Our Haiti Trip Diary

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To our Free Christian Church family:

Thank you for your prayers, donated supplies, and financial support that enabled us to travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from January 26th through the 31st.  For many of us, this was our first short-term mission trip and our first time traveling to Haiti.  It was amazing to see how much God could teach us in just six days!  It was also a great blessing to us to meet the people that FCC supports in Haiti, most recently through the generous Christmas Eve offering.  We hope you enjoy reading a brief overview of our experience, and that you’ll pull us aside some Sunday in the Rotunda (or whenever else we cross paths) if you’re interested in learning more! 

Love in Christ,
Dana Dreher, Dan Dzikowicz, Bob Dzikowicz, Kathy Francois, Leclerc Francois, Cheryl Henlin, Marianne Langston, Dennis Lindsay, Audrey Martino, and Donna Swanson

Our Haiti Trip Diary

What are the most important things that an American mission team can take to Haiti, a mountainous country surrounded with blue waters lapping onto golden beaches, a paradise lost to extreme poverty?  Every team that flies to Port-au-Prince must ask this question.  Each person in our team checked (2) 50 lb. bags onto the airplane containing medical supplies, clothes, tuna, peanut butter, and some painting supplies.  We each carried on a laptop for the orphanage and a bag with our personal items.  By the time we returned home, however, we had discovered that the most important thing was the gift of our time shared with the staff and children at Hope for the Children of Haiti (HFC).

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