Day 2 - Double Portion!
We started our day early with devotions and a Haitian breakfast, which was amazing! Oh how we missed Haitian eggs and oatmeal! We have tried to go home and make them but they never taste the same.
After breakfast, we traveled to the home for the sick babies, the same place we served at yesterday! What an incredible blessing to spend over three hours there all morning to tend to the babies while the nursing staff cleaned out the nursery. Last trip, when we traveled to Haiti, we were not able to visit and serve the babies, and it’s one of the greatest blessings and one of my favorite things to do in Haiti. How good is God to bring us back this trip and give us not one, but two days with them?!? We received a double portion blessing!
As I sit here typing this, my heart is so full and tears are running down my cheeks just thinking about the precious faces of the babies we spent time with. There is no way to adequately articulate how much my heart felt today. Maybe it’s the mommy that I long to be that gets activated when I get to serve innocent babies that long for a loving touch when they are sick, or the heart of God that I feel when I look into the eyes of the sweet faces, or both, but it’s special and unique.
Today, something shifted noticeably after being there yesterday and the babies were laughing, and smiling unlike we had ever witnessed. It was incredible to see the children play peek-a-boo, as if they were not even battling any sickness. I believe God was working mightily in that place. As we listened to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we were able to pray over each child as we were prompted. I even was able to pray over a baby with her momma that was visiting her, which was very special! God opened so many doors and I know He will complete the work that He started today! We were so blessed by feeding, changing, playing, holding, singing over, and praying over these babies, that our joy is complete!
Our team words to describe today were joy, redeemed, fulfilled, and grateful!
How blessed we are to receive a double portion! Thank you, Jesus!
Abbey
