Mesi Jezi

Today didn't go as planned because it's Haiti. Nothing goes as planned in Haiti. Several teams were supposed to head out to our other campuses but the river was too high for any vehicle to cross (No, there are no bridges in Haiti, you just drive, walk, or swim across). We had to try to throw together some things for them to do. One of the teams wanted to do hut to hut evangelism so I went with them. We just stopped and visited with people in town and prayed with them/ read them a Bible verse. Some were receptive and some just humored us. We were walking in a kinda rough area along the beach and these grown men started yelling. Nerlande, our interpretor, looked at me and said we have to keep walking- these guys are trouble. However, some of the guys in our group decided to stop and talk to them (the exact opposite of what should have happened). Finally, I told them that when our Haitian staff says we have to keep walking, we must because they know the people and what they are saying. Apparently, the guys were saying how the wanted to take us Blanc bels (pretty white girls) and keep us as their wives. Let's just say we swiftly walked back to the mission--the guys didn't follow us once we got onto the main street.

I spent some time in the baby orphanage again. Those kids are awesome. We all discussed how if everyone had a Haitian baby (legally ofcourse), the world would be a better place.

This afternoon us interns, Melonnie, and a few of the group members went down to the market and bought five family groceries for a week. We randomly select who gets them. Today, we gave one to an elderly man who was blind. He asked if we would pray that God would provide someone to help him get to church on Sundays and then told us he wanted to pray for us. He prayed that God would give us courage and strength. We were all crying at this point, he was just too sweet. We ventured to another part of town and gave some to a women who works at the local Brothel. Prostitution is not illegal. The one here is so filthy. It looks like a barn (with the stables that the girls are in). Melonnie has been going to pray with the girls there on a weekly basis. This girl thought that Christians didn't care about people like her so her kids were so sick because she didn't think she could bring them to our clinic. The kids are all better now and we gave her a Creole Bible.

Some of the groups ventured to the soccer match. It's the quarterfinals for the entire country. One of the missionaries here has been working with the team and leads them in devotions and got them new equipment, jerseys, goals.