June 16, 2010

Prayer Requests:
-Continue to pray that the Holy Spirit moves throughout Haiti and its people.
-Tomorrow some team members are going to orphanages so pray that the children experience the love of Jesus through the team.

Praises:
We saw over 400 people in the clinic today and 30 prayed to receive Christ!!! BENISWA LETENEL!!! (Praise the Lord)

Day 4 Update:
Before we talk about today we wanted to share that Riztha (the beautiful 17 year old interpreter) stayed the night with us girls. She is a precious precious young woman and lives in a tent with her grandmother, uncle, aunt, and baby cousin. Both parents are dead. We stayed up past midnight laughing and talking with her. She opened up like never before and felt like one of us. We all made a special connection with her that night.

With that said…today was another successful clinic. When we first arrived the host church had decorated with balloons and posters and a little girl with flowers said, “Welcome to you all,” as we got off the bus. It brought several of us to tears. There was one very special little boy that we had an opportunity to help. He was brought in with a very LARGE hernia and would need surgery. We were able to provide the funds for his surgery, which was 1,000 U.S. dollars. This was a major praise for the day!!

After returning to the guest house and devouring another delicious Haitian meal of… (well, we’re not quite sure, but it was GOOD) we piled on the bus to head to the crusade! Jerry preached a powerful message to the Haitians and they were very welcoming of us. The experience of worshiping with the Haitian people is something we’ll never forget. They offer themselves completely to the Lord in praise and adoration and it’s truly inspiring. These people have been through so much and yet they still choose to praise the Lord. We all can learn from that. One thing we loved about tonight were the Haitian girls playing with our “white people hair.” One girl in particular with big ol’ dimples would stroke our hair so sweetly and through the language barrier there was love expressed. OH and to top the night off, some of us played in the rain! Like they say, ‘when in Haiti, do as the Haitians do.’ It’s really difficult for us to put into words what we’ve experienced so far so we’ll leave you with some pictures……

Meredith McKinley and Hayley Boultinghouse