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haiti day four
Blog By: Katy Creasman
We experienced church today with Pastor Odven’s church and they sang How Great Thou Art and Because He Lives. Those were the 2 songs that we could pick out in French. In the afternoon we went to the orphanage and played with the kids. We were able to get their picture with names, age, and weight. It was very eye opening to go around the city and see some of the devastation still left from the earthquake. It is sad to think that we are already leaving tomorrow from Haiti! God’s love knows know limits and He has definitely shown me His love through the kids and people here. They have made a permanent impact on my life!
Blog By: Sydney Weisberg
We went to Pastor Odven church, we all had an amazing time and wish I could stay longer. I have never experienced anything like it. You could literally feel the Holy Spirit in the church. After we went to church we saw the kids and played. We went to mega mart but didn’t get out of the bus instead we went to deli mart which is kind of like our Kroger. One of my favorite parts of the day was to go sightseeing around the “down town” area. We saw the palace that was in pretty good shape, and got to take pictures of it! It’s still hard to believe that we leave for Miami tomorrow. This was I life changing event that will stay with me forever. So thank you Jesus for allowing me to come learn and experience all of these things.
Blog By: Bryce Spencer
Today is Sunday, The Sabbath, a day of rest. In Haiti it was a day for new experiences at church. Ryan left with Jackefer, the bus driver, in the morning to pick up the children from Bon Berger orphanage (pronounced bon bajay) and then came to get us. Hand in hand with the children we all walked into church. We were a bit out of place but I took comfort in the fact that we were all children of God. I had an epiphany; God doesn’t care what language we sing, pray, or worship in, He smiles at every one of us. Today the spirit of God was felt deeply by everyone there.
Here I’ll semi-quote something my team member Carl said: There was a lot separating us as we walked into the church – race, nationality, culture, and language, but when we stood together to sing the Creole hymns there was no longer black or white, Haitian or American, only brothers and sister standing united under the one true almighty God. And in that we were unified as one. And the Spirit of God moved.
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