Sunday in Port au Prince

Our team had a special day.  First we worshiped with the Croix des Mission congregation in their little church.  I immediately saw a physical difference in the building.  Benches and chairs were set up outside the front door with a blue tarp overhead.  Fresh flowers decorated the doors and windows and the altar area.  Huge speakers were at the front with a drum set.  We were ushered to the front rows on the left.  The service was full of music, Bible readings, and a firey sermon.  It lasted 2.5 hours!  We sang three songs and Don Goodroe from our team offered a trumpet solo.  They were honoring their youth choir which performed two powerful songs.

After worship we greeted many friends from last year!

Then we headed to our choir director's home for tall bottles of soda, and his young friends entertained us with some energetic break dancing.

We then moved on to the worksite and our new team members were amazed at the size of the new church and its shaded back yard.  Scaffolding was set up for roof work so we are expecting some construction this week!  The trees near the roof were trimmed and the branches were being transformed into charcoal at the back of the lot in a smoldering fire under piles of dirt.  Very interesting.

We also saw pictures of little Nainika, the baby who had an abdominal tumor last February.  Our team paid for her surgery.  She looked healthy and happy!

Lunch was at a restaurant.  Then we relaxed with showers and swimming in the pool.  After a spaghetti supper, the team gathered for debriefing on the day's sights and planning for tomorrow's VBS and game time.

A thunderstorm during supper brought lots of noise and torrents of rain.  We hope that doesn't happen tomorrow during our VBS!

For two more interesting blogs with pictures by our youngest team members visit:  parkersorenson.wordpress.com and madefromtheheart.wordpress.com.

Sharon