Leaving Desire

I am writing this as we are traveling back to Gonaives from Desire. We had a wonderful time of worship with the children and now have to leave them as we begin our journey home tomorrow. I wish I could say that leaving after many visits gets easier each time but it doesn't. It's as hard as the very first time. The only difference is that we are comforted in the knowledge that they are better off than they were two months ago , 6 months ago and a year ago. And things continue to improve for the children each week as the homes are completed and furnished and the next phase of construction begins.

We also now know their names, and we can begin to have basic conversations with them without the need of a translator all the time. A great example of this was with our teaching English on this trip. The children are putting their trust in the Lord to provide when times get difficult. Many children have come to know and accept Jesus as Savior and relationships with the community continues to grow. Praise God for all these things. It is truly freedom in Christ when we allow Him to work through the individuals on our teams.

Well we made it back to Jumecourt, a stopping point before heading home tomorrow. The excitement for the road trip was getting stopped by the police at a random checkpoint. The police must not quite have liked the answers our Haitian driver gave so they wanted to see everybody's passport and confirm that we all matched our passports. After several minutes we were underway again. That was a new first for our trips!

All is well and we will return tomorrow night. Please pray for our safe travels.