Good Morning Everyone!
We just returned from church, worshiping with our brothers and sisters in Christ. The message today was from Mike Brost, it was from Malachi Chapter 3:6 about giving back to God and his generous blessings to us. JeanJean had everyone welcome us and we each stood up in front of the church and announced our names. Jared and Stacy Nikkel from Pella who recently moved to Pignon are out here at JeanJean and Kristie's house to eat lunch with us today. Since it is Sunday the cooks do not prepare our food so we are having Kraft macaroni and cheese and PB&J sandwiches! Later this afternoon at 2 there is a "come as you are" service in the new worship center at UCI.
Yesterday we continued at our work sites building the two houses. We are divided into two different groups, the first location will house a mother with 13 children that she cares for. Her current house is ready to collapse, she is too scared to sleep inside so she is sleeping outside under banana leaves. The group working on this house is: Natalie, Luke, Pat, Mel, Diane, Michaela, Darrell, Deb, and Aaron. Some of the members of this group had to walk 1/4 mile (up hill and barefoot both ways) with 5 gallon buckets of water. The second team is building a home for a refuge family from Port au Prince, this family is currently sharing a home with a total of 26 people under one roof. The group working at this site is: Sally, Kaylie, Elaine, Mick, Marla, Judy, Craig, Mike, and Dean. We spent most of the morning hauling sand and rock but took time to paint nails, blow bubbles, and spend time with the children.
Yesterday UCI received a wonderful delivery of 930 boxes of "ready to eat" meals. This amounts to almost 11,000 meals! We formed an assembly line handing the boxes from person to person from the truck to the storage room in the worship center. The youth group joined in for a total of nearly 40 people in our line. We will have the opportunity to distribute much of this food to families in need during our stay.
Last night we called in pizza and it was delivered to our table! Just kidding, but we did receive Haitian pizza for dinner last night along with homemade cookies for dessert. It was awesome!
After our wonderful meal we enjoyed a Haitian men's choir, which consisted of 16 men. This choir was formed and has been going for the past 30 years. The other half of the choir was singing at a harvest festival. You can really see their true love for Jesus through out their music. Our team also sang the "Fill it Up" song for them, and they joined in at the end.
Tomorrow we will rise again to the sound of roosters crowing and donkeys "hee hawing" before we head out to our work sites. In the afternoon we will begin one of the three sessions of Vacation Bible School. We are all looking forward to that! Elaine and Mel will be conducting a clinic for people with medical needs. The men have been working really hard on the well system to help regulate the pressure. As of last night it is a success!
We all miss our friends and family back home. Keep our safety and renewed energy in your prayers everyday and we will remember you in ours!
In Christ's love and ours,
Haitian Mission Team
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