Healing Haiti Day 2

Its day two now, and I am pumped. We wake up ready to get our day going, get dressed, brush our teeth, sit together and go over what we plan on doing today. Were going downtown, to see the children. Well look at that, that sounds fun. After we have an idea of what we are going to do for the day, we have our morning devotional. Mrs. Angela started us off with Proverbs 28 and 29. In which she talked about love. Love for one another and not judging. She then shared a story, which led to the following, Love is not Fear. This reminded me of the scripture 1 John 4:18 (NIV)
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
Right here, in this scripture it says to cast it out.  Cast out all fear, for that is not what love is. Love does not worry, nor boast, nor sin. So when you do something, like participate in Healing Haiti and you are fearful, you are more likely to miss out the gift God has for you, because you cant overlook the fear that is standing in front of you. Once you fill yourself with the Love of God, you can See and Feel and Breathe, everything as if it was your first. And that is exactly how I viewed everything today. We arrived at the building, and the children were so happy to see us. When I went to help the younger kids, they were so excited to touch my hand. They wanted to smell me, hug me and just a glance or smile that you gave them, it looked like it made their day. We gave them Play-Doh and they were so happy. They wanted every piece they could, we told them too share and most of them did. Then we gave them a task, make something to do and show us. Some girls made baskets and some boys made snakes and fish and boats. It was very special to see. Some did start getting a little rough over who could have a certain color of Play-Doh but they calmed down. Some girls sung for us and we taught them some English. We tried to get them to sing "This little light of Mine" but they were so happy to see us. They started to jump all over us, Playing with everyone on the team. We shared some laughs as we noticed some people were making funny faces, not going to mention any names but
John was the one. Oops, did I say his name? Well, it's too late now, right? They loved my hair, and the girls and very few boys started to braid my hair and tangle it all up. My hair has been through worse but it was nice to see them happy. A lot of the kids were trying to leave with us, pulling us back. We had to leave, but they understood. As we were leaving, a little girl was so happy she ran up to me and hugged me, meanwhile the other girls and boys were either pulling them off of me or helping them try to pull me in. It was very eye-opening to see how the kids are being taught or even how they do things. They smile with the very little they are given and treasure that moment, and you can see that.
The Following Photos include what we did today :

Team Intentional Day 1

Let's start with the night before, I was told many things about going onto this trip, much more for the rest of the team. It's our first time on a missions trip with the Healing Haiti corporation, of course we are wondering about how the trip was going to go on. What the building was going to look like and what type of mission work was going to go on.  As we were getting ready to leave to go to Haiti, My family and I prayed. We prayed the usual and unusual, like traveling mercies and no discord coming over us as we get ready to do the Lord's work but there was a more serious and in depth tone in what we were saying. I mean, its not everyday a family member leaves the country. My church left Massachusetts around 5:30 am to get to the first flight. From the Boston airport to the next, then all of a sudden, I'm being told to fasten ,your seat belts because we are arriving at Haiti. You may want to know what happened in between that time, well I wish I could tell you. Most of the ride and flight, I was slumped.  I would wake up when the flight attendants would offer free food, and i watched a movie. Actually, the movie was Fast and Furious 6, it was free so I got excited. Any time I would look outside I could see how beautiful the Earth I live on was. The makeup of the land was just gorgeous. If you could look through a little kids eyes, its like seeing a room full of candy and ice cream. Exactly like that. Amazing. Yummy. Leaving you for wanting more. In between one of my flights, we met up with another member of out team, John. And he sure is a funny one. He's loud and upfront but very kind. I was excited at the airport because when I saw Steak & Shake I was one lucky girl. Unfortunately, they only accepted card, but John offered to pay for me and I declined because I had a card to use. That opened my eyes to how generous people still are nowadays. As we got to Haiti, not only was the airplane empty, but so was the Haitian Airport. the people at the airport and outside were very welcoming, kind and eager to help us get situated. That's when we got on the vehicle and went off to our compound which was a lot bigger than expected. The house was very nice, two floors with a huge balcony. A big kitchen with a big dinning table which can hold about 14 people. Everyone at the compound was welcoming and generous. we came to a hot meal and the bedrooms were big as well. 2 bunk beds per room, and an A/C  unit. Ah, this made me feel so comfortable. I went to the bathroom and very good impressions, on everything. I took a shower and called it a night.