Concrete Blocks and Beautiful Orphans

Looks like it is my turn at the blog.  I’ll try to keep it interesting.  We are continuing to understand the culture a little bit better and don’t feel like we stick out as much.  It has been awesome to see the group continue to bond together and hearing conversations like ‘why did you come to Haiti?’, ‘what is God teaching you while you are here‘, ‘how will your life be different when you return‘.  Please continue to pray for the team that we can process the experience and be prepared to share our experience with others when we return.

Today the team split into two groups with one going back to Jasmine’s orphanage and the other going back to the church in Laogone.

The church team has been at the church since Tuesday and have been building walls out of concrete blocks and building joists for the roof.  The entire team has learned a lot about masonry including how to mix cement and mortar and how to lay bricks.  Today we started building a baptismal.  Some highlights from the team building at the church have been:
* Finding two baby goats hiding in the bricks.
* J.P. leading the Haitians in song and the Haitians knowing them in English.
* Losing the one screwdriver bit for the drill for about 45 minutes and then finding it on the water cooler.
* Only having a 220 volt circular saw when the generator is 110 volt.
* Singing Christian songs with the Haitian children when they come visit us after school.


The team at Jasmine’s orphanage has been busy loving on the kids that are there.  On Wednesday, three new children came to the orphanage including a 2 week old, a 2 year old, and a 6 year old.  This was an emotional experience as the team observed mothers leaving their children because they weren’t able to adequately care for them.  The team has been able to connect with many of the children and they love to be held, play games, and just hangout with the team.  We have also been able to give some of the Haitian orphanage workers some assistance/a little break.  The children all go to school at the orphanage.  Currently, they are separated by gender and grades and each group attends school for 1.5 hours per day.



We continue to thank God for the privilege and opportunity to serve.  We pray that God will work through us as we serve the “least of these” as Jesus tells us in Matthew 25:40 “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Dan

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