Let's Risk the Ocean: Haiti Mission Trip with "a door to hope": July 12

July 12-19, 2014 were days full of emotions for me. It was like the reality of our next move had crashed into me going a million miles per hour... and it hurt. Real. Bad. Ya know why? Because I had to look in the mirror to figure out what was going on. And it wasn't a pretty site. Growing in any area of our lives hurts. Whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually. But, this week in particular was stretching me beyond what I could even imagine or handle on my own. (More details on those growing pains another day.)

"So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You've had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God." 1 Peter 2 - The Message

For now, I just want to give you a quick peek into our week that was filled with tears of all kinds. Mostly really good kinds. (If you're my Facebook friend - you can see pics in an album I just posted). Brynna got to go with us along with a friend from our new church, Tammy Young and a friend from our old church, Mike DiEnno. We joined up with a BGM board member at the Nashville airport along with her daughter (Haley) and friend (Sydney Jane) for the first flight out. In PAP we met the rest of the team who had come from Texas. Most had come from Friendswood Community Church (now named The Harbor). Some had come from Midlothian and had helped organize the Teacher's Conference that we put on during the week. (I apologize that I canNOT for the life of me figure out the rhyme or reason for placing the photos in an order... it's not consistent and I can't figure it out!)

Our team divided up daily and accomplished MUCH! We held an amazing Teacher's Conference for teachers who came from 7 different schools. We had teams beginning the process of giving the Kenscoff school a makeover! We had teams clean wheelchairs and paint at Wings of Hope. We had teams working diligently in the Creche' at the Bethel Guest house. We had a team go to Godet and clean and play with the kids. We had a team build a home and a bunkbed for a widow in Callabasse.