Rescue Mission To Haiti's Children

Six months later in April of 2011 they returned to Haiti with the same PRH orthopedic team. During that trip Steven assisted a surgeon, in the amputation of the left foot and complete repair of the right foot, of a severley club footed tiny baby. The two of them spent hours in the very basic surgical room working on the young child. It was no less than miraculous. Two years later the boy was fitted with a small prosthetic for the amputated left foot and Steven and Erin watched him run off to play, equipt to live a somewhat normal life. He would never have walked without these two selfless couragous loving men!
On this trip Erin was particuarly moved by the numerous hungry children on the streets all day begging. Unemployment rates are as high as 80% in this area and there is no public school system. Although recently some public education progress has been made, it has not yet reached the out lying rural areas. The Haitian educational system is still one based solely on private schools which charge $200-$1200(American dollars) per year for each student, plus books, and uniforms. 80% will most likely never learn to read or write. These same 80% of Haitian children probably do not eat every day, and are forced to drink their water from the dirty river, their families unable to afford coal to boil the water.
Erin was tourtured to her soul thinking about the over abundance in the "rich" countries and the hungry children she could not feed there. She prayed and cried to God every night for the whole week in Haiti, that He would PLEASE provide her find a way to help these children. The basic human needs of water and educationIt seemed a tuition free school for that provided clean water was the best way to do the most good.  

When Steven and Erin returned to California they kept praying about the idea or dream of opening school for the poorest children in the world. They involved their tiny local church and the momentum of the ministry gained speed. Miracle after miracle culminated in the opening of the school in November of 2011, just 16 weeks after first mentioning it in an email to their interpreter in Haiti. They raised funds and the interpreter and her husband (Monine and Johnson Blanc ) in Haiti rented a house in Port De Paix, interviewed and hired teachers, obtained a licence and sent a pick-up truck through the poor areas declairing with an amplified megaphone the opening of the school and where and when to sign up. There were almost 200 kids who came to get a chance at school. Our initial critieria was that the child have never attended school before. There were girls as old as 12 coming to start school for the first time!