Monday, March 16, 2015

A Day of Rest and Children


3/15/15

Greetings from Courtney! Today Jacob is giving the blog a rest and decided to pass the baton to me for the next few days in hopes that you readers may experience our trip from a different point of view.

Today a handful of us woke up early to venture to the fort to see the beautiful sunrise. Five thirty came early, but we all determined that it was worth it when the sky slowly started to change from black to yellow to deep orange. Here, I was truly able to see God’s gorgeous creation and experience a glimpse of His glory.

After we returned to the compound at about seven thirty, we had just enough time to change into our church clothes and go down to breakfast. At ten we headed to the church for an hour and a half long service filled with worship and a passage from one of the pastors there. I had never heard anything as beautiful as the singing of the women in the choir. It dawned upon me while listening to them that it doesn’t matter whether we are from Haiti or the United States, we all praise and worship the same God who loves and knows us all individually. After worship, the pastor preached a message about 1 Kings 17:5-14. Even though the pastor spoke in Creole, it was still enjoyable to watch him be so passionate and confident about God’s Word.

When we had left church and took a group picture, we changed clothes, ate lunch, and split up to do different things. I went with Gail, Virgil, and some others to the church to distribute gifts from sponsors in America to their sponsor kids who live here. It was refreshing to see all the smiling faces when the children received the presents from people back in the states who care about them. Both the parents and children were so thankful. Those of us who were close to the sponsors of the children took pictures with them to show to their sponsors when we get back home. Josh had quite a crowd of kids around him, playing games with them and teaching them how to make paper airplanes. Cody had a group around him as well while he taught them how to speak a little English.

During this time, a group of the men took large pieces of plywood from the orphanage and sanded them down in the courtyard of our compound to be painted and used as whiteboards and chalkboards for the school.

A littler later, a small group of us took a trip to the orphanage to measure the kids there and get their information to be sponsored back home.

Overall, today was a day of rest and little work for our Haiti team. Saving our energy for the laborious days to come and focusing on worshiping our Lord was our main goal today. We appreciate you all praying for us and keeping us in your thoughts. To all the sponsors that are reading this, you are making a difference down here in these peoples’ lives, and please continue to send your money and gifts; it really helps!

With love,
Courtney Powers

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