Mud Cookies

These are mud cookies. The people in Cite Soleil (pronounced City Soul Lay, it is in Port Au Prince, Haiti and is one of the largest and most dangerous slums in the world) bake them and eat them to help ease their ongoing hunger.

The tragic part of this is that the “cookies” really are made of mud. The locals harvest the dirt that is filled with human waste and every type of bacteria you can imagine and form the little cookies out of the dirt. They bake them in the sun, add a little salt, and then they eat them. They’re especially craved by the pregnant women who live in the area who can’t get enough sustenance to support themselves and their babies.

Can you imagine being that hungry? Can you imagine being do desperate for food that you would literally eat filth and dirt? And yet, that’s how hundreds of millions of people live every day.

Last week I was part of team that had the privilege of distributing food to 150 families in Cite Soliel. For just under $2000 we were able to buy enough rice, beans and oil to sustain these families for 1-2 weeks.

I know it’s hard to get your brain around the kind of suffering and need in Cite Soleil. But you need to know that you really can help these people and the millions like them around the world. There are countless mission organizations doing incredible work in such areas. Pick one and help them in their cause.

But here’s the real nudge I want to give you–just because these people are out of sight does not mean that we can ignore their suffering. Does God really not care that we live with such wealth and excess while our brothers and sisters suffer around the world? Does he not expect us to help them? Think about it.

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