nashville and we all have a second bag full of formula to check. My prayer is not only will they allow it, but that we will not have to pay any extra baggage fees! Total it is 250 pounds of formula!

Buildings Destroyed After the Haiti Earthquake

We spend the first 2 days in Port-Au Prince at the Well Being Orphanage. The children in the orphanage are all earthquake survivors and all lived in tents on the grounds until recently. The building was destroyed. It is my understanding that it has been partly rebuilt.  We will be helping serve this orphanage and children. 

After this we are boarding a Cessna (9 passenger plane) and taking a 45 minute flight to Pignon, Haiti. Our plane will be making its landing in a goat pasture! This tiny bit of information God saw fit to leave out until we all signed up. I think He knew what He was doing. Once there we will be staying at the Haiti Home of Hope. It is run by the Americans who serve in Haiti. Our plan is to do some small projects at the orphanage and even build a structure onto the orphanage that will cover their eating area. Right now there is no cover and when it rains they are forced to eat in their rooms. Keep in mind there are fifteen women and two men on this trip! Good thing I had a handy Dad growing up and a construction husband!

 After the Earthquake in Haiti

On Wednesday we will be holding a community clinic. At this clinic we will be ministering to families with infants. In most cases family members bring an infant from their community (usually aunts or grandmothers) as far as a fifteen minute walk away. These infants in many cases lost their mothers in childbirth. That is why the formula we are taking is so important. Without this formula these babies will not make it through their first year of life. We will also be giving these families seed packets. We ordered seed packets from a company here in the US that specially formulates the seeds to grow in the climate and soil of Haiti. This could be life changing for the families. They will be able able to sustain themselves with vegetables and even provide a means of income, which is truly amazing.

Our other plans include home visits in the communities and loving on people at a local hospital and I have heard we are also building a chicken coop!

All of us from TSC and the rest of the team are going to be whatever God needs us to be for the next week. We would covet your prayers for our safety, and for our families. The three of us mommas are leaving home our broods of 12 total children!  Thank you all... I just felt led to share. We should be home next Friday.