“At both schools, we sang those two songs, one in Creole and one in English, and our gestures are more exaggerated by now so it gets a lot of laughs,” said McKinley.

McKinley said this was a unique mission trip.

“Because these people are so poor and needy, I was reminded of what Jesus said: ‘I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me; in as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’ ”