Another Amazing Experience

I'm writing the blog by myself again tonight.  You know Jim is feeling rough when he goes to bed before telling me what to write in the blog!  

The highlight of the day was going to a Haitian church.  Village of Hope has a new addition to the staff, Fan-Fan (pronounced Fon-Fon) and he took us to his church.  It is connected with an orphanage which is where he grew up.  It was such an amazing experience.  Despite not knowing what they were saying (although Fan-Fan translated some), you could feel the energy and the love of God radiating from everyone in the room.  Dave and Greer did a great job as preachers!  Following the service, many of the people came up to shake our hands and thank us for being there!

Following church, we went to the Eagle Mart grocery store.  People bought vanilla, coffee, rum, and other treats.  After shopping, we headed to Visa Lodge for lunch.  We enjoyed a buffet including pork, seafood carnivale', rice, beets, and so on.  It was great! 

We then traveled back to Hope House and unpacked our suitcases of donations and did some relaxing.  We played cornhole, talked, drank some rum and beer, and enjoyed our fellowship time together. There has been a lot of laughing (Dave is with us after all) and enjoying each others' company.

Tomorrow we head to the Village of Hope School where we'll see the opening, sing with the students, and do some projects around the school.  We look forward to seeing all the kids and getting to work!  We've been practicing the songs Dave and Dee provided for us but we've had to eliminate some after our practice session.  Nevertheless, we're prepared! 

Thank you for your continued prayers!