Overflowing!

Today, Friday, was a great day!

* The pouring of the foundation for the basketball court began today and the excitement from the kids was electrifying! Their joy was overflowing and I do believe God was enjoying the sheer delight of the kids as they watched both goal posts go up. Bryan Thomas had the kids shoot hoops on the side where there was no foundation work. We are ready for our big game on Sunday after church!

* God's amazing faithfulness continues to overflow. Yesterday a little 10 year old boy waited for 3 hours by himself in the line to get into the clinic. He was having trouble seeing. Team member, Anna Marcotte discovered that a nail had come through his head and was causing vision problems. Another team member put his glasses on the boy, and to our amazement, his vision greatly improved. The problem was that we had already given out every pair of glasses we had available. Dee Dee Curran heard about this and realized she had an extra pair of glasses at the hotel. We were able to give them to the boy this morning, and after a low-key vision test, we realized they were just what he needed. It was an awesome moment. He was so filled to overflowing with gratitude that he spent a significant time in the morning and afternoon helping Anna to pick up all the trash littering the ground around the church and school.

* today we worked alongside an organization that came in to run a morning clinic. It was a great experience, which allowed God to multiply our medicines, and to see quite a few more people. During the clinic, team member, Shirley Weglarz was able to share the Gospel with those waiting to be seen.

* We had a great time leading the Children's Event today. We told and reenacted the story of the Birth of Jesus. Dr. Kelly did a great job of playing the role of Mary. We even found a big balloon to put under her shirt for the pregnancy phase. Justin Garberg was an awesome Joseph, Dr. Jodie an incredible Gabriel, and we even used a little Haitian girl to play the role of Baby Jesus. Very precious. A highlight of the event was having our team sing, "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" in English, followed by the children singing it in Creole, and then together! It served as a great reminder that one day people from every nation and tongue will gather at the Throne of Jesus and praise Him together with one voice!

As I said yesterday, "So many stories, so little time!"

Learning to Serve,

Lisa
On behalf of the team