tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56903385306642854662024-02-18T18:43:56.869-08:00WRCC Haiti Mission Trip 2012 and 2014West Ridge Community Church travels to Port-de-Paix, Haiti to work at Sonlight Academy and the surrounding area.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-73291742066688016182014-10-23T09:28:00.000-07:002014-10-23T09:28:15.125-07:00Building Houses of HopeThank you again for the awesome messages. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 <br />
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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.<br />
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Thank you for following us.<br />
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Blessings~The Haiti TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-16584670168374896812014-10-22T10:00:00.000-07:002014-10-22T10:00:16.719-07:00Hot in Haiti!!!Today has been the warmest day of our trip. We are all drinking a lot of water and Susie is nursing all of us to make sure that we are all staying healthy and so far...so good! <br />
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Today the Medam (women) have been serving at the school with the teachers and students....grading papers (including French papers), taping book covers, playing with glitter, cutting out die cuts for the children, tutoring, listening to students read, helping with math. We have all realized how much we have forgotten since our own school days!<br />
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School photos were done today. Each individual photo with great smiles and happy faces. Then a group photo for each class room that included the teacher, aid and the mission team members that were serving this week.<br />
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The M'sye (men) are helping with construction projects and today they are working on the home of a neighborhood child that caught fire. <br />
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We are all looking forward anxiously and nervously to visiting "House of Hope" this afternoon. It is an orphanage that is about 15-20 minutes awy in a "tap tap". We look forward to loving on the children and playing games with them. <br />
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In closing, I will share a few "Words of Wisdom" from the 7th grade class...<br />
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"God is my boss"<br />
"An easy way to love is to help people"<br />
"You should never eat poison"<br />
"Go take a shower"<br />
"There are no doubts in Christ"<br />
"There is no escape from sin, only forgiveness from God"<br />
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I believe we are learning more from these children then they will ever learn from us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479347803443381154noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-12026410131786618682014-10-21T11:10:00.001-07:002014-10-21T11:12:32.135-07:00Tuesday October 21stHello friends and Family:<br />
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Thank you for following us and leaving messages! It's the teams favorite part of the night, so please take a moment to say hi!<br />
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On Monday after we had lunch and about 19 (we are here with 2 other groups this week) of us took a trip to the market. God, and our leader had other plans. Our first destination was to the local Port-de-Paix hospital. Port-de-Paix is a city of about 175,000 people. There were only about 25 people checked into the hospital. It was hard to be a group of people walking into a hospital and looking at the ill. We had the opportunity to have conversations with some of the patients, and we also had the opportunity to pray for them. We felt very helpless as we walked through the rooms. The rooms very much resembled an old WWII hospital that was worn down. All the beds are in one large room. No sheets or pillows are on the beds- patients must bring these on their own. There is no health care system, so they must pay cash for every service they need. All we could offer up were prayers that The Lord would watch over them and heal them.<br />
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We went to the maternity ward in the hospital. Five of us(only one person from our group) were in the room, but the mother and the midwife gave us permission to come into the room. We were able to see the baby being born, and pray for the baby, and family right after it was born. This was the only room in the hospital that seemed to be well equipped. It was a bright room- a stark contrast to the rest of the rooms in the hospital. The father was not in the delivery room, but according to Norma, men are not a part of the birthing process. They usually do not attend the birth and in many cases do not go to the hospital. Most mothers give birth at home with a midwife. It was an incredible experience.<br />
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After the hospital we went to the Catholic Church in town. We took pictures and admired the woodwork in the building. Some stopped to pray and others sat and reflected. Next. we were off to the market. I wish I could even begin to describe the sensory overload that we experienced. All the "stores" are bunched together and line the streets. Many have their wares on the ground, just lined up. As we stood by a store, we also witnessed our first Haitian funeral. There was a marching band, followed by young girls carrying paper mache wreaths. Then the pick up truck holding the casket- which had glass on part of it so you could see the deceased. Behind the truck were the mourning family and friends. We were told they often hire professional mourners to wail as they walk down the street to the church. So in one day, we witnessed life and death in Haiti.<br />
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Our rooftop discussions were full of discussions of the events that unfolded while on our market trip. We also read the notes from our loved ones, sang worship songs, and reflected on our daily tasks.<br />
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Today it seemed that everyone was a bit more settled in their tasks. We work up and had breakfast at 6.45am. Daily Devotional with the staff at 7.30am and class at 8am. Rob spent the morning chasing kids while we watched and admire his ability to play.<br />
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Today we have the chance to see Haiti goods at a smaller market and a little bit of down time.<br />
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Right now we are scheduled to work in the schools till Thursday. Friday mid morning we have to start the process of traveling home. We will need to split into 2 flights to get back to Port-au-Prince, then Miami, them Home.<br />
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We welcome your prayers and well wishes!<br />
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Blessings~The Haiti TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479347803443381154noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-49807177252624081382014-10-20T09:55:00.000-07:002014-10-20T09:56:43.505-07:00And yet I will show you the most excellent way....We had an amazing time on the rooftop last night. As we discussed 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, we discussed what will make up a team this week and what each of us would bring to the team. We know that if we listen, God will show us His way this week. We joined together in worship songs and prayer as our school week gets started. We also discovered the chatty people on our team :-) I think maybe most of us had already identified them but I will not mention any names....<br />
