The day started early. We got up before 6am and went to worship at Church on the Rock - what a powerful service it was. Although English wasn't spoken very much during the service, worshipping alongside our Haitian brothers and sisters was a very special experience. We walked back to the base and had breakfast together. After breakfast, we loaded into our tap taps and headed to Area 17 to help with the water truck. When the water was gone we headed to Fleri Farm and got a tour. It was amazing to see all the vegetation flourishing (even in this extreme heat).
We headed back into Cite Soleil and did another water truck at Four Coffins. We then headed to the pier and took some team pictures. We headed back to the guesthouse and got ready for our afternoon. Many of the team went to Mother Teresa's home for sick and dying children. The remaining team went back to Sakala to play games with the kids.
The incredibly sweet ladies that have been graciously feeding us this week spent all day preparing a traditional Haitian meal for us - what a treat!!! The food was so good and each of us enjoyed it as we know how much of a labor of love it was. There were many laughs around the dinner table as the team time question was, "tell us about an embarrassing moment in your life".
We gathered for team time. Lydia (who has been doing an incredible job of leading our worship time) sang us a special song called, "Nothing Else". Then we all sang "Tremble" and "Great Are You Lord". Because it was a very busy day, our nightly slide show had over 300 pictures! We've included just a few of them below :)
Our words of the day were:
Kate - GREETING
Corrina - GLWA POU BONDYE (GLORY TO GOD)
Lydia - TOUCH
Josh - NEW
Amy - MANY
Annette - GIGGLE
Jenny - BLESSED
Lauren - POWER
Shannon - TRUST
Jen - POWERFUL
Craig - RELY
Savannah - ACTIONS
Justin - ENFORCER
Maya - PRAISE
Sue - FUN
Aphton - HANDS/TOUCH
Abe - MOMENT
It's hard to believe we're heading into the weekend already...although Annette reminded us that a weekend in Haiti feels like a weekday :) We look forward to another day of serving tomorrow!!
My wife enjoys making pottery during our snow bird routine in AZ each winter. Her raw material is obviously clay. In order to work with clay it has to be the right consistency: workable, usable, pliable, and yielding. In the same way God wants us to be moldable into what He wants us to become. Just going on this mission trip is a step in that direction. And while on this trip, if we allow God to stretch us out of the shape we are in, to better conform us to His image, it is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteClay starts out as simply a lump or block of half hard mud on a table. It is only thru pressure, stretching, bending and sometimes cutting that the clay begins to take shape into a usable vessel or beautiful piece of art. If the clay had feelings and could talk I suspect it might express some occasional dissatisfaction with all the changes and pressure. It was happy and satisfied as a lump on the table. But, if it remains willing to be changed it will transform into a beautiful art form. And who gets the credit? Rightfully, the Artist.
Transformation is my word of the day. Perhaps some caterpillars went to Haiti and perhaps some butterflies will come home. Well done good and faithful servants.