KANSAS CITY -
Seven children from Haiti made it safely to the United States over the weekend to be united with their new adoptive families. The missionaries who escorted the children are now talking about surviving the quake
Jonathan and Esther Vincent went to Haiti last year for the service trip to volunteer at an orphanage about 16 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They both loved it so much that the siblings decided to return again this year. (See their website here)
"I was walking with two little girls, I was holding their hands when it hit," Esther said.
"There was two babies right there on the deck, so I scooped them up and took them to the field area and set them down," Jonathan said.
"It felt like everything was going way over there and then way over there and back and forth," Esther said.
"No one in the orphanage was injured, which was amazing," Jonathan said. "We were blessed."
Buildings around them were in ruins, but the orphanage escaped major damage. But parts of their security wall had crumbled, leaving them vulnerable.
"I heard from one lady that they're having looting and they're running out of food," Esther said.
Jonathan managed to get on a flight out of Haiti, but Esther had to wait at the embassy for days.
"There was a point at the embassy we didn't have any food and I was looking in the trash for food," Esther said.
But being at the embassy meant they could focus on getting some of their orphans out of Haiti because seven of them already had adoptive families in Kansas.
"It was just God, it worked it all out for this to be the time for them to leave," Esther said.
So on Sunday morning, seven Haitian children arrived at the Kansas City airport and were united with their new families.
No one will forget what they saw in Haiti and some of the volunteers are already hoping they can return to help rebuild.
Jonathan and Esther Vincent went to Haiti last year for the service trip to volunteer at an orphanage about 16 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They both loved it so much that the siblings decided to return again this year. (See their website here)
"I was walking with two little girls, I was holding their hands when it hit," Esther said.
"There was two babies right there on the deck, so I scooped them up and took them to the field area and set them down," Jonathan said.
"It felt like everything was going way over there and then way over there and back and forth," Esther said.
"No one in the orphanage was injured, which was amazing," Jonathan said. "We were blessed."
Buildings around them were in ruins, but the orphanage escaped major damage. But parts of their security wall had crumbled, leaving them vulnerable.
"I heard from one lady that they're having looting and they're running out of food," Esther said.
Jonathan managed to get on a flight out of Haiti, but Esther had to wait at the embassy for days.
"There was a point at the embassy we didn't have any food and I was looking in the trash for food," Esther said.
But being at the embassy meant they could focus on getting some of their orphans out of Haiti because seven of them already had adoptive families in Kansas.
"It was just God, it worked it all out for this to be the time for them to leave," Esther said.
So on Sunday morning, seven Haitian children arrived at the Kansas City airport and were united with their new families.
No one will forget what they saw in Haiti and some of the volunteers are already hoping they can return to help rebuild.
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