Cooking...Haitian Style

There was not a dull moment this past week here at Baptist Haiti Mission.  Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) hosted a conference here for some school teachers in Haiti.  There were speakers from the U.S. and Canada who came in for the week to lead this conference.  


The featured subject for the conference was mathematics (requested by the Haitian teachers.)  The entire week the teachers were trained on how to teach their students from a Christian perspective in every area.  There were approximately 140 teachers who came to this conference.  The teachers were eager to learn new ideas and ways to teach with a Christian perspective.  They were given a variety of ideas and some materials to aid them in their classrooms.  The conference was a huge success!  We pray that as the teachers return to their schools they will begin to implement all they learned.


Alongside the ACSI conference Baptist Haiti Mission was also hosting their Masters students.  BHM partners with Flet University to provide a way for Haitian students to receive their Master's degrees.  The students spend 1 week about every two months in the classroom with a professor at BHM.  They take that week cover a particular class they need for their Masters.  They are then given coursework to complete throughout the next several weeks on their own, which is then turned back in to BHM for grading and credit.  There were approximately 30 students here for their Masters course.


It was a FULL HOUSE.  BHM has a conference building to house the Masters students and other groups when they come to the property.  There were a lot of mouths to feed.  Madame Dodo, our cook for the conferences and events at BHM had a big task ahead of her.  She brought in several  ladies to help.  


My friends, Deborah, Bri, and I went down during lunch everyday to help prepare and serve the food.  We filled up huge dishpans (kivets) of rice and beans each day.  I learned how to slice potatoes, peel onions, and smash banan's QUICKLY!  Our afternoons were hot, noisy, fast passed, and oh so fun!


I loved getting to know the ladies.  It definitely forced me to start understanding Creole in regular conversations.  I still have a long way to go.  Deborah took her camera down to the kitchen two of the days.  Check out her blog for a visual journey of our time in the kitchen... 


http://ourlifeinhaiti.blogspot.com/2011/10/fun-in-kitchen.html

Side Note:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!  I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!