Day 1

Sorry- no time to write plus we haven't had electricity yet.  So I am on here ONLY to update this and it will be fast.  Team is amazing!  Each one is totally different and even though I tell them not to have expectations I sometimes develop them before groups come but this one has helped me lose any ideas I may have had.  They are unified (all from the same college) and organized.  They jump in and do whatever needed before I have to ask or realize it even needs done which is a blessing with such a large group.

Yesterday we went to church- a four hour experience this time but at debrief at night they shared how blessed they were.  In the afternoon we just played with children in the community and hung out.  Presented the gospel message to those who gathered after the playing.  We were encouraged to see that the children and adults knew it as much as we did BUT there were a few on the edges/outskirts of the group (particularly older teens/young adults) who were listening intently so who knows what seeds were planted.  And then after dinner we all hiked back to the church for a showing of the Jesus movie in Creole which was amazing.  I have NEVER seen so many Haitians in that building.  People were poking their heads into the tarps anywhere they could just to see it.  They gasped, clapped, yelled "Amen" and cheered all throughout the movie and as Kim said, "The cool thing is they will NEVER look at the gospel the same way again- they will have a visual now in their heads".

Redgi and I were talking about taking a team of girls home (10 of them college girls) in the dark and how to make sure they were safe. It is a nice community but you never know.  After dark the translators can not see our surroundings as well and they are always worried for our safety.  Well, sure enough right after the movie it POURED rain so we were forced to travel home in a 15 passenger van that Pastor Cornet arranged to come get us.  We managed to cram 23 people into it only to return to our house and find that it had barely rained there (literally about 3/4 mile away if that). Redgi and I talked about it this morning.  About how God works behind the scenes and we sometimes never even know/see why certain things happen.  Who knows if we were protected from something or if we were not supposed to see/experience something or if it just rained.  We may never know this side of Heaven but I can surely say that we serve a mighty God!

Prayer items:
-today we split into two groups and go to two totally different ministry locations.  Pray for logistics as well as safety for both groups

-health (we have had a few headaches and upset/queasy stomachs but that's all)

- team unity

-a little boy I know who NEEDS surgery!  Please pray that we can find a doctor who can see him and SOON.  He will die if it's not treated within a very short time (I will be making lots of phone calls this week)-  for those of you who know our ministry- this is Jean Bernard so you know he is dear to my heart.

There's so much more to write, but I have no more time.  Thanks for the prayers and pray also for electricity so we can get on here and blog as well as have water for showers, etc...  God bless!