Haitian School Directors Play with VBS children at Kings of Kings

Mario and Evangeline, the husband and wife directors of Gentille Hirondelle elementary school in Haiti, visited Vacation Bible School at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Farifax, Virginia this summer. The American children made cards for them to take back to Haiti. The directors answered questions about Haiti, and taught the children a Haitian stone game called "Os Cabri" ("Goat Bones"). Haitian children don't have many toys to play with, so they play games with simple things they can find, like stones. Os Cabrit is so easy for Haitian children, but the Virginia kids had stones flying all over the room, making the directors laugh like crazy!  

 

Haiti School Directors Visit the U.S.

Mario and Evangeline Pierre, the husband and wife directors of Gentille Hirondelle elementary school in Haiti, visited Julie in Virginia this summer. We spent the entire two weeks laughing while doing all sorts of things that Mario and Evangeline had never done before like ride in a row boat, visit the monuments in Washington DC, ride a merry-go-round, see a haunted house, eat Chinese food with chopsticks, and go on a ferris wheel. Friends of Julie's generously gave the directors a violin and ukulele to take back with them and share with the children in music class at the school in Haiti.

 

2013-2014 School Year Donors

Thank you to the following donors who are "helping Haiti through education" during the 2013-2014 school year:

 

 

 

Sponsoring a child:

Sheila and Micah Smith
*Julie and Geoff Akey
Isert family (Germany)


General:

*Eleanore Grefstad
Pauline Henning
Kline family
Jane and Rick Duncan
*Hawaii Community Foundation-Omidyar Global Fund
Cathy Zaleski
Barb Cooper
Linda Feldman
Emily Hagemeier
Sandy Baden
Kathy Boyd Metzlaar
Jane Duncan


*denotes $500+ donor for the 2013-2014 school year