on the way...

day 1-
what a way to start off a new year...

i am so blessed that i was able to travel to haiti and have my eyes opened to a new country. what i saw is something i can’t even put into words....but i’m going to try.

our first day in haiti was overwhelming and exciting. my first step out of the plane i knew my life would be rocked but in a good way. i’m not going to sit here and lie and say it wasn’t a scary experience at some points, it was. we were stared at, given gestures, and I even had my hand hit by a haitian. but i looked beyond these few things because in the hearts of the haitians a saw happiness-I saw the love of Jesus.

the country of Haiti is beautiful. the first day we traveled up a mountain and prayed over all of haiti. (i hope to return to this mountain someday-it was the most breathtaking view i have ever seen) when we were on top of the mountain a local artist was painting a picture of what he saw when he looked out over the mountain. we had the opportunity to ask the man what he thought haiti needed the most, so we could pray about it. “haiti needs Jesus to come back”- wow, i was speechless. you can’t put into words what it felt like to hear someone say these words with so much passion, he really believed in his heart that haiti needed Jesus in order for change.

i sat in the still silence overlooking haiti almost numb. i am blessed beyond words-america is blessed- but yet what i saw was more happiness in the hearts of the haitians than you do in a country where we have been given far more than we need.

you know how you sit at home watching tv and commercials come on where you see poverty and destruction in other countries-well it’s REAL. i obviously knew it was out there but to truly be in and around it was staggering.

the rest of our afternoon/night was filled with children, soccer balls, smiles and laughter. americans vs. haitians (might I add all these kids were probably half our age) = I think you can figure out the outcome of our game. jamaica showed off her mad soccer skills by taking on some little haitian boys and showing them up-it was quite adorable to here little haitian kids giggling as they watched Jamaica play. i don’t think little white girls have been to haiti much because everyone wanted to touch her skin and see her up close.

Day 1 was over-sad- but exciting to see what God had in store for the remainder of our trip!

God is good all the time…all the time God is good. i seen this after the first day in haiti.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. —Colossians 1:13-14

this is my story, this is my journey, this is my life…kb