Bible School
Good morning. Wednesday Feb. 15. The power is out this morning. We have finished breakfast and are waiting for our ride to Gommier for our second day of Bible School.
We feel your prayers and support every day as we deal with the days sights and sounds and experience the love and compassion the Haitians have for life.
Yesterday was Bible School for the 3rd-6th graders. Try to imagine the church filled with 90 children helping us rejoice over finding something that was lost. The children sang “This Is the Day”, “Alleluia – Praise The Lord”, “Father Abraham” all in Creole with some English mixed in. The Rain ‘song’ required no language and it was beautiful.
We kept our interpreters busy all day whether we were teaching the entire group or having a conversation with the many children and adults who gather around us to touch our hair, be held, play or attempt to teach us Creole.
After retuning to the Guest House we walked to the town square in search of brooms and school supplies. Wilbins knew where we needed to ‘shop’ and we had fun looking around and taking in the ways of Jeremie.
There are no apparent rules of the road or traffic laws so staying alert is critical. The walk to town is all downhill and on the way you pass women with large baskets and 5 gallon buckets on their heads, burros, and many children coming to and from school.
Pastor Jeff asks us every evening where we have seen the face of Jesus through-out the day. We see Jesus in the eyes of the children, in the dedication of the District Supt. :Pastor Crisnell, our team members who share and sing and tell the Story, and the Haitians who work hard just to survive. Blessed are the poor.
You can find this entry and more on a blog that was started by another group of metro Detroit United Methodists that were there right before our group, and the current group has been adding to it.