Hello Everyone!
This is my first post on the blog, me and the internet here have not been on great terms. Today marked the start of a new week, but also the last one we will be here for. We started today with a rice distribution in downtown Grand Goave. We arrived at a square in the community that was populated by a tent village. John bravely shared a testimony with the people there, after which we started giving out rice and hygiene bags. I was asking people after they had recieved their rice whether they would like to pray.
One woman was praying with three members of our group, when i was asked to translate for her. My Creole is pretty poor, but i was able to understand her in French. She had asked that the group pray first for her church, her mother and father, the community and the whole country. Then she asked to pray for us, because she appreciated how generous and caring we were, and that she was truely thankful for what we were doing.
It was a really moving moment to see the impact of what we are doing here, and that while we are busy praying for the people of Haiti, the people of Haiti are busy praying for us.
Once we returned home I started helping with the pouring of the concrete roof for the medical clinic. Again I was inspired by the heart and work effort of the Haitian people. There were two groups of workers, one pouring cement on the roof, while the others filled buckets bellow and mixed more concrete. I became a sort of race to see who could work faster, as those on the roof were asking for more concrete and down bellow they would be joking that they weren't bringing back the buckets quick enough. It was a pretty good day of work and that section of the roof was finished and I ended up with a bit of a sunburn as a reward for my hard work.
The trip so far has been a really amazing experience. Everyday seems to bring new challenges but also new rewards. The people of Haiti are beautiful and proud. It is true that many of them leave difficult lives, but have relationships with those around them and with God that are something to strive towards. I am looking forward to all the experiences in store for us all before we leave for home.
Bless you all and see you soon.
So good to hear from you! I've been reading the blogs to Grandma and Grandpa. They, (and we) are wondering when we will hear from David and Nic. Perfectly balmy here today; zero and sunny. I bet at 35+ with humidity this afternoon, that may sound pretty good to you. :) Trusting God will continue to bless you and those you work with and for, AJ
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