M'ap sonje ou
I will miss you. It's a phrase that I've been hearing far too much lately. I was down in the nutrition program when the Navy showed up today. They walked over to take pictures of the kids except the kids all started running away. The moms were screaming their kids names, picking up the kids, and running to the back gate. No matter how many times I said that they were good people and didn't have guns, the moms didn't care.
While I was down there, I got to talking to one of the teenage girls. She is responsible for bringing her little sisters up to eat everyday. She is about 14 years old and has far too much responsibility to be that old. We got to talking about God and about her life. She was saying that she has a faith in God now and she knows that she doesn't need to be afraid. She said even when the earth shakes, she knows God is with her. She was saying about how the Caitlin trifecta (we have no other cool way to call ourselves) has helped her to realize her potential faith. She prayed to be able to go to school and the soccer Caitlin just felt pulled to ask her if she wanted to go back to school. Caitlin is paying for her tuition. It was such a blessing and a refreshing time to hear the youth of Haiti be so real and honest.
We did a vbs this afternoon. It was tons of fun just spending time with all the kids and seeing how each group tells a different story or lesson. It's so crazy how draw out and over the top we make vbs in America. Here, if you can tell a Bible story and have them sing some songs, you have yourself a solid vbs. If you give out something, it's the highlight of their day even week sometimes. We tend to focus too much on the appearance and not the content. As long as you are giving the kids a solid scriptural lesson, you have a great vbs. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.
While I was down there, I got to talking to one of the teenage girls. She is responsible for bringing her little sisters up to eat everyday. She is about 14 years old and has far too much responsibility to be that old. We got to talking about God and about her life. She was saying that she has a faith in God now and she knows that she doesn't need to be afraid. She said even when the earth shakes, she knows God is with her. She was saying about how the Caitlin trifecta (we have no other cool way to call ourselves) has helped her to realize her potential faith. She prayed to be able to go to school and the soccer Caitlin just felt pulled to ask her if she wanted to go back to school. Caitlin is paying for her tuition. It was such a blessing and a refreshing time to hear the youth of Haiti be so real and honest.
We did a vbs this afternoon. It was tons of fun just spending time with all the kids and seeing how each group tells a different story or lesson. It's so crazy how draw out and over the top we make vbs in America. Here, if you can tell a Bible story and have them sing some songs, you have yourself a solid vbs. If you give out something, it's the highlight of their day even week sometimes. We tend to focus too much on the appearance and not the content. As long as you are giving the kids a solid scriptural lesson, you have a great vbs. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.
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