We will rejoice!

Hello from Haiti! Sorry we didn’t get a post yesterday, the blog wasn’t working. I know ya’ll checked it because you miss us so much :) 

Today was yet another awesome day. We started off with some wonderful French toast from our amazing cooks, had an encouraging devotional from Rachel M., then it was off to work! We finished painting some doors at the compound as well as priming cabinets in an apartment that will be used for missionaries coming to Haiti soon. We also got to help with cementing a house, although we realized it took a little more skill than we thought!  Rachel M. and Margaux got to go to the hospital today and were put to work doing dressing changes on the locals.  We also went to the market and saw what would be like their “walmart” here.

In the afternoon, we went to the orphanage to spend one last afternoon with the kids.  There is always so much joy when we are with them.  While we were there, they started singing “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it” in English then in Creole.  During a debriefing tonight with the team, many of us had tears in our eyes talking about today and the ways we were touched by the children, but also the way that our hearts are breaking for the children.  We all have loved our time here, but also have missed our families.  We cannot begin to imagine what these children must be feeling and the ways they are missing their own families.  Yet, we are thankful for the opportunity we have had to not only show them God’s love, but to see God’s love all around us.  We are trusting in the hope that God will be a “father to the fatherless”.  Just like it talks about in Matthew 6, we know that if God cares for the sparrows and the flowers, how much more He cares for His children. Praise the Lord!

We feel so blessed to have our families and friends to support us, encourage us, and to pray for us.  We love you all!