Seven days ago, a team was
brought together on a common mission. To serve the people of Haiti.
We have served alongside each
other at a home for sick and dying children.
We have made multiple trips into Cite Soleil to deliver water. We have
visited multiple orphanages and spent time sharing music, games of soccer, and
craft work with the children.
We have had some emotional
ups and downs. We have seen the extreme
of poverty. We have seen, fed, and
changed the diapers of children who may not live to see tomorrow. We have felt the touch of a child looking,
simply, to be loved.
Yet despite the poverty, we
have also experienced the beauty of Haiti.
We have shared smiles, laughs and words with the wonderful Haitian
people. We have witnessed their resilience
and unshakeable faith.
This team, mostly
strangers seven days ago, is now bonded.
We are friends; I dare say we have become family.
We started our final day
sharing in church at Grace Village. From
there, we traveled another 40 minutes north up the coast. Our trip culminated at a beautiful beach
resort. The same sort of resort you
might find in Jamaica, or on the other side of the island in the Dominican Republic.
Despite the natural
disasters that have devastated the country of Haiti, there is so much beauty
here. There is beauty in the
landscape, and more-so in the
people.
1 Corinthians 13:13 reads “And
now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is
love.”
The Faith of the Haitian
people is a model for us all.
There is Hope here, we
witnessed it. We experienced it.
Cite Soleil is the
poorest slum in the western hemisphere.
A shanty town encompassing a little over 8 square miles with a
population estimated between 200 and 400 thousand. Deep in Cite Soleil, we witnessed love. Love of community. Love of neighbors. Love of
strangers.
Yes, Faith, Hope and Love are
alive and well here.
Seven days ago, a team was
brought together on a common mission. We arrived thinking we were here to
serve. Tomorrow we leave having found ourselves the recipients. Haiti has done so much more for us, than we
for her.
Faith.
Hope.
Love.
Indeed, these three remain. . .
Hope.
Love.
Indeed, these three remain. . .
~Aaron
