Wi-Fi + Haiti = No good for business…
Hey every one, sorry for the delay in the Mandarin Baptist Mission trip updates..wi-fi hasn’t exactly been up to par. A lot has happened in the past 4 days. God has given us so many great opportunites and through those opportunites, He has taught us so many amazing things.
Wednesday: After finishing the book shelves and painting them, we brought them upstairs and organized a lot of medical supplies. When The guys returned from taking David to the airport Herbie took us to Teleco, where he and Stanley have started a mission project called “Mountain Refuge Community.” We had the privilege of seeing God’s work in the lives of so many young people. We spent some time in praise and worship with the children, Armando and Herbie spent some time preaching, then we handed out tracts and food to the children to take home to their families. This was such an awesome thing to witness…not only was it beautiful scenery, but just seeing their dedication to the Lord, and the joy on their faces was priceless.
Thursday: Was marketplace day…we went to Cabaret’s Marketplace (quite the stinky and unsanitary experience), we purchased some vegetables and a new outfit and shoes for our sweet housekeeper here at the orphanage, Jocelyn or Mami as we call her. The Haitian Publix is very chaotic and hot. Justin ended up getting very sick, so we headed home and helped him get comfortable so that he could rest and get better. While he was resting, Gemalli, Rachel and I started a small group with the older girls, and our first lession was in the Book of James 1:19-27. We spoke to them about being doers of the Word, and talked to them about the significance of getting into the Word daily, with eachother and as individuals. We are going to help them start a small group. They’ve asked us to provide them with a few lessons to get started. It’s always great to see youth be excited about God!! Late Thursday night, the police came to the orphanage with a little boy who they found in the streets. He ran away from home 3 days prior. We talked with him, found out a way to contact his parents and planned to take him home the next day. He was a sweet little boy named Anderson, keep him and his family in your prayers.
Friday: What a God driven day…we loaded up in the pick-up truck and drove 2 hours to return Anderson to his family. He was not pleased to be headed home, especially after receiving the special treatment he did from us the night before. We arrived in Croix-des-bouquets, parked and met up with his father, he was finally excited to be home after seeing his daddy. We spoke to the father and asked him about his relationship with the Lord. We told him that God sent Anderson to us, so that we would have this opportunity to share Word with him. Anderson’s dad believed in God but had never accepted Christ as his personal Savior; but his dad decided he wanted to do so right there in the streets. Armando prayed with the man and led him to accept Christ. No other words can describe that experience besides AWESOME. God has a plan for everything. When we returned to the orphanage, Gemalli, Rachel and I had another ER experience. We went down the street with Mike to help a man that was crippled from being sick, he had a severely injured toe. We packed our medical supplies, flashlights, masks, and gloves, then headed out. We cleaned him up, bandaged him, and supplied him with antibiotics. When the medical team arrives next month they will follow up on his progress. Friday night we went next door to the compound to visit the Habitat for Humanity neighborhood. We went to share the gospel and hand out tracts. We held a little praise and worship time with the people; we sang in English as Herbie led them in Creole. Then Armando had the opportunity to preach with Herbie as his translator.
Saturday: Let me just start out by saying…thank you Lord for a sense of humor. We started our day off at 0630: breakfast, made 50 PB & J’s, cooler of water and a few snacks, gathered 22 kids, 11 adults, and a 15 passenger van with no Ac in 95 degree weather…then off to the “zoo.” Now, rewind…22+11=33…so we squeezed 33 people into a 15 passenger van..illegal in the United States, yes. However, it is very legal in Haiti. We drove, stacked in the van for 4 hours to a town called Fermathe. It was a hot first 3 1/2 hours, talk about sweeeaaaatttyyy!! Once we got to the top of the mountain where the zoo was, the temperature dropped about 15 degrees and the kids wanted jackets (haha)! We were all so excited to get to the zoo, see some Haitian animals, take some great pictures and picnic. Well, the zoo was approximately 900 sq ft. and consisted of 4 peacocks, a couple pigeons and doves, 1 alligator, 1 monkey, 30 bunnies, a guinea pig, 2 ducks, and 2 goats. They said that there were more animals, but they died (a few fish and a snake). After about 2 hours we bought a few souvenirs, played at the playground and headed back to the van for another short ride home, did i mention it was hot? We found out how the maximum capacity of the van on the way home. After a few stops for water and oil we arrived safely back to CBCH. I don’t know if any one of us have laughed as much as we did today.
Well, the internet is back up and working, so hopefully there will be more frequent updates. We have church tomorrow and then the kids are off school on Monday, so we will take them to the beach. Our group has really bonded on this trip and we have made some great little friends here at the orphanage. Looking forward to what God has in store for us next!
-Whitney
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still praying for you guys. Sounds like a great trip.. Keep it up!
This day sounds like a LOT of fun!!
Sounds great what you do there! Still take care! Praying for you!!!