Friday, November 23, 2012

Friday November 23th

Today was our 5th day in Haiti, and it started off much earlier for most of the team than usual. We woke up early this morning and Jean loaded us in his pickup truck to take us to the tent church to gather and worship with the Haitians there. What an amazing experience our team had! We prayed and sang along with the people there who gather daily. To see there passion and devotion to Christ was such a great gift to us.

At our nightly devotionals, we have our word of the day. Tonight mine (Jason) was simply "Fun". The day for me was nothing but a blast and a ton of good old fun. We started off this morning waiting for the "top-top" to be ready and got a game of soccer going at the guest house. We even got Fabrice and Emmaual to join in the fun. Although I thought we were doing awesome, I noticed the women in the kitchen having a good laugh at our expense.

We were able to do two water truck runs into Cite Soliel today. Our team really got to interact with the people in a way that we did not the first day, as we knew what to expect today. Bob and Jason carried many large pails back in to the houses for some women, and got to see where they lived. They were always so thankful giving us hugs and many "Merci's" before we left. We brought jump ropes and soccer balls as well. To see the kids playing in the street was such a blessing. Kristina was mixing it up with he boys in a soccer match, even getting called for a foul by one of the boys. Bob and Nicole were jumping rope with the girls. Jessica and Lisa were loving up and holding and hugging as many  kids as they possibly could.  Josh and Jason working the water truck with kids on their backs.  And of course DJ Dave was beat boxing. In between stops our team continued to bond and become closer in the "top-top" as we sang and laughed and even danced a little. 

This afternoon we also got to do something special. Our team had the opportunity to go back to the Home for the Sick and Dying Children, and we jumped all over the chance. We were all extremely excited to go back and see the kids we had bonded so much with in our first visit. The kids were so happy to see us, as many remembered us. We all quickly came in and started changing diapers and getting the kids out of their cribs and outside. At one point Jason and Kristina had about 7 or 8 of the babies outside sitting in a circle with them. Josh of course had 2 or 3 kids hanging off him as he played in the courtyard. Bob had the most precious little guy snuggled up on his chest. Dave was trying as always to improve his Creole skills interacting with some women there. It had been two days since we were there last, and many of the kids there seemed to be improving and getting better. It was so good for our team to see that. We left there with a lot of hope that God is watching over and taking care of them. After our first visit, there was much sadness and mixed emotions as we left about being there. Today we where there and we were having "Fun" with the kids, knowing that God has his hand on this very special place.

Today was a "Fun" day in Haiti.
Jason


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