This is co-leader Brenna reporting on our day. Nate, Erin, Jean Marc and I helped prepare food in the Lord's kitchen this morning. We washed rice, peeled garlic and washed dishes. It was amazing to see just how hard these women work to prepare food for the children. One young lady worked with the coconuts (kokoye in Creole), cracking them open, used the juice and shredding it down to make milk. Some of them would sing as they worked. Such soothing melodies came from the kitchen today.
There are about 550 kids at the school that we helped feed. Its such a heart-warming experience to see joy on these kids' faces simply by giving them lunch. So many of them came up to us and gave us big hugs and smiles. It's hard not to fall in love with them!
After a quick nap, we got in our tap tap and ventured out into the community. We visited Lambi and brought our soccer balls and bubbles for the kids. Our soccer skills were nothing compared to theirs, and we only got to kick the ball a couple times and the rest of it was spent chasing the kids around. Our time with the kids is undoubtedly the best part of each of our days. Each of us had multiple kids climbing on us, braiding our hair, and laughing at our Creole.
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