Meet God Under the Mango Tree

Sunday is a day to worship and rest all over the world.In Haiti is no different, people clean up (unbelievably for conditions), get dress up and go to church. Here at the orphanage, Sunday school starts at 8:00 am under the Mango Tree. The thick umbrella of this Mango Tree is about 60 feet wide, very thick with leaf foliage and the sun is totally blocked out. This is where you can meet God at work, here where you realize that you are so blessed to experience His Glory. Kids that don’t have anything to their own possession are thankful for so much in their lives. You can recognize the praises in whatever the language it may be. You can recognize melody of a familiar song, though I could not sing it in French or Creole. The Worship follows at 9:00 with everyone in the compound participating.
The physical walls of a building that is a church here had other uses since the earthquake. It has been a makeshift hospital for earthquake victims, a storage depot for supplies coming in a distribution center for other needy organizations. However, the walls have not been able to contain God’s Spirit just inside, His Spirit spills over within boundaries of this compound. If you go to the school area, to the dorms of the orphanage or just sit under the Mango Tree, you can feel His Spirit at work.
So if you lone for that loving feeling, for a true picture of “loving one another” come and sit under the Mango Tree, look around, close your eyes and listen to the children praising his name. Love God, Love Others, Change the World one soul at the time (and you can start with your own).

We’ll see you under the Mango Tree

Continue from under the Mango Tree
On Sunday afternoon is play time and worship time as well. In the mid afternoon, all kids assembled back under the Mango Tree. All changed in the play close with an amplifier hooked up to an iPod playing English Worship songs. Happy time is for all, handicapped kits were brought out in the wheel chairs, drawing, coloring and dancing. Older boys and too old to play (but they try) played soccer tournament 4 on 4 with garbage barrels as goals. Did I say that this too old should have just rested under the Mango Tree and watch the Holly Spirit at work. No, this too old to play tried to experience it all on the playing field in the shadows of the Mango Tree. You can experience the power of a worship song and the exuberant game of soccer while watching His Power at work through all of the kids. And the Glory of His name is endless.
All this happens in just one day under the Mango Tree.