The happenings and musings of Tuesday...

Day 5     12:49     Tues, 7/7/09

Turns out hut to hut evangelism is actually, 'go to people's house, talk to them, and pray for them if they want'. We did that until 11:30, then came to the compound to debrief and eat lunch (spaghetti and mini wiener pieces). Now we're planning on hanging out here until 2:00 when we're leaving. I was so hot when we were doing hut to hut that sweat was literally running down my chest and pooling in the dip between my ribs. It was so gross that I had to take a shower, even though I will more than likely get just as, if not more, sweaty this afternoon. If I need one thing from God right now it's positive thinking. Me and Roxanne have this thing where, if one of us is acting grumpy, the other takes her aside, or whispers, 'at least you're not sick', and we're  good. God has really been blessing me with an open mind and a smile on my face, as well as a healthy body. Our whole team has been staying positive and encouraging one another. I feel like every day, I'm getting closer with each one of the them. Kari is no longer sick, so that makes us the only team with no ailments. (Everyone's certain it's because we're the only Canadian team.) I don't think I've prayed or laughed so much in these last five days as ever before. I can already feel God changing me for the better. 

                              Signed, Izzy (Hi Family! Not missing you quite yet.)

P.S. Mark says to say congrats to Scott for holding off on the can for 4 days ....\\

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Well, first of all>>>>"Happy anniversary to Viktor from Irene! 19 years!" from Irene

and "Happy Birthday, Mom" says Brendan. :)

What an incredible day. We all spent a lot of time in the villages today. It is sobering and wonderful at the same time. There is sewage and garbage all over the dirt streets here.  Wild dogs and chickens pick through the garbage. The people sleep in little tin shacks with their five, malnourished children. And yet, little children scream "blanc, blanc"( which means "white" in Creole) in excitement to see us here. We got to talk to many villagers today with the help of our translators. One man was sitting on the side of the road fixing old shoes he had found. We talked with him for a little while and he told us that he fixes these shoes and sells them to make a living. He said it is good for him to do this, because it helps him not to steal. He wanted us to pray for him ( as all the Haitians are) and he said it was nice that someone talked to him. Many villagers and their children do not eat for days at a time. The little kids will come up and ask you for food or money. Sadly enough, they really are hungry. And malnourished. But they are a beautiful people and many of the believers are true followers of Jesus,completely grasping what Jesus said when he said "I am the Bread of Life". Maybe us rich North Americans don't completely understand that because we have been given so much, physically?

Our team has had a wonderful trip so far. The staff and translators here are amazing people who have just blessed. Please pray for us tomorrow, we will be camping in Beau champ and doing VBS there in the morning.

Also, for those of you praying....My back has been so good, with almost no pain since we have been here! A complete miracle! When I get back I will let you know more about that story and how it began in Miami.....:)

With love,

Brynn

p.s. Because I can....Jordy, I love you and miss you! :)

Praise God for what He is doing in us!! Praise God. Pray that we have energy and strength. We're getting pretty tired and all of what is around us can be overwhelming. I'm excited tomorrow to sleep in Beau Champ, it's in the dessert so it's supposed to get down to 75 at night. We are a constant sweaty mess! It's wonderful! We are so thankful to have the opportunity to be here. We love what this mission is doing here in the northwest of Haiti.

It has been such a joy to spend time with our lovely little sponsor boy Markendy, so sweet!

Tomorrow we're traveling 3 hours to the orphanage, doing VBS there, then going to Beau Champ (another 30 min away) and then doing VBS there in the morning, maybe a teen thing, then back here for thursday supper.

Continue to pray that God would break us and use us.

~Janelle

ps  - today a rat ran over Irene's arm during a meeting. And her commentary was "oh a very big mouse" and then later "it was kinda cute and soft". We're all doing great!!