God's Going To Turn It Around!

It has been a month since my last blog and I must say I am starting to like this :).

This past week I was in Dallas for the Women's Conference at "The Potter's House" and I have to tell you the LORD knows where to put you. I needed to hear every word that was spoken and to soak up all the LOVE that was poured out. I am now more encouraged to continue on with my Passion to help the people of Haiti and to see that the children get the education they deserve. I can't let lack of funds or what people think, stop me from doing what I truly believe GOD put me here to do.

I must admit at times I think, no one cares, everyone has problems and concerns of their own so why should they support me, Well, I believe we should support each other and going though this process has made me think twice when someone asks for a donation. People, this is hard work and it 's getting harder everyday. I have attended so many fundraisers this year and they all need the support that we can give, no matter how much. So, yes I am asking again for support for the trip to Haiti for Christmas and to help provide toys for the children, in turn you will receive a bracelet with the foundation's name"Daniel's Blessing".
Blessings!!!!


I received an e-mail this morning asking if we could put together fundraisers to help get toys, it doesn't matter where they come from the Dollars Store, $20.00 can buy 20 toys more toys will go to more kids. I have to mail what I can by Nov 12, so they will get to Haiti and whatever I get after that will be in my luggage.

God's is going to turn this around for his good, I am not worried the least bit about getting there, having enough toys etc, its all going to work out.

I want to say "Thank YOU" to those that have supported me in everything I do and have did, Thank You for making sure the children of Haiti have a Christmas, and Thank You for the LOVE you have shown me. None of this could have been possible with out each of you.

Daniel's Blessing

Yes, I know it has been over a month since my last post and believe me a lot has happen. I guess it takes certain experiences in your life, to make you see that you really have got it made. My light went on when I made my visit to Haiti and like I have said it has been on my mind ever since.

Now, to get to the title "Daniel's Blessing" Daniel was the name of my son that was born 12 years ago and lived for 4 beautiful days and so when the idea of the Non-Profit came up my daughter suggested that I pick a name that was close to my heart and since I always feel "Blessed" Daniel's Blessing was born.

Daniel's Blessing will help assist a school here in Hampton Roads and a school in Haiti in what their needs are. I feel if we don't help some way the next generations will be no more.

Today I watched Oprah and she had a segment about how the schools are (excuse me) the majority of the schools, teachers are just working to get a pay check and don't care about the kids, don't get me wrong their are a lot of teachers that work very hard with the children and really want them to go on to college, so something has to be done, I don't know exactly what yet. I am vowing to do what I can and I welcome each one of you to join me. I am so proud of a couple of people I know that have stepped up to give back and I must mention them, Elder Smith at church leaves this week for Haiti for 11 days and my dear friend Jacque is working on a program for her church for the "Grand Parents" all we need to do is PAY IT FORWARD!

I have already told you the conditions in Haiti,I also posted a piece from the New York Times about the Haitians writing letters, thinking and saying that they are forgotten, let me say "no you are not", you have me, my family, church family and I am praying that all my friends now and in the future, will see the passion I have for this project and jump on board. I know GOD did not mean for us to have our brothers and sisters to live this way. I am sure it pleases his heart with every little thing that we do for our fellow man.

So in ending, a school in Hampton Roads and in Haiti you need to know that someone has your back and you are not alone.

Blessings!!!

Haiti Life Changing Experience : Part 1

I have been thinking for 3 days on how I would start this post and really I still haven't gotten it together yet, but here it goes.


A week ago today I spent the whole day traveling to Haiti and wondering how it would be; would it be as bad as the media has said, will I come home sick,( especially since I forgot my Malaria meds), would some kid want to come home with me, or better yet how many kids would I try to get back here to the states? All of those questions went away once the plane landed.


Colline Foundation had a great idea to send us t-shirts so we would know who each other were at the airport. Chris, one of the Foundations organizers, saw me right away and welcomed me. Boy did I feel so much at ease! I found what I believed to be my suitcase right away, prayfully I realized before we got to the car it wasn't and quickly found the correct one.


Now for the bus/car ride to the compound, after living and visiting different places in the world I just knew I would be well prepared for Haiti, not so. Once outside the airport it looked like a bomb had exploded and people were everywhere. Once we had arrived at the compound, 2 armed guards were out front and slowly opened the gate to let us inside a completly different world and relief.


The New Life compound housed volunteers from all over the world and provided you comfortable quarters either indoors or out, my group was placed indoors. we were provided 2 full meals a day, clean room, shower with no hot water and internet service. There was a total of 20 of us from all walks of life and ages, and yes I was the oldest. The first night we introduced ourselves, found out the plans for the week and headed to our rooms.


There were 3 groups set up to help: Children, Medical and Construction. I choose working with children.


Our days began at 5:30 in the morning so that we could have breakfast and drive 2 hours to the school with our personal body guard(policeman). I had never seen so many tents in my life! They were everywhere. Any available spot was a tent housing people. We passed an outdoor market and were told the people who lived in the mountains came down everyday to sell their goods; the picture was worth a thousand words.


After almost 2 hours of riding we reached the Colline Academy. There was one small bulding left standing, which I later found out had housed a bedroom and bath. Our classrooms were set up on the foundation of one of the buildings which consisted of a tarp ceiling and boards to divide the 4 classrooms.


The children ranged from ages 3 to 14 years old, some spoke a little English but mostly Creole French. The kids were invited from the neighborhood for summer school. As usual the first day they were a little wild and by the next day we had a system and they were willing to work with us. Franzie and I had the older kids which was alright with me , the younger kids would just steal your heart.

I was intrigued by one student whose name was Ezekiel. He carried a little notebook with him all the time. I soon found out the note book contained English words he had learned or wanted to learn. He asked me one day to help him with a list of English words he had written and next to them they were written in French. I asked where did he learn English and he had replied "The Missionaries". I gave him a journal to write in and encouraged him to continue. Franzie and I taught the children simple English words and phrases and we had a ball doing crafts to set up for the last day party. Ali one of our Volunteers had raised $2000.00 to throw the children a party for the last day.

I must say they taught me alot, they did so much with having so little, having lost family members and everything they had, but they were alive, proud and so full of life.
I am on a mission to help these children of Haiti to do whatever I can to help them get the education they deserve.

Our last night Chris hinted that he may have a group travel in December to deliver toys to the kids at Christmas time, if it is in the plans I hope I can be there , if not they will have my support and I pray also the support of my friends and family.

Candy Can

I can't believe I did it, I have created my own blog. I hope I can keep up with it, I failed at keeping a jounal so let's see how this pans out.

I wanted to start a blog to record my upcoming trip to Haiti. I intend to take you on this amazing trip with me, I am so excited that I sometimes don't say anything feeling that people are tired if hearing about it, but I realize that GOD wants me to speak to all the things he is doing, it may reach one special person to step out of their comfort zone and do all that he wants you to do. This is one sister that is completly out of her comfort zone for this upcoming trip, no 5 star hotel, you are given a choice of sleeping in tents or in a bed( I am really praying for a bed), no shopping trips and gourmet resturants, I tell you the LORD is really working with me. I am so humble and blessed to have the prayers and love of my Family and my church in this adventure.