Filming... and the Vision

Today was a very adventurous day as they have been lately. Jen woke up quite a bit earlier than me. I finally rolled out of bed about 7:30 and we got started in our crazy day full of interviews. We started with a very encouraging interview with Steve. He is here as the carpentry teacher for 2 years from Canada. He has a very interesting story to tell about himself and Haiti Arise. I would not be surprised if I come home to Aberdeen and have somewhat of a Canadian accent. I won't mean to but it is very hard to not fall into that simply because every other white person in the compound will be from Canada except for Lisa... but she spent so much of her time in Canada after she met Marc she may as well have been Canadian too!

I made friends with Marc & Lisa's daughter Meesha today! She is so beautiful! I hope that we continue to be friends. :)

Many other things happened today... we must have interviewed like 10 different people. Of course Jennifer was doing most of the hard work!! I do love watching her though!! She is just coming alive. I really do believe that coming here to Haiti does something to a person deep inside. I have been many places in my life... but no place on earth is the same as here... Something breaks in ones spirit... not in a bad way. But something liberating and wonderful occurs in the depths of a person in Haiti. It's something that we (my fellow missionaries and I) have decided no words in the English vocabulary can describe or portray. I will still try from time to time to share the wonderful changes and things deep in my spirit.

I was blown away today by the testimonies of the people we heard today. There were people from many different places in life... but the theme was common through all -- God is moving in this small town of Grand Goave Haiti. It used to be a place that was not known for anything good (sounds a bit like our Grays Harbor, eh?) People would go other places for good things... or for a better life. But now people are coming to this tiny town of Grand Goave to get training and resources for life and their lives are being touched. Many have come to the Lord through this ministry and the reality of God is strong in this place. It blows me away. And to realize that I get to be a part of this ministry is humbling and rewarding. I know that God has brought me for a reason and even though I still don't know exactly what that reason may be... I know that I will find it and God is going to change me forever. Even if I never come back to this place, I get to share about this ministry for the rest of my life. I love it. And I wonder where God would lay my path ahead of me... there is so much to do. And I wonder if God will bring me back here again... I can't go there yet. I need to just live today... and allow God to work the future out ahead of me. One step at a time. Today God is sufficient for me. Lord, continue to work in me... continue to challenge me. Continue to use me to bless these beautiful people.

This is a picture of Jen & I standing in the newly planted church at the top of a hill in a nearby town called Tapion. It is situated so beautifully. The scenery is simply breathtaking!