I had a chance to reacquaint myself with the teachers since I had a met them last August during the educator exchange. I met a new teacher to Desire and the surprise was that he is teaching English to the Desire children three days a week. When I met Celestine I was completely taken by surprise because of his greeting to me in English. The more I spoke with him about the children the more I was encouraged about English being a part of the Desire kids' education. He has never been to the States but learned his English from missionaries in Port au Prince and continued to learn and practice after the missionaries had left by immersing himself with movies to practice his conversational English. Here's the kicker- the missionaries were from Texas and he has a bit of a Texas accent when he speaks- no joke! I am very encouraged about what our team experience could look like in a year or more from now. The number one frustration expressed by team members currently and in the past is the language barrier. I see the barrier being lowered even now.
Today's overwhelming low point was the craft that we had planned. We really struggled with keeping order and having the children assemble the craft in an orderly fashion. A bit of chaos erupted when we were trying to create lines for the craft pieces. There was some pushing and shoving happening as kids were jockeying for a place in line. However, in spite of the bit of chaos the craft was a giant success. There was great joy shown as kids were able to let their wind socks blow in the wind whipping around Desire. And so there was the blessing from the challenge. We just need to be used by God in whatever way He sees fit and then stand back and watch. What we watched this afternoon was a thing of beauty.
Thank you Stephanie and Ben for your awesome photos!
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