Friends + Family back home...
Noel, Mariann, and Leann blogging for Moen/Cody HH Team. Today was our third day in Haiti, which started out early with tent church at 6am. Pastor Gary came to sit near us and translated during the service for the people sitting around him. It was amazing to see how many people were there at six in the morning on a thursday for this daily service, and lasts for a couple hours. It was a dynamic service and incredible to see the love for Christ these people have, especially when facing hardships most people probably couldn't imagine.
After church, we headed up to Grace Village. We had a quick tour of all the progress that has been made with the medical/dental clinic. We also got to see them breaking ground on the church in the community and family housing units going up. The kids were in school during the tour, we got to play with them for a couple minutes on the playground. Our team is excited to head back on Saturday for a full day with all of the awesome kids up there. So more to come!
After leaving Grace Village, we were able to participate in Healing Haiti's Eldercare Program by visiting 5 elders who live in Titanyen. We visited them in their homes, brought them food and water, checked on their needs and how they've been feeling, and sang to them. This is Elie, pictured below, a 77 year old local who lives with his daughter and grandchildren. Elie lives at the bottom of a steep hill way out in Titanyen. When we arrived, Elie stood up to greet us and welcomed us into his home. When he stood up he motioned he was hungry and was glad to see that we had brought food and water for him. Meeting and praying with each of the elders was an amazing experience and showed us another side of Healing Haiti's outreach in this community.
Our last visit of the day was to Isaiah's Orphanage, home to 17 kids orphaned by the earthquake in 2010. Healing Haiti has been involved with Isaiah's since 2010 and teams have recently began visiting this year. Healing Haiti helps with donations, supplies, and food 3 times per week for the orphanage and school. We were so impressed by their respect and honor for one another and for Isaiah. We spent the afternoon playing soccer and making bead necklaces with the girls. The boys on the soccer team are relentless and schooled us. Graiziger took MVP with a spill/bicycle kick goal for our team.
We were blessed to meet Isaiah and "his kids" as he proudly refers to them. Isaiah is a true role model to these kids, as well as us, showing God's love in selfless ways.
We're off to bed with another day out on the water truck at Cite Soleil in the morning. Will update you all again tomorrow!
With love,
Cody/Moen Team
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