Millions of Meals Served
// Rachel DeTellis
Souvenire Jean is a cook at our Signeau Elementary School. She began working for the mission in 1993 as a cleaner and was later moved to her position in the school kitchen.
She loves her work preparing and serving school food. Daily, she arrives early to cook lunch for over 500 students at this campus.
Souvenire Jean (L) and Marie Louis (R) working in the school kitchen to prepare meals from scratch for the students.
She knows the importance of this food in the lives of the students. She has two grandchildren in our programs, and had five of her children attend the Signeau school. She remembers the comfort of knowing her kids would have lunch provided. Every day she sees students who come to school on an empty stomach. Some of these may not have eaten much since the day before. The lunch provided is vital to our students and their families.
Souvenire faithfully attends the Signeau church and enjoys showing God's love through her work feeding the children.
The two cooks are preparing plates of food that the students will enjoy eating in the school canteen. Over 500 students at the Signeau school will go home with full tummies.
A conservative estimate would be that Souvenire has prepared more than 1.2 million meals for students during her time as a school cook. She has truly been the hands of Jesus in these childrens’ lives. I believe each sponsor has also had that role—touching the very heart of a child who needs food to live and learn. It is staggering to think of this figure multiplied by our 30 schools—literally, millions and millions of meals over the years. The long-term effect of faithful workers and sponsors is far reaching. ~Rachel DeTellis
