Haiti Saturday July 3

7-03-10 blog
We started the day preparing to go to the Wislet orphanage. It is about 5 miles away which in PAP can take an hour or more some days. We got on the road around 9:30 and actually got there by 10. Our purpose was several fold. First since Ethan and I were the only team members to have seen the other orphanage or meet Pastor Wislet it was an opportunity to see another example of God using his faithful people to do his work. Pastor Wislet doesn’t speak any English so we used two interpreters which made the visit incredible. Andronic speaks French, Creole, Spanish and English. Maria (Hannah’s friend) speaks Spanish and English. The meeting went very well and Pastor Wislet shared his story and his faith for over an hour. It was amazing. We finished our meeting by praying over Pastor Wislet and his wife. We then delivered 10 bags of assorted supplies from the Impact for Jesus people and gave three of the children gifts from their sponsors. One of the most moving times came when Joanna gave a book of photos prepared by the Faith Church youth group to Stecy their sponsored child. Joanna showed her the pictures one by one telling her each of their names. Stecy just kept looking at each picture and really seemed interested in the pictures of the youth group sledding. Before we could leave one of the girls sat Maria down and braided her hair. In about 30 minutes Maria had a head full of rolls of braids.
The trip back took much longer. We got out of there about 12:45 but didn’t get back to Marie’s until 2. I believe that the temp was 99 when we got back which shot the rest of the afternoon for us. We needed to drink lots of water and stay inside for a few hours. We have gone through over 20 gallons of water since noon yesterday but no one has had any problems with the heat. It was good to take the trips these last two days. I got to see firsthand the rebuilding that is going on. We haven’t been in the worst area yet, that is coming on Monday, but there is obvious rebuilding going on. I was here in the end of March this year and in the areas we have been in many of the damaged buildings have been rebuilt or repaired.
Once the sun went down a little we went over to Grace House of Hope and spent about an hour singing with the girls. Sharon has brought a guitar and several of the girls just love to sing praise and worship songs with us. They know several songs in English but it is so sweet when they sing the same songs in French. After getting back Jenna our cook made a great stew out of potatoes carrots plantain and goat. Everyone seems to enjoy the goat. Maybe it is the hunger and the humility of realizing how well we are being treated just to have any meat at all.
It gets dark here about 6pm and is now about 8:30 so we will all be headed to bed soon. I know this seems early but the roosters will start working at waking us about 3am and we will be going to the church service at the orphanage at 9am. Several of us will be joining the younger group for a service at 3pm. Sharon and Joanna will be leading us in a few songs and based on how some of the orphans sing should be wonderful.
Good night and keep praying for our trip. It is Sat. night and I am sure we will soon be hearing the Voo Doo drums.
Rod and the team