Support the Haitian Recovery

January 15 2010

Jeremy Scheller

Haiti

It’s been about 9 years since I was in Haiti. I went there on a mission trip. and I received more than I gave.

As we came approached the village, the children and families ran to greet us and ushered us into their community with singing and dancing. The words I didn’t understand. The pureness of the joy, I did.

I spent time in a village of dirt and ramshackle huts. Mud and dirty water. Where often the same water was used drinking and bathing in.

I experienced church in this little village of Petit Goave, Haiti unlike I’d ever experienced before. For hours there was singing and dancing. Praising and giving thanks.

When we came to the village, they had very little, if anything to eat for the two weeks prior. We brought huge bags of rice and beans. And while everyone ate rice and beans, they treated us to rice and beans with a creole fried turkey that they’d saved just for us. And it was nearly 100 degrees and they served us ice cold Coke in glass bottles with persperation running down the glass.

We came 2,500 miles to serve them, but they served us.

Now, I’m doing what I can to give back…and you can too.

Covenant World Relief

Our denomination, The Evangelical Covenant Church has a relief organization called Covenant World Relief. They are first responders for disasters like the earthquake in Haiti. They already have teams on the ground and they continue to need supplies and donations.