My team and I are no longer in Fond-Blanc, and have been relocated to Port-au-Prince to stay with another team at the home (or rather mansion) of our shared ministry contact. We are all bummed to have only gotten to be with our beloved Fond-Blanc family for a week, but know that God is doing His thang It truly is a blessing being here though, and the pastor we are living with is an amazing man of God who treats us with the utmost hospitality.
While here in P-au-P we are working at a local school in a tent community. The joy and excitement of so many of the people we meet, and all of the children we are working with is truly humbling and amazing. God is just so good.
When we first drove through Haiti, before we went up the mountain, I was blown away by the filth and destruction this place is in, and could feel the spiritual heaviness, and yet even then was blessed by the joy and community so alive everywhere I looked. As I prayed, God brought be back to one of my favorite verses in proverbs, “Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inner most being.” It was a verse which spoke heavily to me and helped give purpose to the year of depression I came out of last November, and through it I was able to find thankfulness for all of the events and struggles which had been a catalyst to my condition, and yet were the very things which were finally able to pull be back to God and in a completely new fullness that I had never lived in. In that respect, God gave me such thankfulness for all that I was seeing through the bus windows as I was introduced to the condition of Haiti. Yes this place has been rocked, down to the very core, but these people are not broken. And through the new wounds and cracks, cleansing and healing can happen, not just where the earthquake has left its mark, but even deeper into the wounds so long left and covered.
I feel so blessed to be here, and for the first month of so many more that I cannot even begin to fathom. I came on this race expecting to save the world, and yet our first stop, and one of the most esthetically intimidating, has only managed to further save me, to further shape me, and to bless me so much more. I am excited even more revelation and insight into who God is, and what His hand looks like.
So just remember, no matter the storm, adversary, fear, or worry… God’s got you, He has a purpose greater than you could ever imagine, and if you focus only on trusting Him, then there is joy in ANYTHING.
