Trousable

Trousable

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!

Day 1

Hello everyone!  We have arrived safely and have had one day in the field.  Yesterday was long and time was limited in the evening, so I apologize that we did not post upon arriving.  Today was a good day; we worked with the team that has been here for the past week.  In the morning we traveled to Cabaret, which is about an hour drive from the guest house where we stay.  We helped the other team with childrens ministry at the church in Belsie.  Everyone had a great time playing, singing, and loving on the children.  After we had lunch, we traveled a little farther out to a beach where we were able to go swimming!  This was an unexpected opportunity for our team.  It is not normal to do something like this on the first day, but we were with the other team and it is their last day, so we swam.  most of us do not have swimming suits, but made the best with the clothes we had!  We then returned to the guest house and enjoyed our dinner that was prepared for us.  The team has worked very well together today.  Everyone is healthy and doing well.  We are very blessed by all of them already on the first day.  Thank you for your prayers.  We are encouraged greatly knowing that so many of you are battling in prayer for us paving the way.  We will post again soon.  We love and miss you all.  Until the next post....

Miami 2

At the airport.

Miami

Hello everyone, we are in Miami now and have several hours of layover before the flight to Haiti.  Everyone is doing well and excited to continue our travels. We covet your prayers and are thankful for your support! God bless!

On our way!

We are on our way from Bemidji to Bethany College of Missions with most of the team. We will be meeting the rest of the team there tonight. Everything is coming together great! God is awesome! A little more final packing tonight, and flying out in the morning. Thank you all for your prayer. That is what keeps us going.  More updates to come! Blessings...

Preparing to leave

I just started this blog to help share about our trip to Haiti over spring break.  There will be more to follow in the days to come.  For now, my bed is calling and I need to rest for our travel tomorrow.  Until later....