Cooking with Love
// Jeanne DeTellis Loudon
When I see the faces of Eveline Michel and Lena Lociel, our two school kitchen cooks in the village of Masson, I see a halo of an anointing on them.
They partner with God and New Missions to make a miracle happen by feeding a multitude every day. They cook to feed just over 500 children from three years of age through middle school students. The current kitchen space is in a corner of the campus with just soil for the floor—sometimes quite muddy in rainy weather. There are a few poles that hold a tattered tarp which keeps out some rain. They cook with three sets of three stones to hold three 10-gallon pots at a time. As soon as one pot is cooked, another pot is started.
Eveline Michel and Lena Lociel prepare a nutritious meal for the students. These two cooks love serving Jesus. Rice and beans is a staple meal in Haiti. For many children, this will be their only meal of the day.
I love their commitment to nourish children. When the children come to school, they like to check on those “Mommies” who are working to fill their bowls. It’s all part of the love of God expressed. Some of our kitchens are still outdoors, and weʼre upgrading kitchens with gas stoves. Our cooks, Eveline and Lena, will graciously have less strenuous work. ~Jeanne DeTellis Loudon
