July 7th

It’s Tuesday, the 7th. It’s almost 9:00 PM and as I type, the rest of the team is gathering around the tables after our devotions to play scrabble and card games. It has been an amazing day!

After breakfast this morning, our team went to work on helping to build the orphanage. We set an assembly line up and proceeded to move a lot of concrete blocks. We were instructed to set them in a line along the dug foundation for easy placement by the masons. There were three or four masons working and we were able to keep up with them! While the assembly team worked, others on our team carried wet cement in buckets for the masons. There were still others mixing up the actual cement. Much was accomplished!

We had lunch and then rested from the morning for about an hour. Then everyone piled into two vans and we were driven to a batay (a Haitian refugee camp) about 45 minutes away. We stopped near the middle of the village and unloaded. Our group split up, stopping where ever there were people and inviting them to see our plays and hear our testimonies. Many Haitians came! The students performed flawlessly, the Haitians really enjoyed the skits, many people stepped forward in response to Gordon’s invitation to receive Christ, lots of people asked for specific prayers, and finally we handed out candy to the children!!! What a rewarding time!

A quick note to you Moms at home, your children are phenomenal!! They are really, really stepping up and stepping out of their comfort zones. We are so proud of them! Our team is getting to know each other better and drawing closer together.

Everyone is still well and healthy!
Your Middle School Team