Day 2 in Haiti

7/17/11

It's Sunday, and the sun rose before 5am! Last night, when they said that we were having breakfast at 6:30, I thought that's pretty early for some of the late risers. Now that I see the sun rising before 5:30, I understand. I remember when I went to N Africa we didn't eat until 1am and went to bed at 3am. Here, they're early to bed, and early to rise.
Our view this morning

We went to Port Au Prince Fellowship this morning. It's the only English Speaking Church in the city, and pretty much all the missionaries and STM (short term missionaries) go there. We met a few of them, and also some Haitians that live close by come to worship with us, and practice their English. John McHoul, who's the Founder of Heartline Ministries (the ministry we're working with), is pastoring the church until their permanent pastor arrives inAugust.We sang a lot of songs we knew, but we also sang or listened to a Haiti Worship Song:

Lu-Waih, Lu-Waih = Praise, Praise.

If my niece, Liz, were with us, she'd be excited that they were playing Praise Songs with a saxaphone as well!

We later went to John and Beth McHoul's place for lunch and Fellowship with Heartline's staff and another Mission Team that's been in Haiti for a week now, but leaving on Tues.

Afterwards we worshipped and prayed together and then celebrated everyone's birthday for this month with some coconut cake and chocolate cake. I had a taste of both. :) Hey, its my birthday(soon).

The comical highlight for us was that Steve, our team leader, found some "Sudden Death" hot sauce, and decided to put it on his turkey to eat it "Texas-style", however the hot sauce was too much for him. He said, "I had to rest for 10 minutes after eating that." One of the guys tried Steve's turkey, and later it turned into a competition on who can withstand the heat. They're great Godly men, but they're still boys...we left for the guesthouse with 4 guys still feeling the burn in their mouths...

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