7:35 PM on the ground in Haiti right now, and we are having our evening team meeting from our first full day on the ground in Haiti. The only thing LOUDER than the sound of the generator humming along right now is the RESOUNDING sound of laughter that is still ringing through our minds from our afternoon spent with the children & families on the campus here in Port-au-prince!!
Our team of 21 landed on the ground here in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti yesterday afternoon around 5 PM. The devastation we saw on the way to the PCG campus was nothing like our team had seen before...it was really, really overwhelming. Right now on the 4 1/2 acre campus of the PCG in Port-Au-Prince we have over 1100 people living on the grounds. So there are people EVERYWHERE!
Today on TUESDAY our team started out the morning full speed ahead, building a retaining wall, cleaning off cement block, and cleaning out one of the damaged school buildings.
Our afternoon was spent bringing HOPE, LAUGHTER, & JOY to the families living here on the campus. With simple things like COLORING, JUMP ROPE, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL...words cannot even express the joy that we saw on the faces this afternoon! You could NOT believe the joy that was brought to even ADULTS who came forward and asked if they too could have a coloring sheet!
Even now as I am typing hundreds of children are returning to their tents for the evening full of joy & excitement with what they have experienced this afternoon: the LOVE of Christ.
We are here to bring HOPE. We are here to bring CHRIST.
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Love all of you. We have been praying daily for you and the people of Haiti. Thanks for the updates and the pics.
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