FYI - we are an hour behind you guys at home...we just found out they do not participate in day light savings so when we sprang forward they stayed behind! In October we will be back to the same time again.
Anyway we woke this morning: lisa, carrie and tim, to the sound of that lovely rooster...he is still alive! lol We climbed a small hill to our devotion time..where Kevin and Cayla lead with worship music and Don encouraged us to serve..to again be the hands and feet of Jesus to these wonderful people. Yesterday when we stopped at the mass grave site of those thousands of people, I took a picture of one of the crosses laying on the ground. It was a picture in my mind of someone else's burden. Christ wants us to help carry the burdens of others. Here in Haiti what any opportunity we have to lay down our own cross and help others carry their cross (burden) we realize that we might not be able to fix the burden... but God says to HELP..and that is what we have all set out to do this week. The teen's hearts are great and their compassion overwhelming. Dan, Adam, Jay, and Billy all set out after devotions to help finish laying the foundation for John Renel's house. They were exhausted after three hours from the sun and hard work. Cayla, Emily, Sydney and I all sorted and created care bags for the school kids, who were finishing their last day of school today. We were able to pass them out to every class(Kevin and Lauren came and helped) and their response was a song Jesus Loves the Little Children and Read Your Bible and Pray everyday. We were also able to give the principal a bag full of small supplies such as pencils, pencil sharpeners, notebooks and erasers. Jimmy and Donald, the leader here, headed to Port au Prince to pick up rice that the Air Force had brought in.
Then we had lunch. Some of us ended up taking a nap...waiting for Jimmy and Donald to get back...they were to be back at 12....they didn't make it back until 6pm....three flat tires on the way back! Around 3 we went into the village to see the old house of the man we are building a new house for. We all fit inside the one room...he is so overwhelmed with the thought of having a house by the end of the week. The children of the village just flock to all of us. Joshua had a hard time holding hands with little girls who just loved him. He kept asking for help! lol We walked to the village dam where the children just striped and jumped in to swim...some also bathed. I had the opportunity to try to carry a 5 gallon bucket of water on my head and Dan got to ride a "tap tap" (motorcycle). The entire walk the children of the village were glued to our hips and wanting our sunglasses, water, shoes and cameras. The kids also taught our teens a new foot game.
My neatest experience for the day is when we came back... I walked by two girls playing jacks with rocks...we had two set of jacks packed and I had the opportunity to sit and play with them for a while. The kids just love you loving them! We have been having a late afternoon rain each night. Tonight the teenagers decided to play soccer with the village boys in the rain...talk about mud!! oh my..if you moms only new...there are plenty of pictures....they were wearing it, throwing it and I think eating it...but they had a blast!! Dan, Jay and Adam helped load the bags of rice by carrying on their backs..50 lbs each...they were carrying up to four bags at a time...somebody dropped their four bags but I won't disclose who..so I don't embarrass them...you can guess! nah..jay..cough cough! We ate a delicious dinner..with bread from the sun oven. We then passed out shoes to some of the workers of the compound and now we are sitting and relaxing..playing the guitar, girls are getting their hair braided and Dan and Jay are no where to be found...oh well! Tomorrow we are up early at 4AM for a 3 hour hike up a mountain....so keep us in mind! We love you all and miss you. Have a wonderful night! We are loving it!!!
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