Pa Bel

One day last week the Redemption City Church team went Prayer Walking at Pastor Martin's village in Fauche (foe-shay, I think) close to Grand Goave while Pastor Chris and I stayed at the church to talk with Pastor Martin. It was only a few minutes before Pastor Chris and Pastor Martin exited the church building and left me all alone to talk with three little "ti fi" (little girls) who apparently thought I was fluent in Kreyole. Pastor Martin was showing Chris around the property and even offered a meal in the future. Well, these three adorable ti fi were caught up in telling me some huge tale which I could only pick out about two words per sentence... I told them I only knew a tiny bit of Kreyole and asked them to slow down, but they must've thought since I could say that much - I must understand more than I was letting on. So, their story went on and on and it was very elaborate and I would have given anything to know what they were saying. Then they started singing to me. Sweet little songs about Jezi (Jesus) and love. And then they started playing with my pony tail and wanted to take my hair down. I knew my hair had not been washed in over 18 hours and would probably remain the perfect shape of a pony tail even when they took the holder out... ya know? Yucky, nasty, sweaty, crusty, gross... so, I rejected the idea of them taking the band out of my hair by saying, "ahh, pa bel" which means - UGH, not beautiful! And one of the tifi took my face, rested it in her two little dirty hands and looked deep into my eyes and without skipping a beat sincerely said, "ou, bel" (you are beautiful). I'm not sure why the tears didn't flow on the outside because they were gushing on the inside. Then the other two ti fi slipped the band out of my hair and started arranging my hair around my face and down over my ears stroking and shaping it ever so carefully. They all sweetly sang to me, "ou, bel" and I felt it at that moment. And I looked deep into their eyes of absolute innocence and just knew they had to be undercover angels sent straight from heaven to encourage my heart.

It's the three little angels in the middle of this picture. Wish I would have gotten a better picture of them.

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