We just returned from our last day
in the Bohoc community. Tonight we say
goodbye to the Bohoc Leadership Council (BLC), and tomorrow morning we pack up
and head back to the New Life Guest House
in Port au Prince.
This week has been a fabulous
week. I am so impressed with our team as
a whole and with each member individually.
Since this is my first post of
today, I'm going to write about the beginning of our day and then do another
post after dinner.
Today began with breakfast and a devotion
led by Julie. Julie's text for her
devotion was Psalm 10:14, which reads, But
you, O God, do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to You; You are
the helper of the fatherless.
In addition to her sincerity of
heart, what struck me most about Julie's devotion were her words of
encouragement and instruction for the team.
Here are a few highlights...
God has
the answers.
He will take care of things.
In
your life, leave nothing (good or useful!) unsaid.
Have
you emptied your cup into what you are doing?
While
it's not our duty to fill another's cup (that's God's responsibility), we've
been asked by God to pour out what we have.
It was a really good word.
After devotions, we loaded up and
headed into to town for another morning of road widening. Actually, we picked up where we left off
yesterday and helped the community widen probably another 75-ft of road. All told, between yesterday and today, the
team and the community widened close to 200-ft of roadway. Props to everyone for working so hard--especially, to Robert (Adias, the President of BLC, asked if Robert could
stay; Denise quickly piped up, "Ummm...he's with me, so NO!") and to
the ladies on the team for working so hard and for providing so much
entertainment (and "for being so...interesting"--Adias) while we all worked (Singing the "YMCA" song, doing "The Macarena", making fun of Ronald, etc., etc., etc.).
After completing the road widening
project, we all headed back to the guest house for a quick lunch, loaded back
up, and headed back into town.
Okay...dinner's ready so I'm going
to pause for now.
Dave
On behalf of Team Haiti 2012/April
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