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We were up bright and early this morning, breakfast is served at the Alexander's at 6:45AM. We attended morning devotionals with the teachers, teachers aids and Sonlight staff members then it was off to Rob's (and most of the rest of the team) favorite part of the entire week.....Time to meet and play with the children!!! We welcomed the children to school and played with them until it was time for them to go to their classrooms. Lot's of running, tag and "gotcha's".<br />
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Our day at the school will end about 1PM and we will enjoy lunch with Norma and her team. Following lunch we are taking "taxi"s" to the street market. This will be an adventure as the "taxi's" are mopeds...hop on and hold on tight!!!<br />
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I am looking forward to the roof time this evening so I can share all of your messages with everyone. We have all been eager and waiting to hear from home!<br />
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We are keeping each of you in our prayers this week....<br />
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Blessings from the Haiti Mission Team~Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479347803443381154noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-44674687341562459552014-10-19T09:27:00.000-07:002014-10-19T09:27:45.485-07:00Made It!Hi!<br />
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The Haiti Team made it safely to Haiti. Our trip went extremely smoothly from Chicago to Miami and Miami to Port-au-Prince. Once we arrived in Port-au-Prince, our team split into 2 groups to get on a 9 passenger plane to Port-de-Paix. We landed and took a bus to safely arrive at SonLight. Praise God, all of our luggage and supplies made it with us!!!! Is was a huge blessing to have all of our clothes and all the supplies with us to give to SonLight. After we arrived we had a snack and then went in for orientation. Everyone was assigned a classroom or task/tasks for the week and we look forward to sharing Gods word and seeing how God will chose to use us during this week.<br />
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This morning we had the opportunity to attend Sunday School in English with Haitian kids and then we attended service in the new Son Center. this service was entirely in Creole. The pastor was very energetic and gave service with his hands in the air and arms moving everywhere! It was awesome. Julie had a birthday and the entire service sang Happy Birthday to her in Creole and in English!<br />
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Today after lunch we will be going on a hike to see more of Haiti and take in the culture. At night we worship on top of the school roof and praise God while we look up at a million stars.<br />
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Thank you for keeping tabs on us and praying for us while we are on this journey. Please pray that God will use us as he see's fit during this week.<br />
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please leave messages here and we will relay them to the team.<br />
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Blessings~ The Haiti Team.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-24562841971055869002014-10-16T15:13:00.002-07:002014-10-16T15:13:18.854-07:00Leaving Tomorrow!Hi!<br />
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Out Team leaves from West Ridge Community Church for Haiti tomorrow afternoon. As we travel, please pray with us for safety as we journey to Haiti and that God will fill us up and use us as He see's fit on this journey.<br />
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I just love this saying that was hanging on the walls of the school during my last visit.<br />
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Thank you to West Ridge and all our friends and family that have supported up on this trip both through prayer and financially.<br />
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We will update you as soon as possible.<br />
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Blessings~ The 2014 WRCC Haiti Team<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-20957667317478253402014-08-15T14:16:00.000-07:002014-08-15T14:16:30.758-07:00Back to Port-de-Paix! October 2014HI!<br />
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We have a tam returning to Haiti to work and share our gifts at SonLight again this October. We are looking forward to our trip and working diligently to raise funds for supplies. We will keep you posted here as our trip progresses. Here is one of the songs we are using for worship:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-73661990099483729102012-11-09T10:32:00.000-08:002012-11-09T10:32:26.523-08:00Last DayToday has been hard. It was our last day to serve SonLight. I am still struggling to see through my tears as I type this post. Saying good-bye today was one of the hardest things I've ever hard to do. I know others feel the same way because we are all in tears. <br />
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I am sure we will each leave here with our own words and pictures to describe our experiences here, but words and pictures can not do it justice. You need to experience it with with all 5 of your senses. You need to see the children and families on the street. You need to smell the air and the people and the animals. You need to hear the children singing as they worship the Lord on an empty stomach. You need to taste Haitian food and water, and you need to feel the kiss of a child as they welcome you into their hearts.<br />
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I pray that this experience will change us all, and that it will not be a fleeting change, but one that will have an impact on us for the rest of our lives. There is a Haitian proverb"Sa je pa we ke pa tounen." It means what the eye does not see, the heart cannot reflect on.<br />
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Please pray for our safety as we return home tomorrow.<br />
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Blessings~The Haiti TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-13099855665223672532012-11-08T11:10:00.001-08:002014-08-15T13:39:15.167-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Wednesday night our team went back to the orphanage to play
with the children and take them more supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and fell in love with the children as much as we did the first day. We played with them and choked back our tears as we smiled and played with them. It was hard leaving knowing that they would be sleeping on the floor and we would sleep on a bed.</div>
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Serveral of us have had the opportunity to teach in the classrooms for teachers that have been ill or out. Danielle has taught every kid in the school 2 of the Kids World dances and they have been singing the and dancing and praising the Lord everyday with her. Serina's burn is getting better and so far no tummy troubles for the team! </div>
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Today we continued to work in the classrooms and the guys are working on various project throughout the school. Several bathrooms have been their target!</div>
