A group from Grunthal has returned from Haiti after delivering nearly 900 water filters in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

Adam Dyck is Youth Pastor at Abundant Life Fellowship. He says it was a real eye-opening experience for the team. Dyck says prior to taking off they fundraised for about ten days, collecting about $40,000 to purchase the filters. Each filter costs about $40 U.S. and so the group headed south with 866 filters. The group went under Global Effect.

Dyck says there is incredible loss in Haiti. The winds and floods that came through destroyed homes. When deciding whom to deliver these water filters to, Dyck says they worked with local pastors.

"They know the need far greater than we know the need," says Dyck.

Dyck says the attitude among locals varies, depending on location. He recalls in one community the gratitude was unlike anything he has ever experienced before.

"They were so incredibly thankful that we came," days Dyck.

Yet, in some of the larger cities, locals showed less patience and were more eager to just get the filter as quickly as possible.

According to Dyck, the plan was to go into a city called, Les Cayes which was ground zero for where the hurricane ripped through. But after driving to the edge of the city, their driver refused to go any further because the road was covered in water. And with an eight-foot dropoff on either side, as well as no defined edges, the decision was made to turn around.

In frustration, they ended up instead in the small community of Cavaillon. In pouring rain they began distributing water filters and Dyck admits this was probably one of the best days of the trip. It was here they scooped up filthy, brown water, ran it through the filter and produced crystal clear water.

"The expression on their faces was priceless," he says.

About forty minutes later they got back on the road and eventually came across a landslide that measured about two hundred feet across. Dyck says had they not stopped in Cavaillon, they might have been caught right in the middle of that landslide.

Dyck admits the question of whether or not they were actually making a difference, is one that came up from time to time on the trip. He says one pastor told them that even if they had come with 7,000 water filters, it still wouldn't have been enough. But he notes they were then reminded that for at least 866 families they had in fact made a difference.

"It was different than any other trip that we had done before because the nature of the trip was disaster relief," shares Dyck. "And so it was incredibly rewarding."

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