Week 4

Tomorrow will mark the 4th week of when we began our journey. It is crazy that almost a month has gone by. We only have 7 weeks left before we say goodbye to this beautiful country and head back to Kona.

Our team spent the last 6 days in Port Au Prince with a Korean ministry to work with the UN to fed tent cities. We had some crazy experiences! At one point, we had people speaking Korean, English, Spanish and French just to communicate with the tent city monitor. When we couldn't find the tent city, we picked up a random Haitian off the street to take us there. I do not think I will never witness another experience like that again. 4 languages all going on at once with a stranger trying to give us directions in a 5th language to a place none of us had ever been to. But we made it!

Port Au Prince is a whole different world compared to St Marc. Chaotic is one word to describe it. The rubble from the earthquake has yet to be cleaned up, so everyone does their business right on the streets. Tents have overtaken every free space, including the medians in the roads. Vendors knock on our windows of the bus, desperate to sell a bottle of Coke to make some cash. Wild dogs, goats, pigs and cows roam the streets eating the trash that is left behind. Yes, you read that right, wild cows and pigs. It is pretty much a free for all when driving. Cars weave in and out of larger trucks while trying to avoid the people dashing across the streets. Haiti has no sort of waste management, so garbage flows freely along the curbs. People wash their feet in muddy rain water that has collected around the drains on street corners.

On Saturday, we made fish bread, a Korean food, and fed 3,000 people in a tent city. While some of us made the fish bread on the spot, other did childrens ministry with tons of kids. They loved to sing and dance, even if it was in English! Any opportunity to show God's love through our love makes an impact on them. Many of these kids only have 1 article of clothing and run around a tent city without their parents knowing or caring where they are. They are hungry for attention, and will do anything for it. We constantly have children on each hips, on our shoulders, and sitting on our laps. And I love it.

Haiti needs an everlasting change. Food and shelter are important, but they fade away in a few days or years. A well rounded president is important, but he will be gone in just 4 years. Missionaries with good intentions are important, but we only come for a few months at a time. The only thing that will make an impact on these people is leaving behind the knowledge of everlasting love. Something that will not rot, waste away, or crumble but something that has ALWAYS been there and will ALWAYS be there. God is the only thing that is everlasting. It is what Haiti needs to have a mind shift. Many Haitians work hard for themselves, but are not willing to work for the country. We even talked to some Haitians who lived in the US but they left because they did not like all the laws and rules we have. Haiti can not change until they have a love encounter from the Father. That is what we are doing here. That is why we were sent here. To rain down love on this country.