Team Haiti-June 28

Hooray!! We have finally fixed the internet problem and can now post blogs! Sorry that you have not heard from us sooner.

We arrived safely on thursday and found our Guest Director, Tiga (aka the boss) and everything went smoothly. The plan was to visit the orphanage and spend time with the kids, but they were invited to city hall so they were not present. Then we took off for the place we are staying, (aka The Compound. aka Home.)and took it easy for the rest of the day. All of us instantly felt at home. We are loving it here! The devastation we witnessed on the ride to the compound was very evident and when we asked our Haitian helpers how much has changed since the quake, the answer was, "not much." If anything, it motivated us to work that much harder!

When we arrived at our work site on friday, technically day 3, the wall cages for the first three walls were almost completely in place. This marks the moment the team realized that we would be working harder on this trip than any of us had ever worked in our lives. Day 4 and 5 were spent filling the wall cages with rubble and by the end of the morning shift on day five, the first three walls were filled and the fourth cage put in place.


Sunday was our beautiful day of rest. I will spare details for fear of this post becoming a novel, but it was such a huge blessing. We attended church where Tiga, Melody, Andy and Amy sang a worship song for the congregation. The rest of the day was spent at the beach. It was amazingly beautiful and felt like paradise. Then on day 6 we filled the 4th and final wall of the house by the end of the morning shift, The plan was to start at a new work site for the second shift, but the truck never came (island life) so we spent time together and sang praises to Jesus in the compound.

Today, day 7, was one of our most intense days. It made us understand why God gave us a day and a half to rest. We started at a new worksite, a rubble SCHOOL! The drive to the location was about 45 minutes one way. Both the morning and afternoon shift was spent shoveling piles of rubble from the streets into the truck and hauling it to the school work site. We were all working so hard, and volunteered to stay an hour extra to finish our pile. This was a blessing because we had the opportunity to hire a few Haitians from the area to help us out and work along side us. We pray that we were able to show them Jesus through our interactions and gratitude. Now, we head to sleep in efforts to get rest and regain energy.

Everyone is happy and healthy and in love with this country. Please continue to pray for good health, energy, strength, patience, and opportunities to share Jesus and spend time with kids. Soon I plan to do another post of pictures to share with you. But for now, Good night and much love from Team Haiti!