Day 2

Another great day!  Today was church day.  We visited La Victoire (Victory Baptist Church).  Everyone enjoyed the worship service; there was the beautiful singing, passionate prayer, communion, and the message (which was finally translated to the team by Francklin tonight at our team meeting).  Amanda got to visit her friend Allourde, and Maggie got to see the church that she helped clean up rubble at two years ago.  After church, we went to eat lunch at a restaurant in town.  It feels so strange to be doing all these fun things in the first few days of the trip, but God has a plan, and we just need to trust Him.  After lunch, we visited the community of Trousable (pronounced true-saab).  We visited a church that we visited two years ago after the earthquake.  Two years ago the church building had been demolished by the earthquake, and now it is a completely functioning church.  God is good!  While we were at Trousable, Herbie came to see Austin.  Herbie was Austin's translator from last year whom he became good friends with.  We were able to visit Herbie's home and meet his whole family there.  I was honored to be able to pray for them in their home, and Austin was very happy to see Herbie.  When we left Trousable, we went to see the Presidential Palace and stopped at a marketplace nearby.  After this, it was time to head back to the guest house to rest for tomorrows construction.  We have experienced much in the last two days, and have been streched by God in many ways.  As we move into the rest of the week, we look forward to seeing God move in mighty ways.  We will be putting a roof on a clinic in Cabaret, Kion will be training medical students, we will operate two clinics, and we will minister to kids.  Thank you again for your prayers.  We will hopefully give another update tomorrow night.  Until then... good night, we love you!