It's the middle of May. The time for confirmations, graduations, Mother's Day--love you, Mom--and the beginning of trip season for us here in Haiti. We have been preparing for this for months in meeting with pastors,training our staff, and praying that God would do a big thing in Haiti this year. So, here we are: May 13th, in Les Cayes, Haiti, and already two days into the first trip of the summer.
I have been getting very regular reports from Almando and the other staff members about how the trip is going--Bityah and I nearby as she is recovering from a bout with fever. There are 32 optometry students here this week trying to share the love of Jesus by checking people's vision and distributing glasses. Yesterday, they saw a great crowd of people and even had to turn some away--a daunting task for our assistant trip leaders. There simply wasn't enough time. Later in the afternoon, they invited the kids in the area for a short program. They didn't know over 250 children would show up! They are doing the same thing at a different church in the area today and, from what I have heard, there are many people again.
Talk about a big day for our team and for our staff. We know that many have already been touched by the love of God this week and are praying for many more lives to be touched and won for the Kingdom! It's going to be a great summer of ministry. I believe that God will do mighty things!
Please be praying for us and our staff as we begin to minister with and to our short term mission teams. Pray for those of us who are feeling under the weather with a fever including Bityah and Almando. Pray that this great summer kick off would continue into a great summer of ministry and encouragement. Pray for rest when we can find it. We will have groups in the country from now until mid-august. We will not be leading all of them, but we will be making sure they all go well. We look forward to all God has in store for this summer!
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