Team July Days 4 & 5

Sunday in Haiti

We began our day being blessed by the Haitian worship team at Port-au-Prince Fellowship.  What a treat, they have the opportunity to use their gifts!

We spent the afternoon with the Good Samaritan kids as they received and wrote sponsor letters.  The kids love receiving their sponsor letters.  Reading and replying goes on for several hours!

Today, Rich and Ryan did some maintenance at the guesthouse.  Thank goodness for them!  Our kitchen sink was leaking and our refrigerator door completely fell off.  We then went to the boys home to play, do some prep work for the painting that we had planned to do and yet again, Rich and Ryan did some fixing.  The boys’ basketball hoop was hanging by just a few nails so they were unable to play.  With some innovation, it was bolted into the frame so the boys could get back to playing!

The paint job we had planned to do on the exterior of the boys’ home couldn’t happen due to delay in getting the paint we needed.  This is just one of those things that is very difficult here, it has taken days and we still don’t have it.  Max will have some men come in to do the painting, which will be income for them.   We plan to have pictures of the freshly painted home when I return in September.  After a short visit to the girls’ home, we enjoyed Viviane’s delicious macaroni and cheese and meatballs!

We are looking forward to a fun day taking all of the kids to the beach tomorrow!

Please go to our AWAKENHAITI facebook page for pictures!

Team July Day 3

Our second day in Belot was a day of learning and heartache and blessing all intertwined.  We continue to learn more about the sweet people and their way of life, living day by day.  As we set up to see the adults that needed dental care, we quickly realized there were too many to see all of them so the process of a pre-evaluation began.  As Junior did an initial screening to determine the “worse cases”, we were all a bit surprised that they all were in fact “worst cases”.  The dental problems and tooth pain these people are dealing with are unfathomable.  We couldn’t possibly help them all today. 

As we talked further, it was decided we would do a little treatment on a few, do a screening on all and try to set up a program for monthly dental care in hopes that over time, their problems would become lessened, education and preventative care would increase.  We pray this program can come into fruition.

At the end of our time in Belot, we walked just up the hill to the peak of the mountain.  The view is breath taking.  The manner in which the people farm the mountainside, the amount of walking up and down the mountain, the difficulty in transporting their goods are all unthinkable to us as we stood there looking at the entire community spread all over the mountain.  The people and the land of Belot are beautiful.  God has blessed them.

On our way down the mountain, rain the people of Belot had been praying for to water source of income began to fall.  We left there being reminded that God provides.

This evening was spend with the Good Samaritan girls.  What a treat to have time with them, playing cards and watching them compete with one another with the soccer ball.

This team has served well and is willing to be flexible, challenged and stretched.

We ask for continued prayers for us for the next few days for continued safety, good health and more learning experiences.