Ansefoleur and other happenings...

Greetings! So its been another intense day in Haiti. Today we went to a town called Ansefoleur about an hour from the mission. Ansefoleur is known as the Voodoo capital of the world. The story goes that a cross which is on the hill top over looking the town was hit by lightening (destroying the cross - we saw it up on the mountain), and than a black doll fell from Heaven, basically replacing the cross as the focal point of worship. The place is packed full of chaos and despair.  We did a VBS with about 150 kids in the morning and than did a tour of the Voodoo temple (kind of the mecca of Voodoo). The Lord gave great peace, it is true that "Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world." It was enforced in many of us today that the blood of Christ covers us and Satan is a defeated foe. We were able to tour the temple not in fear but rather compassion for the many people who were there burning candles and worshiping the doll - which is in a box, we thought that was fitting! How terrible is it that we would trade the greatest work of God in history in the death and resurrection of Jesus represented in the cross, for a cheap little doll.  Makes you wonder what we trade the cross in for in Canada. 

After the temple tour we went to lunch at great local restaurant, and than off to a beautiful caribbean beach - complete with warm crystal clear water, and beautiful mountain vistas. It was cool to see that God was using our team even while we were at the beach. Adam and Matt were able to witness to guy through our translator Wilmy, pray that God would save a man named Peter. Praise God for his continued work! Here are some thoughts from the team:

Good evening,

Today has been an interesting day. First we went to a church in Ansefoleur where we did a VBS with some children of the town. After that we went to a Voodoo temple which I can say was a very unique experience. Because I knew what they worshipped there, I was kind of scared going in there, but I was able to control my fear by reminding myself of how much greater God is and that nothing happens without Him having control over it. Praise be to Him. Also, I had a really great experience today in sharing a couple thoughts in front of the whole staff. It was such a great experience because I could really keep my thoughts together and was able to say what I wanted to say, even though I was a bit nervous. - Christian

Good Evening,

To all ya'll out in Canada. Yes I said ya'll, because we are hanging out with a lot of americans and they have a drawl that is really hard to not pick up. We are having a great time and experiencing a whole lot of super cool stuff. God is good there is no doubt about that because he has protected us and blessed us with lots of stuff. Anyways to get to the point, ahem, we went to the beach today and that was new.... we went swimming in the Caribbean sea!!! How many people can say that? So yeah, the Caribbean sea is like our own personal hot tub. It is hotter than most hot tubs in Canada and its much bigger too. So I definitely think that I am going to have a house by the ocean.... back on point.  So God has shown me a whole new piece of Himself to me and now I feel like he is more real than ever before! It has been the most amazing experience for me and I felt peace for the first time. I never want to lose that feeling so please keep praying for all of us to feel that peace and joy that only God can give. Thanks a bunch. - Matthew Wiebe