Haiti Day 2

Team UBC arrived in Haiti yesterday afternoon! The airport was quite interesting, but after finally locating all of our luggage we made our way to find our ride. A large white school bus picked us up to bring us to the Florida Baptist House. Interesting sites all around us on the way here...I can't even begin to explain how different this place is from the United States; however, I think I can speak for the group when I say that we have all come to a new realization of just how blessed we are back home. This morning during 'upper room' time before departing for the day we shared in some worship (courtesy of Sam's uke), a message (courtesy of Pastor K), and spent some time in fellowship sharing things that God had been doing so far on our trip. There were several stories of 'God moments' where God orchestrated some amazing occurrences and opportunities. After upper room we split into 2 teams (Pastor K and Pastor A as leads) and went to two churches for Vacation Bible School. Team 1 was Pastor K, Patricia, Sam, Abby, and Kaitlyn. Team 2 was Pastor A, Aaron, Ryan, and Samantha and Janice (two ladies who are from another part of KY and are part of our group. It was amazing to see the children this morning! They were all so happy to see us and so happy to do simple things that our children would take for granted. A good example of this how much the children loved hopscotch and how long it held their attention. They sang lots of songs in Creole for us and our team acted out a skit for them on when Jesus calmed the storm. They loved it! On the way back we stopped at a children's home for a minute to pick something up. There were kids running around and some were saying hello. We sat down in some chairs and there was a little girl behind me. I smiled at her and she put her hands over her face like she was going to cry. I gave her a big hug! She seemed so thankful and surprised that we would give them attention and show them love. Unfortunately we didn't get to stay there long. We are back at the House right now and will head to church this evening for revival. God is at work here in some mighty ways and we are all so blessed to be part of it. He has a perfect plan and we are honored to be His hands and feet! More later! Patricia