Well.....I failed to blog last night. It wasn't for a lack of trying.....the Internet here is not very stable in the evenings for some reason. I will blog about yesterday (Sunday) and today.
Sunday - We started the day off completely wrong. Apparently Haiti decided to do daylight savings time this year...unbeknownst to all of us. We got down to meet the pastor an hour late. Oops. The children's program at the church started without us....so we just joined right in once we got there. Service for kids was good, then right into teean/adult service. It was standing room only, so we opted to stand outside where it was a touch cooler. Kids started jumping up in our laps immediately as soon as they started seeing us.
In the afternoon we went back to the hotel for an hour or so, then back to the church for the shoe handout. Oh my gosh.....I wish we had so many more children's shoes.....some went away without finding their size. However, it was good to see so many kids walk away with new shoes. The kids (and the parents) were pleased. Thank you to all that donated shoes and money. You will never know how much your sacrifice meant to these precious lives. I will post tons of pictures of the shoe handout when I get to a reliable Internet on Saturday, probably. The shoe hand-out for adults is on Wednesday. We have alot of adult shoes to give away and I am very excited to see it.
In the evening, Rebekah (my wife) led a parent, educator, and caretaker training session for kids who have had trauma in their lives. The turnout was amazing. These people were so in tune with what Rebekah was teaching them. Most showed up with notebooks and were avidly taking notes. The question and answer period at the end of the training brought out some very good, thought-provoking questions. It was very evident that they were thrilled with what was presented and wanted much more. Rebekah has her second session tonight (Monday).
Josh's broken Rite-Aid special watch: $20 (thanks to Gorilla glue, back to as good as new)
Rebekah's sunglasses broke at the hinge: $75
Broken overhead compartment on airplane courtesy of Earl and Connor: $200
Broken window in Chad and Rebekah's room, courtesy of Chad pushing the window completely out: $800
Josh's broken prescription sunglasses: $2,000
Kate's broken digital camera, courtesy of Janelle's backpack: $5,000
Broken leg of coffee table at hotel courtesy of Lyle's knee: $10,000
And it's only one day into the trip: Priceless
Sunday - We started the day off completely wrong. Apparently Haiti decided to do daylight savings time this year...unbeknownst to all of us. We got down to meet the pastor an hour late. Oops. The children's program at the church started without us....so we just joined right in once we got there. Service for kids was good, then right into teean/adult service. It was standing room only, so we opted to stand outside where it was a touch cooler. Kids started jumping up in our laps immediately as soon as they started seeing us.
In the afternoon we went back to the hotel for an hour or so, then back to the church for the shoe handout. Oh my gosh.....I wish we had so many more children's shoes.....some went away without finding their size. However, it was good to see so many kids walk away with new shoes. The kids (and the parents) were pleased. Thank you to all that donated shoes and money. You will never know how much your sacrifice meant to these precious lives. I will post tons of pictures of the shoe handout when I get to a reliable Internet on Saturday, probably. The shoe hand-out for adults is on Wednesday. We have alot of adult shoes to give away and I am very excited to see it.
In the evening, Rebekah (my wife) led a parent, educator, and caretaker training session for kids who have had trauma in their lives. The turnout was amazing. These people were so in tune with what Rebekah was teaching them. Most showed up with notebooks and were avidly taking notes. The question and answer period at the end of the training brought out some very good, thought-provoking questions. It was very evident that they were thrilled with what was presented and wanted much more. Rebekah has her second session tonight (Monday).
Josh's broken Rite-Aid special watch: $20 (thanks to Gorilla glue, back to as good as new)
Rebekah's sunglasses broke at the hinge: $75
Broken overhead compartment on airplane courtesy of Earl and Connor: $200
Broken window in Chad and Rebekah's room, courtesy of Chad pushing the window completely out: $800
Josh's broken prescription sunglasses: $2,000
Kate's broken digital camera, courtesy of Janelle's backpack: $5,000
Broken leg of coffee table at hotel courtesy of Lyle's knee: $10,000
And it's only one day into the trip: Priceless
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