Our words during daily word of the day continue to help us reflect on the day and our purpose: eduction, history, chaotic, indescribable, aware, friend, legacy, tension, moment...
After breakfast, we did water truck in Cite Soleil. We were hoping to get in two stops before mid-day, which we did. It was a very hot day - 97 degrees and the dew point had to be in the mid 70s. That said, the first stop was the most orderly of the ones we've seen. We were able to fill up most of the buckets people had. It's still challenging for us to process the lack of such a vital piece of life and basic necessity - water. We think of the water we have literally at our fingertips, and how we take it for granted. It's not difficult to understand the desperation in the eyes of those who have no regular access to water.
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| Marin Ryan and Jean Oswald help with the bucket line. |
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| Mike Ryan, Abby Voyen, and Louise Sicard help filling the buckets. |
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| Julia Gacek and Alaina Gacek are greeted by children right off the tap-tap. |
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| Our fearless team leader, Craig Carroll, has a way with children and keeping order for the water truck line. |
Anna McCormick, Lisa Sicard, and Haley Oswald play with the children.
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| Haley Oswald, Courtney McCormick, and Anna McCormick are almost always holding children! |
After the water stops, we came back to clean up and go to The National Museum of Haiti. This was an incredible learning experience. It is located in downtown Port-au-Prince and is located below ground so it is cool. It did have air-conditioning too. It is an artistic building with seven alcove-like areas that describe Haiti's myriad and complex history. Our Haitian tour guide took all this information and through the exhibits, artifacts, and art gave us an overview. It was a somber experience. I wound up going online to read more after we got back and found wikipedia did have a good overview. It is fascinating and integral to understanding Haiti.
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| Both Team 1 and Team 2 by the National Museum of Haiti |
Our purpose this week is to serve but also learn. Jessica, from Team 2, spoke to our daughters last night in an impromptu conversation and spoke of how everything in her life has had a purpose to bring her into the career she has (helping long team missionaries re-enter the US) and how she didn't realize God's work until it happened. The girls were really impacted by her story, and she's very funny!
1 Peter 4: 8-11
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift s/he has received to serve others faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, s/he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, s/he should do it with the strength God provides so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
-Jean and Haley Oswald and the Mahtomedi Team
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