Wow, what a wonderful first full day in Haiti! This morning when we arrived at Christ the King we were greeted with a thousand hugs from our Haitian friends. After we were done saying good morning we headed into the church to prepare for our morning of VBS! Today's bible story was about Moses parting the Red Sea and about God’s light over us. The kids made paper lantern crafts that they got to take home with them. The next few hours were just spent hanging out with the kids. We had a blast just talking, playing basketball, playing soccer, learning new handshakes, and playing hundreds of rounds of thumb wars. We were served a delicious lunch on site and then went back out to lead a bible study with the young adults. As a large group we sang a few worship songs, and then we divided into boys and girls to do small groups. The women talked about how we can trust the bible. We talked about any doubts we had and why we know the bible can help us overcome those doubts. The men talked about spiritual integrity. Tonight we had dinner, bible study, and some really great fellowship time within our group.
This week we are unpacking the phrase “I exist everyday to demonstrate God’s love to a broken world.” Last night in our own devotion we discovered what exactly it means to “exist” and tonight we discussed what it means and why it is important to “demonstrate God’s love.” We are all having such a blast here and making so many memories. Please continue to play that God uses us to shine a light while we are here.
“One of my favorite things that happened today was when I was given a cashuma fruit from a kid named Kervinson he was very sweet and I tried to give it back to him, but he wouldn't take it. Another thing that happened today, would be that another boy, named Micheal, gave me all of his rubber bands that he would wear on his wrist, which all the kids want. I just think it is amazing how much these kids give when they have so little to give.”
-Claiborn Schmidt
Here is a picture of Kervinson holding the fruit that he gave Claiborn!
“Starting off the week with a bang and getting the feel for VBS and young adult ministry! Kids both from Collide and Haiti loving every second of it as relationships are developing. Dabbing with Haitians is also fun:)”
-Kristen Shepard
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