Building Houses of Hope

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Yesterday the men in our group worked on the hottest day to help build a home for a family in the community that lost their house in a fire.  When I say house, it is something that would be considered a shed where we live.  There are 9 kids ranging from 12 to 1 month old, plus the mother that were living here when it burned down.  They were renting, and the owner was asking them to continue to pay rent for the slab they were sleeping on.  The oldest son saved the tin from a roof, and built a lean to for them to sleep under.  Our guys started around noon- working on the hottest day since we have been here, with very little water.  They were able to dig holes and get 2 of the 4 walls up in 4 hours.  Today they returned to continue work on the home.

After we worked in the school, the ladies went to House of Hope.  House of Hope is an orphanage inside of a hospital.  It houses around 80 kids ranging in age from newborn to 28.  We had the opportunity to hold the children and brought diapers, beach balls, candy and a bible to the kids.  For the time we were there we did our best to share what love we held in our hears with them. They laughed and jumped rope with us.  It was hard to walk away, knowing what we could do felt so limited, but the woman that ran the school seemed to love the children immensely. 15 of us rode in the back of a pick up truck about 30 minutes each way to make the visit.  It was a good opportunity to see a different hospital and see some of the more beautiful parts of Haiti.

After dinner we worshipped God on the roof of the school and discussed our thoughts on the day.  I think Everyone has been touched and changed by this journey God has put us on.  Many of us have sponsored a child and got to meet with kids this week, and take photos with them.

Today we continued to work in the school, take class photos, teach in classes, and work on houses. Today some of us will visit children 

This will probably be the last chance we have to update you before we begin our journey home.  We will post some pictures here and look forward to sharing with you all what this journey meant to us.  In most cases we feel as though we gained more than we gave.

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Blessings~The Haiti Team