Our visit began with
a tour of Grace Village – Healing Haiti’s flagship compound in which dozens of
orphan children live and go to school in with even more dozens of the poor
children in the town of Titanyen located about an hour up the coast from our
Guesthouse in Port-au-Prince.
We saw bread being made in the wood fired bread ovens, the
aquaponics gardens fertilized from the accompanying tilapia fish farm on the
site, the many kids in school for the start of their year, and the medical
clinic which cares for the surrounding area’s residents. It is a bright beacon on the hill created by
the Grace of God working through the Body of Christ and overlooks the town and
the Caribbean!
We spent the afternoon visiting seven different elder’s
homes – very vulnerable due to their ages and/or health conditions and/or their
having to support grandchildren despite their circumstances. What a joy to see their happiness at
receiving visitors bearing “Manna” in the form of a hot meal and music and
lotion massages and deep prayer for their specific needs in health and for the
need of their grandchildren. We hope
they saw the Bread of Life in our visits just as we saw the Joy of the Lord
within each of them!
We’ve completed three long days of serving many people in a
variety of extremely vulnerable circumstances – and yet we look forward to even
more opportunities to be His Hands and Feet during the rest of our stay in
Haiti!
Tom
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