Day 7 update from our team in Haiti...please pray for safe travels home for each of them: July 19 was our last full day in Haiti. Fatigue was another big theme, but todays work might have been the most rewarding and the most impactful. We started off the morning with a new addition to our team. A family who will be floating around with different groups joined us on our final canter ride up to Turpin. Our ride today was so much more enjoyable without clouds of dust flying everywhere. Praise God for that rainstorm last night! The haze was gone, and the entire way up we could see clear across to the other side of the island, something we havent experienced all this week. In Turpin we started construction on a new home for a family in need. The mother, Wisman, is the main care-giver to seven children, and last year she had severe athsma. This summer she seems to be much healthier. We could see pure joy in her eyes when we pulled up with pieces of her new home. After marking out the area for the house, which is about 20 by 20 feet, we dug a trench around the perimeter. The rest of the team carted in dry cement mix from the main road, or entertained the kids with packs of bubbles. We had to leave a little earlier than we planned because one of our team members became ill. She is doing much better now, and we praise God that we have medically-trained team members with us to know how to take care of her. We also, as our team captain says, blessed the socks off of a local pastor in Turpin. He is taking care of over (11) kids in his home, and when we asked if we could do anything for him, all he asked for was prayer. But we decided to pull funds together that we could give to him and his family. We will be giving him about $400, which is close to a years salary in Haiti. At our last roof-top debriefing on campus, as a storm rolled over the mountains, we all got to discuss who weve connected with this week, American or Haitian. It was yet another example of how love is universal. In Haiti, time is saturated with love. Its been so interesting to be a part of loving on Haitian people, while they love on us, too. As we came to Haiti to build people up physically, spiritually and emotionally, God started to break us. He broke us down physically, spiritually and emotionally to reveal what breaks His heart. God has revealed a lot to us this week, and each of us are going to take away something different. Weve clearly seen God move through this nation with answered prayers. When coming to a poverty-stricken nation like Haiti, its easy to mute all of the distractions at home. Here, our sole purpose is to have our eyes on God and to lead others to know and to love Him. But The Lord has instructed us to proclaim His name no matter where we are. When we return home, the noise and business of life will turn back on, but we need to remember where we should keep our eyes, and that is fixed on Jesus Christ. We thank God for what He has done in Haiti and what He will continue to do. We know that He isnt finished yet, and we want life transformation for every man, woman and child in Haiti. We sing Hallelujah, The Lamb has overcome.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:28:55 +0000
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