Saturday, February 19, 2011

Final Day in Haiti

Hey Everyone,
Yesterday was our full day in Haiti. We had women show up at our gate at 8:00 even though our sewing doesn't start until 9:00 because they new it was the last day! We had the most people come to this sewing session than any other day this week. We gave a packet of crayons and paper to all of the kids who came that they could use for school or fun. The kids made either pillows or small quilts. The women finished their skirts or made some new small quilts. We even had a new man who came yesterday and made a satchel. We took a lot of pictures with all of the people and their finished products. They all got very excited over some packets of play-dough, but they had a hard time sharing it. After sewing we had lunch. We had a soup made by the Currelly's because for our cooking class we made a desert called pan patat. Pan patat is a pudding made up of coconut, bananas, sweet potatoes, and spices. It was delicious but it took a long time to make!






After lunch we went down to the methodist mission where they have a clinic, a hospital, orphanages, and schools. The mission has taken care of thousands of Haitan's with AIDS and until recently treated 30 new people a day with Cholera. Now they only have several each week.  We donated the majority of the school supplies that we brought down and most of the quilts that we made at the sew-a-thons. We met with the director of the mission, Mr. Angus, who was very appreciative and said that they will be given to orphan and sick children from poor families. We then went down close to port du prince to go shopping for souvenir items. The shop sold only local Haitian made items. We were very successful and spent a log time looking at all of the beautiful and unique items. We stopped at a market to buy pickles which in haiti is pickled cabbage and different vegetables. We also bought haitian ice cream (which was very delicious) and gorgeous calla lilies. Thank you to everyone who donated time or goods to our Haiti quilt project. It was very appreciated by everyone! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Currelly who where wonderful hosts!    I hope that you enjoyed my blog, I had fun writing it!

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