Help with Food
Just finished yet another delicious meal here at out Host Home of Tony and Myrtha. Fried chicken with cornmeal as one of the sides. Cornmeal and rice are also common staples of the Haitian diet.
The kitchens in all the homes we have toured since our arrival ( whether it was a sod,tin or concrete) have been outside related to the heat and lack of electricity to air condition the home. This morning we woke up to a breakfast of Pumpkin soup! I have to admit I did take a look at the time to double check if I had overslept of not! Pumpkin soup is a traditional Haitian breakfast. A soup Haitians were not allowed to have back in the days of slavery! It was very good and something I could get use to having for breakfast.
AsI enjoy all the new and interesting food I can't help but think of all the people outside of those gates that are not eating...and again I wonder, How can I make a difference, I'm just one person...THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM WITHOUT FOOD HERE, why do I have so much and they have so little? Its true they have so little, but why are they so happy? It seems the longer I am here, the more questions I have then answers! Maybe tomorrow the answers will come!
