Terah's First Blog in Haiti "Desperation"

Today we went to an church to give out shoe boxes. We got there and sang then my dad preached and then it was time for shoe boxes. The chaos was unexplainable. I got these two little girls (sisters) each a shoe boxe which included lots of pushing and yelling. Finally the Haitian pastor that came with us said get the missionary kids out! So me and my friends went to the back of the room and saw people giving out shoe boxes get pulled in the crowd and a girl hurt her already broken finger. Then all of a sudden we saw them just throw the shoe boxes out to he crowd to get them away from the people giving out shoe boxes. We got out just before they started fighting over a box right where we were sitting. So we stayed out there for awhile when I saw three sisters (ages: 6,4, and 2) walk out with nothing. I talked to them and gave them a few things and walked away feeling sadness for the kids who sat there waiting their turn. Later I found out that they had been sitting there for almost 5 hours waiting for us to come. That is the face of poverty. That is not someone who is mean and who will just grab the shoe box. That is the face of someone who is so  desperate something in a tiny shoe box. often we forget how much we have compared to the rest of the world. We have so much and take it all for granted.