The Final Countdown

Hello all!

            It is so hard to believe that this was our last full day in the beautiful country of Haiti. This entire trip has been nothing short of amazing, and we are all very sad to know it is coming to an end.

           

         We woke up this morning and had our daily team devotional where we read and talked about Romans 10, which challenged us to gain zeal for our everlasting God. We then loaded up on our bus and headed into the community to experience “a day in the life of a Haitian.” We split into three separate groups at three separate households, and were put to work right away: doing dishes, sweeping the floor, cooking lunch, and fetching water. It was quite an amazing and eye opening experience to say the least! It was so incredible to see how generous all of the families were as they welcomed each of us into their homes with open arms. We all enjoyed a Haitian culinary masterpiece for lunch that we helped prepare at each home. Eventually, our time with the amazing families had come to an end and we all loaded back on the buses to return to the Guest House, even though we all wanted to stay there all day long.

            

        After enjoying a second very delicious lunch at the Guest House, we all headed back to the bus to go visit a local hospital located in Bohoc’s neighboring town called Pignon. We of course jammed out to our favorite Haitian music the entire bus ride, complete with a few air guitar and flute solos thrown in for dramatic effect. Hey, go big or go home, right? We finally arrived at the hospital and were given a short tour of the facility. We then headed back into Bohoc to visit the Souvenir Market the people of the community had set up for us. After some intense haggling and a lot of stress, we all managed to walk away with some beautiful items.

            We then headed back to the Kris Sel Espwa to play with the children one last time. The boys quickly formed into two teams to play a game of futbol while the girls found some younger children to entertain. Even though there weren’t many children there, we made the best of our last day and had an amazing time bonding with the beautiful Haitian children. When it was time to leave, it was extremely hard for all of us to say goodbye to the children we had all come to know and love. It finally hit us that we were about to come back home.

           

            It is hard to put our incredible experiences we had this week into words. God has shown us his immense Glory in so many ways here in Haiti, and we all feel so blessed to be a part of this team. Please pray for our safe travel back home, we can’t wait to see you all!

Bonswa for one last time,

Rachel and Taylor S.