Hope for Haiti day 5

Day 5 (final day) on the ground in Haiti. I didn’t believe that it was possible for our team to fit anymore into a day than we already had earlier in the week, HOWEVER today our team was ROCKIN and trying to fit as much as they possible could in our last full day in Haiti. We started off this morning with a Kids Crusade where we had over 250 children packed into a hot church with no electricity…it was a BLAST!! We sang songs, did magic tricks, played games, had a lesson on the armor of god (notice team member Caleb Smith and his make-shift armor), played with bubbles, silly string, gave a ways tons of balloon animals, candy, and every type of sports ball you can imagine! Everyone had an incredible time, and every child left with a huge smile. Just to try and put into perspective how much it means to these children to receive the smallest toy, whether it be a match box car, jump rope, or sport ball, notice the picture of the make shift toy that you see this young boy playing with. You see this all over Haiti, so can you imagine the joy that comes across their face when you give them something like a soccer ball?
After lunch our team took the work to a whole new level, completing the tin roof on the school house, painting the school house and retaining wall, and building a fence a little over 400 ft long! It was more intense than the afternoon heat was the intensity that our team tackled these final projects.



Right before dinner we experienced the most incredible thing ever, it was what our trip was all about. A young man named Difference (seriously that’s his name) had a slight confrontation in the morning service over wanting to receive a basketball that he did not get. After talking with him we told him that if he would return in the afternoon and help out with building the fence we would talk about it. I don’t think anyone expected him to show up, but he did and worked hard the entire time helping complete the entire fence. So as we took him down to give him his basketball our team leader Joe Skiles wanted to talk with him first. Using a translator Joe began to witness and talk to this young man about Jesus Christ and the power of God that is able to change his life. Difference (pictured here) told us that he believed in Christ and that he new he needed him in his life, however he just didn’t feel like he could follow him. After sharing for a few minutes, Difference decided that he wanted to give his life to Christ. So some of our team gathered around and with his own mouth Difference prayed to God and dedicated his life to Jesus Christ!




After our afternoon projects our team had dinner and honored 4 special guest who have served our team all week. Bossmichelle (groundskeeper), Zet (cook),Maneecia (cook), and Pastor Walter Stecker (PCG field rep for Haiti). It was an honor this week meeting this incredible servants.


What an incredible week of bringing Hope to Haiti. We want to invite you to join us in our efforts to rebuild Haiti and to bring them Hope. Impact Missions Adventures will take at-least two more trips this year August 14-21, and October 16-23, and at-least 3 more trips in 2011 and we invite you to GO!! Find out more info today at www.impactym.com or call our offices at 417.624.7050 ext 352. If you can’t GO than consider giving to HOPE-THRU-HOOPS (all funds used to provide the sports balls that we distributed this week), or just a general offering to help in the rebuilding of Haiti.


Haiti needs us right now and it is going to take everyone doing something!!