Haiti Day 5


Some of us got up 6 to get in a morning run.  I had signed up again to help the ladies make breakfast. It’s so much fun to work with them. They do not know much English but we can still find ways to communicate. We headed out to Grace village. Not exactly sure why we went there.  Today was a day to learn patience. A lot of waiting and not a lot of doing. We are on Haiti time. Eventually we left and headed up the mountain. We came to a beautiful overlook of the ocean at the top. Just gorgeous. We had devotions up there and sang Here I Am to Worship. After we went to Fleri restaurant to hang out so they could get some meals  for us to take to the elders. It would only be 15 minutes but ended up being at least an hour. We only had time to visit one elder place. I think it was 2 sisters and a husband. They said he was 88 years old which is amazing for Haiti. First they wanted to make us coffee so we took a 5 gallon bucket down the street to the pump to get some water for them. We filled a couple jugs for them for the day. After boiling the water she poured some of the water into a cloth bag with a rusty wire around the top which was the filter to clean it. Then they poured the water through it and then poured the coffee through it again. Wow that was some black coffee! We each took a tin cup or mug and tried some. It was so sweet of them dear people to do that. We had at least 10-12 kids and teenagers watching by then. We washed there feet and lotioned their hands and sang and prayed with them. They were so happy. Special. 

Random thing I seen today...a pig strapped on a moto. Poor thing. We had Haitian food for supper. It was so good. Played games and had fun in the evening. We have such fun people on our team.  This organization is so amazing. It is called Healing Haiti. They are working at creating jobs for Haitians instead of just giving them food and money. Also if they do buy food to give they always support local to help the economy. Most of the people who work fo this organization are not paid and have to find their own sponsors so that  donations can go to support their programs. There are several missionaries here that have lived here for at least three years and have not gotten paid at all except a place to stay and 1 meal a day. The rest they have to provide or fundraise.  That’s about all that happened today. 

Pray for Haiti....

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