Church day today! Always fun to go worship with the Haitians. I love their energy. The kids remember my name and I gave out Canada pins. There are so many children that I have to wait awhile until there was a managable crowd before giving them out.
The team went to the epi centre today, but I did not...I'll tell you why when I get back. Instead I helped hand bomb baby food from a truck into the school. Then I left with the pastor to go to a church where he was overseeing an exam. This was for seminar on trauma counselling. I helped hand out the exams and then just waited. While I was waiting a young guy started talking to me. After a while I realized that he was talking to me about having an arranged marriage with him. He wanted my email, I told him I was married and he'd have to talk to the pastor about the email address (aka invisible brick wall).
As we left the church where the exams were, the pastor saw an IDP camp with children that he wanted to distribute food to. He talked to the leader of the camp, a Haitian police officer, an was assured that everything would be orderly. So the pastor and I got out and I handed the baby food to him and he was the one to hand it out. Aside from a little shouting which is very normal here, it went very well. Felt good.
I thank the Lord for giving me an opportunity to serve. It was a great day.
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