Wow! What an awesome week. Where to begin? Maybe some of my highlights.
*We built 5 houses in 4 days!
*The Team was Awesome- great leadership and great team members wanting to be led.
*Team Unity- by the end of the week everyone had got to know each other
*Testimonies- everyone on the team got to give their testimony. It was amazing to see where everyone has come from and where everyone is going!
This week was absolutely amazing-again. I still am on a high from it. I spent the week at Grace Village with a team from a church in Portland (Solid Rock). We spent the week building houses and working in The Lords Kitchen (see my other post). The houses go to earthquake victims. They are 12x12 steal frames and roof with plywood walls. Now remember as I write this I am no construction worker, so if I have any information wrong let me know so I can change it.
I got to Grace Village later on Friday and the team got in early Saturday morning. We went to church on Sunday morning. It was gat. As a team we went up t the front to be introduced and sing a song to the congregation. "Lord I lift Your Name on High
On Monday it took us all day to build one house. I think I can say some, probably most of us had to learn to use power tools- this definitely includes myself. By Thursday we could build 1 1/2 houses in less than a day. Phsyically and emotionally I know God gave us the power to do this. On Thursday there was one point where I thought I was done- but knew I had to power through. I was getting frustrated with some of the workers and physically was done. My prayer was to get through the next few hours and to have strength. And I did. I know if it was just up to me I probably would not have made it. I was and still am super impressed with the hard work the team out in, if I was tired and working my butt off I know everyone else was too. God kept us all going thoug, and kept us safe. No fingers cut off by the power saw which was definitely freaking me out. One of my most used sentences was "Pa Touché!" working out to be "Don't Touch!".
After a house was finished we would give the new owner the keys to the front door and pray over them and the house. That was my favorite part of every day. A lot of the time e new owner would be working along beside us and we wouldn't even know. Or at least I wasn't always aware of this fact. giving them the new keys was like giving them a fresh start. Which they deserved. We all held hands and a prayer was said in Creole then in English. It was mind-blowing. I really don't know what else to say.
We got to goto the boys home for a while on Friday and Chris gave us a bit of a tour and told us all about it, it is where he grew up and that is his home and family. To make the day even better I got to see some of my other friends at the home I hadn't seen in a year.
Since we got all the houses done by Friday we got to go to the beach. I don't remember where it was but it was beautiful. It is actually the beach that Michael got married at. But we didn't just go to lay on the sand (which was also great I won't lie).... Martha, one of the amazing inspiring women on the trip got baptized. It was such an honor to be there for her experience. After hearing her story, and how far she has come with God working in her life it was breathtaking.
Martha, you truly are an inspiration and am so proud of you for coming to Haiti. Thank you for now becoming a part of my life.
Love and prayers
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