Cite Soleil

Today we had an experience that was full of many different emotions. It started out by all loading up on the tap tap and heading out to Cite Soleil. Once you pull up, you hear the sweetest little voices yelling "hey you! hey you!" You match the voices to the faces and you see the most beautiful smiles gleaming at you, although you also see children that are hardly clothed, if at all...running around barefoot, so used to it you can tell they hardly notice they are walking on trash, and broken plastic or glass. Once you get off the tap tap they all just jump to you...they giggle and giggle so happy to be loved and get some attention. It is bittersweet. They are such a light, and have such faith that some long for. It makes you realize how much we depend on back in the states, so we almost forget to depend on God. Here they have nothing....so all they depend on is God Himself.

Here is where we brought out the children to sing and dance with them. It is so heartwarming to hear them sing "God is so good, is so good!!"
So it was nonetheless, a day filled with so much love. These children teach us more than I think we could ever teach them. Their hearts are so pure and their love is so sweet.