Sunday May 29 Mothers Day

 We started the day as you well know seeing and offering a warm "bon jour" at the Open Door service thanks to skype technology. It was great to be able to tune in and for our team members to see and talk to loved ones during the service. After that we celebrated Mothers Day in Haiti at our church service we attended at Siloe Baptist. All of the mothers received a flower as they entered the service and the oldest Mother was recognized and presented with a gift. We were introduced to the congregation and offered our thanks to being received so warmly by the Haitian people. There was lots of singing and praising, with one of the highlights being a sweet children's song for the mother's performed by the children's choir. The scripture for the day was Psalms 61. One hymm we sang was "There is power in the blood" . The sermon text was from various parts of Proverbs all dealing with the significance of the woman(wife) in the home, family,church all tied to the recognition and celebration around Mother's Day.

We all left there feeling we had truly had a worshipful experience that was very special. Again, there is not a church building yet, but under that tin roof, sitting on wooden benches you knew God was present

We spent the majority of the afternoon at a beautiful quiet secluded beach named Tayima Beach. Just a beautiful unspoiled Caribbean setting with small lobster boats carved out of mango trees  dotting the seaside lined with coconut trees, palm trees, banana trees, bougainvilleas and hibiscus.
We all swam in the warm calm Caribbean sea and were served fresh conch for a mid day snack and spent some time collecting shells.. Our visit was interrupted with a light rain shower so we made the trip back to the Conscience Intl compound just in time to shower off the salt and sand and eat dinner.

Afterward we talked about the Psalms 61 text and how it was such an encouragement to the Haitians after all they had been through to lean on the rock of the Lord.God is definitely our strong tower against all foes. We also talked about the church service experience and what a meaningful service it had been.

Still no trip to the smoothie shop, I think Tiga is just teasing us and holding out until the last night to give us that treat,

By the way, he says no other team here to date has accomplished what we have. He just wasn't aware our team includes all of you !!!!!!

Got to go get some rest because tomorrow - "we are going to make buckets fly!!!!".

En Jezi,

Haiti Team