While we were in Haiti, I asked the group to each write a letter 'to self' that I would give back to them in a month upon returning. This morning, I opened the letter I had written to myself one hot morning in Port-Au-Prince.
This is what it says:
"Dear Shelli,
Well, by the time you read this, it will have been a month from your time in Haiti. This week has gripped and stirred emotions in you that you didn't even know existed. The Haitian people are beautiful. Their eyes, their smiles, their calmness.
The team did a phenomenal job, the week was an incredible, powerful mixture of emotion. One month… on this day you might be stressing out about life, choices, money… You might be wondering how, and have a lot more questions than you did before. But one thing I would like to remind you of now, is that all those fears just disappear when you get near the people. The people will change you.
So let go of the fear.
We were amidst chaos, but there was no fear here. There was no place for that.
I have seen an overflow of beauty, many little and big things the Holy Spirit has done. Trust that the Lord is at work still in your life, and will finish what He has begun in you. Let go of all but Christ. He is so much more than enough. Wish I could write more, but Isaiah 26:3-10 will suffice.
Love, Me"
