A New Chaos

So it turns out we will have internet once in a while :)
Today was our first full day in Port-Au-Prince. We are staying at the YWAM base here, which is actually a house. A team from Bolivia is here as well as the staff. When F&F join us next week, we will have over 30 people in this house. Only 3 bathrooms. Yeah.

Port-AU-Prince has a whole different feel. I am realizing how well we had at St. Marc, let alone back at home. I now have a new appreciation for flushing toilets, electricity, space, and privacy. On a side note, today was the first day since we have been in Haiti that we have not had rice! yay!


We took a bus tour of the city today to see the impact of the earthquake and learn more about Haiti's history. Some of it is quite disturbing. I have mentioned before that voodoo is popular here in Haiti. It is often mixed with Christianity, giving them a tainted view of what truth is. We went to the largest catholic church here where voodoo sacrifices took place before the quake. The whole place was demolished besides the cross outside, that a statue of Jesus hung from. It was amazing how God showed through the rubble of a voodoo/catholic church that Jesus is the only dependable thing in this world.

We also passed the Capitol Palace, which has almost all caved in. We were told that when the palace was first built, there was a human sacrifice done there where 13 virgins were killed. Their whole government in general is corrupt, but I did not realize how bad until I heard this.

My favorite thing about this base so far is that the girls get to sleep out side on a balcony. 3 of my friends and I fell asleep looking up at the moon and stars with the wind on our face, and the city sounds lulling us to sleep.

Thank you, friends and family, for constantly keeping me and my team in your prayers. They are being heard :)