This is the Day the Lord Has Made!

I'm so excited. I already know it's going to be a great day! I'm sitting outside in Haiti, waiting for the sun to appear over the ocean. And, today we get to be in worship with all the people at Christ the King. I'll be sharing the message of the Gospel, Tyler will be reading from God's Word, and our students will be singing two songs accompanied by Tyler and I on guitar. That's just our part. I know the members of the church will lead various parts of worship too, and I KNOW we will be blessed and strengthened in our faith journey as a result. It just doesn't get much better than that! My anticipation for corporate worship today is off the charts! I can hardly wait!

We had a chance to experience the market in Archaie yesterday. The kids loved it! It was for sure a rich cultural experience and one that had us thinking about and talking about the vast differences in our lifestyles and the bigness of God who sees it all. The pictures below are a couple I took at the market with the group I experienced it with. We saw many goat heads. I stopped and asked if they eat that or if it was just a display to show the kind of meat they were selling at that table. They eat it! Whoa! I am not ready for that cultural experience--at all!

From the market we went to the church for a little while to have lunch, clean up, and hang out with the kids. I also had the opportunity to have a great meeting with Jacques (Administrator of the church and school ministries) to talk about January and our future partnerships. Unfortunately I was not able to finish the conversation so Jacques and Ruth are having dinner with us tonight at the hotel so we can talk more. I'm excited to have them join us.

This afternoon Julie Clobes and I will attend the graduation ceremony of students from the school at Christ the King. I can hardly wait to tell you about that. I will try to get as many pictures and videos as possible.

The sun is peeking through the clouds. Time to finish getting ready for church. Sorry about not posting the pictures I mentioned earlier in the post. I can't get them to load quite yet. Maybe later I can just post pics here for you.

Blessings as you worship the Lord! We will be praying for and thinking about our Lord of Life family as you gather. We know you will be praying for us and our partners in ministry at Christ the King.

Lisa :)
On Behalf of Collide Team Haiti