The team ended last night with the Haitian Billy Graham (as Travis Kaiser calls him). Pastor Dony’s father, Pastor Brazil St. Germain is in town for a conference and spoke at the university chapel. Before that, their worship leader treated us to a few songs we knew, singing them in both Creole and English. We will never hear Angus Dei and Lord I Lift Your Name on High the same way again.
Today we had the opportunity to leave a lasting artistic impression on the orphanage. Under the creative genius that is Robyn Collins, we brightened the cafeteria with a mixture of just a few gallons of paint, leaving our token of “renmen” for them to remember in the days ahead.
After a quick break for lunch, we headed back to the orphanage to begin our first day of discipleship training. As many of the orphans have gotten to know Jesus, our goal this time is to continue the Bible story, focusing on love. Today’s lesson was about the friendship between David and Jonathan, and how friends treat one another. After several hilarious skits the kids wrote letters to their friends at Long Hollow.
After another quick trip back to the guesthouse and dinner in Pastor Dony’s home, we traveled back to Lundy to show the first half of Chronicles of Narnia in French. Although they had seen it before, they were mesmerized by the film and the team enjoyed a sweet time with the children, with many falling asleep in their arms. We feel truly blessed to be able to provide a bit of rest in loving arms to the lovely children of Haiti. After all, our Father holds us in His arms everyday.
-Michael Powers
