Sharing time

Every evening when we have a team, we have a meeting, but really it is sharing time.  It's a time where we share what we experienced through the day.  It could be little activities, it could something we learned,  or something God spoke or showed us.   It's always very cool to hear all the different things that can go on in one location with 15 people.   Today, one team member wrote about her experience in Haiti so far and I thought it fitting to share. 

Poverty. Oh the looks of despair. Tap-taps(Haitian taxi’s) moving this way and that. Trash discarded on the streets. Goats, horses, dogs, cows and bulls roaming the streets alongside of people. Jesus are you here in Haiti? We are looking for you Lord. We beg you to show up as we attempt in a humble way to be your hands and feet to these precious people. The needs are wide, they are deep. Jesus we know you are here but where?
Sawing saws, drills drilling, pills being counted, prayers being lifted on behalf of Haitians, children pointing to the ‘Americans’, shacks/lean to’s containing broken lives who desire hope, laughter being heard, tears being shed, the Holy Spirit moving in mighty ways. Oh Lord you are alive and moving all around us. You are here. We see you, we hear you, we feel you! Do our new Haitian friends feel your love as well?
Did the adults at Canaan Church like their new walls, their newly assembled kindergarten tables, the kitchen walls for the school? Did the community of Canaan sense the health clinic wanted to minister to their physical and spiritual hurts? Did the children of Canaan sense love, acceptance, hope and peace making their puppets, playing “Fishy, Fishy Cross my Ocean”, playing “musical bubbles” and eating a lunch of crackers, Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches and water? Oh Lord you are present in poverty. You are hope to the hopeless, you are an ever present joy in the midst of Canaan. Do you know how I know dear precious Lord? I heard YOU in their songs of praise. I saw YOU in their smiles. I felt YOU as I was touched by Haitian children. To God be the glory AMAZING, GREAT things YOU have done. To partner with you here in Haiti has been a life transforming time. Teach me to use what I have learned to make a difference in the lives of those who you bring to me. Don’t ever let me forget your goodness!
~ Kim Sunderland

Kim, it's been a priviledge to watch you heal as you love on the kids and people here.  It's been amazing to see your daughters laugh and share their love with the children.  It's been a blessing to have you here as part of the process AWAKENHAITI is in both in Canaan and the Good Samaritan Homes!  May God continue to bless your efforts!