The Falls Church Anglican

It was an excellent day of travel. God be praised for safety and smoothness throughout the day. We made it to Haiti on schedule, got picked up by 12 Praying Pelican Missions staff who took great care of us, feeding us, making us feel as comfortable as we could be on the long ride to Port Salut from Port-au-Prince. It was only about 130 miles but it took us about 9 hours to get to PS including a few stops. 

It's great to be here. We are tired but excited and ready to serve. We look forward to the week and what God has in store for us. 

 Bonswa! 

After a long day yesterday, we were excited to wake up refreshed to a beautiful, breezy morning! Most of us got to experience Haitian church for the first time. With different cultures, races, and languages together as one group serving the same God, we saw just a glimpse of what the church of God is all about! Hopefully, this week will be filled with many more moments of heaven touching earth. 

We had so much fun worshiping together, that we decided we couldn’t stop even when church was over! 

We spent the afternoon getting ready/praying for kids camp that will be happening the next three days. Even though we are trying to stay organized, we choose to give up our control and bring this week to God!

After we met with our groups, we spent some time on the beach before heading back for dinner and a night session. We feel so energized and equipped for an awesome week! 

Our first day of kids camp was today! We had a lot of kids from the community show up, so it was really awesome getting to be with them all morning. We had so much fun playing games and singing songs! In the midst of the chaos, it was evident that God was moving in all sorts of interactions. 

After lunch, we all broke out into separate groups for ministry! We painted walls in a school, worked on a house, planted trees and built beds. It’s cool that we get to be a part of so many projects! 

Day 2 of camp was a success! There is something special about having so many kids with pure joy in one place. Singing songs with them has been a blast!

Today felt like one of the hottest days yet, but just look at all these precious faces! We have only had more and more fun each morning at kids camp. Pray for a lot of rest and energy so we can be all in on our last day tomorrow! 

We are also thankful that we get to bless a friend with a new house this week. Although we are just getting started, we trust that it will be done soon, because that’s the kind of caring person Jesus is! 

Friends and family, keep posting comments!! We are tired and need encouragement to finish off this incredible week! 

Right as we were about to start vbs, it started POURING rain. Luckily, we were able to figure out a solution quickly and our last kids ministry was still such a success!! 

Luckily, the rain didn’t last forever! We were eventually able to play soccer and games outside too.

We got to talk to the kids about Jesus once again before saying goodbye! During this time of prayer, we asked them to think about what things in their life are weighing them down, and told them to give it all to God. 

For our last night before heading back to the city, we decided to have dinner and program on the beach. It was so restful! 

We had the chance to have lunch at Eden Haiti which is a garden one of the partners of praying pelican missions, pastor Jean Delcy, spent 18 years developing. We have learned that the garden was destroyed by the hurricane Matthew, but it was still gorgeous. We had a lot of fun!! 

We had an amazing last day relaxing at the beach and having a picnic before heading back to Port Au Prince! Pray for safe travels, we love you all!!