Our fifth day

Dear Family and Friends,

We continue to grow and are greatly impacted by the people here in Haiti.  Our morning devotion was based on the question: “If we lost everything we had, would God still be enough in our lives?” This question was inspired by the Haitian people whom we have met who have almost nothing, but still find joy in believing in God.  We saw this most poignantly in the lively worship in church on Sunday, or in how the children smile at us during recess.  It’s a tough question to answer honestly, but we pray that our experiences here will bring us closer to answering positively.

Tonight, we heard the personal testimony of Pastor Esperan-Dieu Pierre, the founder of NVM.  He is in the US this week, but we were fortunate enough to watch his testimony on video.  “Esperan-Dieu” means “Hope in God,” and we heard his incredible story on how he received the name. He was born to Haitian Christian parents who, even after losing two babies after delivery, refused to conform to voodoo practices that was the norm in their village.  Instead, they promised the Lord that they would name their first baby “Hope in God” because they would still hope only in the Lord for a baby and not in voodoo. Now, Esperan-Dieu is impacting thousands through this social work and helping his people to come to know the Lord. What an incredible testimony!

Tomorrow is our final full day in Haiti. We have work planned in the morning, but in the afternoon we are helping in a youth event called the “Brigade.” It’s a Christian movement to instill discipline and leadership in the Haitian youth, so that they can lead others to Christ.  We will have 3 cadets give their testimony to over 150 Haitian children and youth!  Afterwards, all the cadets will give a drill and ceremony demonstration to them on the soccer field, and then teach the movements to the children in large groups. It should be an awesome event and we can’t wait to share with you how it went!

Many blessings,

OCF Haiti Team