Worshiping the same God

One of the highlights for me personally on each trip is the opportunity to worship with our Haitian brothers and sisters. It's refreshing to go outside of my normal routine to take in a Haitian worship service. With children's groups singing special songs, a worship band trying to get in sync with the vocalists and passionate, fervent preaching- in the end even if we don't speak each other's language, we call the same God our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. For many members of our team this was their first Haitian worship service.

In the afternoon we met and visited Pastor Jeannot's pastor from when he was younger. This man had a vision for caring for the physical needs of the rural community and educating children through a holistic gospel. Twenty years later he has a larger medical clinic that cares for as many as a couple hundred a day when medical teams are there serving. This pastor sponsored a young Jeannot's education and is his mentor and pastor. And now I am beginning to see more clearly Pastor Jeannot's vision for Desire.

This afternoon we celebrated with the children of Desire what was explained to us as a birthday celebration for all the children. Lots of music, dancing, playing and tube balloons were happening at the village.

The team is doing well with only a couple more days with the Desire children- keep praying for them as they minister to the children- I know it will be hard to leave- it always is.