Time is flying by! We are already in St. Marc, and the two hour bus ride there has never made me so car sick in my life. The three weeks in Port-Au-Prince flew by faster than I can think about, but it was an experience of a lifetime. We were staying at an orphanage the entire time while in Port-Au-Prince, so over the three weeks we were there, I built such strong friendships with all of the children that were there. I made sure to go see them every morning, every afternoon, and every evening. The two babies that are there, baby Johnny and baby Kevin, are the two cutest Haitian babies in the world. I became so attached to them, and them with me. It was such a privilege to be able to spend the time I got to with them and show them love every day. This past week, we spent our time at a tent city called “City Soleil”. It is one of the poorest tent cities in Haiti, even before the earthquake. They also don’t have a water source to get any water from, so they have to walk such a far distance to get any type of water for anything: drinking, cooking, showering etc. The kids that are there either don’t have clothes and go around naked, or they wear the same clothes, all the time. Having nothing doesn’t matter to them though, at all. Out of all the tent cities we went to and all of the children we got to be with, this tent city was the most joyful, excited children I have seen in Haiti. They screamed every morning they saw our truck coming up, chasing us till our we were parked. Gettnig to spend time with them every day this week was such a blessing. Yesterday we were there from 9am till 6pm. We had a teaching in the morning for the adults, had soccer tournaments all afternoon, had a food distribution in the later afternoon for the children, and then had tent city worship that evening. Ending the night with an incredible sunset from God. While being in Haiti, God has been completely transforming my heart. He is forming into the heart He originally designed it to be: selfless, loving, caring, respectful, and soft. Thinking I was going to Haiti to change it, Haiti completely changed me. It is so hard being here, seeing the poverty, the destruction, and the chaos, but it is also such an honor and a blessing to get to serve here and spent two months of my life here. Every time we go out in the city, it still breaks my heart every day. I don’t think a person could really ever get “used to” the poverty and destruction that Haiti currently has. My heart aches driving down the streets in Haiti, seeing every single Haitian doing anything and everything they can just to survive another day. Haitians have little “booths” I guess I could call them that anything they have they put out to sell along the whole street. It really makes you think how lucky and blessed we are to have an entire closet full of clothes, an amazing house (even if you don’t think it is, it is, trust me), water and food available to us basically whenever we want, and the luxery of going to the movies, out to dinner, and on family vacations. These are things Haitians will never see, in their whole life. Being in Port-Au-Prince we got to do a lot of ministry time, doing teachings every morning, and having over thirty people come to Christ. With all the voodoo here too, many people got eveil spirits to leave from them. It was such a testimony to be a part of I everyday.
Haiti is such an amazing and beautiful country. I am actually writing this blog while in the bus driving to St. Marc. Getting to see the scenery and just the mountains and the Carribean Sea, is absolutely breathtaking. God created this country so wonderfully and so beautifully. I will post a few pictures when I can of our time in City Soliel an the sunset. Keep our team in your prayers as we got to St. Marc today, and will be there for 2 ½ weeks, then back to the DR for one month then home! Thank you for everything!
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