The stories...

This week the stories I am hearing amaze me. Al is leading a team from Madison, MS that partners with our home church here in Haiti. It's a wonderful thing to see this church partnering in such intentional ways. Our church here doesn't need a building-they have one, so what did the team do if they were not building a building for their partner church? Many other things. 

1. They are among the many teams that have contributed to an have served at a daughter church, Mariani. This week, they smoothed out the insides of the church walls--meaning the church is getting done! Through this they built relationships with the Haitian workers and the kids who wanted to help.

2. Door to door evangelism. This got people out of their comfort zones for sure as they told people about Jesus. So many stories poured out of this ministries of people being blessed by the community as community members prayed over the team and team members led people to The Lord!

3. While part of the team was out Mariani, at Cote Plage there was aesical clinic going on. Nurses from the states and doctors from Haiti saw many patients and made an impact on the community there.

4. On the side, the two worship teams from the two churches met together and talked about what true worship is and why it's important to lead well. On Sunday, they led the worship service together. How beautiful to invest so intimately in the church here.

5. On Sunday, the men met with therm of the church and on Monday, the women met with the women. Sharing life together. Really loving each other as brothers in Christ and sisters in Christ. 

This team invested in the partnership they have. They truly are partners in the Gospel. For them, it's more than just building a building--although that is definitely sometimes the need that is to be met--it's investing in and building relationships with the people. Sharing life. Sharing stories. Sharing Christ.

I am thanking God for them tonight because, although I wasn't able to go out with them, the stories I heard about each ministry and how God was moving blessed me and I can't imagine how they blessed the people who lived them--both Americans and Haitians.