Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Busy Busy Busy!!

Hello all from Haiti. We are trying to update the blog as much as possible, but we are busy from sun up until way past sundown. Today was a great day, we wrapped up our first VBS. It was a huge success. It went way better than we could ever have expected. The kids were running in excited to come for another day. At one point I was outside and could hear kids excited voices coming from all different directions. Today we focused on the sacrifice of Christ. When the kids were watching the Jesus film, they would stare intently at the screen after Jesus' death, and when he was raised from the dead they would yell JEZI!! (Jesus) . At the closing Lance told them about the love of the father and how they could be a child of God. We then asked them to close there eyes and raise thier hands if they wanted Jesus in their hearts. We were all shocked when almost all of them raised thier hand!!! It has been an incredible trip and it is only Tuesday! We also walked to Barbencourt and spent some time in the village of La Digue. We met many great people. It was great to see the kids from VBS and spend time with them at thier homes. We even got a little physical work done around the mission. This team is great and are all working together really well. You would almost think God put this team together. ( You think?)
We are all healthy and full of energy, even though it is very hot and humid. Tomorrow is very full again, but we will have some time in the afternoon to kick back and enjoy some swimming and snorkeling in the ocean. We will try to post some pictures later. Thank you for all your prayers. Keep them up, God is defenantly moving here, BIG TIME!!

4 comments:

Mike Westrick said...

Awesome news! We are praying that the rest of the week is as exciting. Enjoy the beach Wednesday, it sounds like you all have earned a well deserved break. Except for Tori, I'd leave her at the mission. Just Kidding!!! Have fun and keep up the great work.

Logan and Dad

Unknown said...

It's so wonderful to hear how great VBS went! Praise God for the salvation of these children. May they be the catalist of change in their country! Stay cool and have fun in the ocean. Hey do they have stones down there like in the U.P.? If they do you know who would want one :-)

Kim

Cheri said...

How exciting! I'm so glad VBS was such a success. Enjoy the beach I'm sure the water will feel wonderful.
Still praying for the rest of your week!
Cheri

Mari said...

I'm happy to hear you are having such a great week! We'll keep praying for the rest of your time there.