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| Cannon, nothing was here before |
The city of Cannon did not exist on January 12, 2010. It was
created by displaced people after the earthquake. Cannon added itself to the
east of the greater Port-au-Prince area. After initially living in tents, some
Haitians chose a new place to live and started building. Now there are
business, churches, and schools in Cannon. The department of agriculture
planted olive trees in Cannon because you can eat virtually every part of it;
the fruit, leaves, and roots.
I’ve been saying yes a lot here. Would you like to try a
coconut? Yes. Would you like to help cook? Yes. Would you like to go to the
beach? Wi. Would you like to learn a game? Wi. Would you like to go to Cannon?
Wi. Would you like to go to church with Carline? Um…I don’t know what happens
at church at 10am on a Saturday morning but ok, wi. I ended up at choir
practice. A maestro from the big Baptist church in town comes to our church to
teach the ladies new songs. He wrote the words on the board and everyone wrote
them down in their notebooks. He played the keyboard and led us in singing.
Since see and hear the words at the same time. The ladies were s excited that I
was singing along.
Every first Saturday night of the month the church had
Communion. They moved it to Saturday night because they want to dedicate the
proper amount of time to the practice. There is singing, prayer, and a message
before the bread and juice is taken. Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist,
or Common Meal as Christians we remember Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection
together.
