May 2015 Haiti Team Day 5

Wednesday, May 27 What an amazing day! Not to discredit the days we’ve had thus far. Today was especially amazing because we got to spend the first two hours of the day in classrooms at the Brakeman school, leading crafts. We had the kids make salvation bracelets,...

May 2015 Haiti Team Day 4

Tuesday, May 26 We slept in to 7:15am this morning.  It was evident that the team needed a little extra rest after the first day of work and a bit later evening with devotions, craft preparation for our classroom visits on Wednesday and games with the Dorcely girls,...

May 2015 Haiti Team Day 3

Monday, May 25 Today was the team’s first day at the Brakeman school. We moved gravel to prepare for the concrete mixing that we’ll do later this week. Some team members prepared rebar or cut wire, and we all sweated profusely. We thought we were tired at that point;...

May 2015 Haiti Team Day 2

Sunday, May 24, 2015 The team was able to sleep in this morning (6 a.m. is better than 3 a.m.!). After a restful night at Heart to Heart in Petionville, we had another wonderful meal, packed our things and headed to Petit Goave, or “T-Goave”, as the Haitians say. The...

May 2015 Haiti Team Day 1

Saturday, May 23, 2015   The Kansas City team of nine arrived at the airport dark and early (4:00 a.m.) to check in and go through the first patience-testing experience: airport lines. After a few hours of flying, we landed in Miami, had a short layover and then were...

“Resurrecting Haiti”

KCPT put together a special on the response to the devastation in Haiti 5 years ago.  To see how Resurrection has been partnering with the Haitians to rebuild their country, check out this video to see and hear the story.