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Please continue to pray for us and our safety as we begin the journey home on Saturday morning.</div>
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Blessings~the Haiti Team</div>
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P.S. Happy 40th Birthday Steve!</div>
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Tuesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today we
went to an orphanage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one that has
just opened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former one was raided
by the government and found 15 mal-nourished children inside, 5 of which just
came back from the hospital Monday night. We had the opportunity to hold the
children and play ball with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 of
us were holding what we thought were babies, but they were 4 year old girls
that were so under fed they had not grown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of those girls is still not able to eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house is clean, but it is empty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 3 beds for the kids and one table
for them to eat at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A local woman has
taken them in to love and care for them on top of her own 3 children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These children are students at SonLight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are planning on going back with whatever
supplies we can gather for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To say
we were touched by this experience would be an understatement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent part of the night trying to figure
out how to get these kids beds to sleep in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I fell in love with a little girl named DiDi.</div>
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After we left the orphanage, we gathered for dinner and
devotion time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could capture
the stars as we sat on the schools rooftop and sang worship songs. Three different
people saw shooting stars. We had the best devotional time since we got
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we went back to the
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At the Hotel some of the girls found a 6inch bug in their
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rob had to come to the rescue and
kill it for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As soon as he went to
hit it with a shoe, it flew across the wall. Rob yelled “It flies!” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have never seen Rob move so fast!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He beat that thing to death with his
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Today some of us had the opportunity to teach in the classrooms and go through the school and take the official school photos. Later today we will have the opportunity to return to the oraphanage and love on some kids!<br />
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Blessings~Katie & the Haiti Team<br />
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P.S. Happy Anniversary of your 1st date to Kathi, and Steve! And Happy Birthday Steve.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-40976559101771083562012-11-06T12:01:00.001-08:002012-11-06T12:01:54.288-08:00Monday/TuesdayMy apologies. The Sunday night post didn't post to this blog. I just posted it, but with less pictures. You can see more pictures at <a href="http://www.vangheem.com/">www.vangheem.com</a>.<br />
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On Monday, we finally had the opportunity to serve the
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ladies went to classrooms,
and the men began working around the school grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone seemed to have a joyful day meeting
the children and getting to know them better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best part of my morning was being greeted by the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all kiss your cheek and say good morning
to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a way of endearing them
all to me right away. We taught in the classrooms until 1pm, we then gathered
for lunch and then part of the group went into Haiti on “Taxi’s” which are
motorcycles, to go see the market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you could see the roads here, you would know that clinging to the back of a
stranger a they zip down these bumpy, rocky, pothole roads was a chilling
thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, we all “maned up” and got
on the bike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could have gotten
a picture of us riding down the road, but I was too busy hanging on! This trip
is really gave us an intimate look at Haitians and the way they live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those of us that sponsor a child were able to
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After the market trip we had some devotional time and then
sat together for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner
each night, we meet on the roof of the school to sing worship songs and talk
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Tuesday we went back to the classrooms to help and really
get to know the kids and their stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Rob, Mr. Marty and Mr. Scott were playing tag with the kids before
classes began today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This afternoon we
will be visiting an orphanage where 15 kids are staying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our job there is to just hold the kids and
play with them and show them God’s love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Later this week we are scheduled to go to a hospital and visit the homes
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I am unable to get pictures to post today. Internet here is not the same as the US. I will try again the next time I have access to a computer.<br />
Right now we have 1 person with a burn from getting off a motorcycle and another not feeling well. Please pray for out heath and safety.<br />
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Thank you all for your prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you leave comments here I will relay them
to our team!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This does require you to
sign up for a google or blogspot account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Blessings~The Haiti TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-43450465472588230112012-11-06T11:15:00.001-08:002012-11-06T11:39:36.773-08:00Sunday Night's PostHello!<br />
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Our team made it safely to Haiti on Saturday! <br />
Our flight out of O'Hare had technical "difficulties", and we were deplaned and put on another plane a few hours later. This only gave u a few hours till our next plane, so instead of going to a hotel we spent the night in the airport. This actually turned out to be a blessing. The hotel refunded all of our money and it made up the difference for the amount of money we were short from shopping for supplies for SonLight!<br />
On Saturday we took a tour of the beautiful new Son Center. This worship center was built by volunteers and is an incredible facility were the Haitians gather to learn about God on Sundays. After our tour we went back to our rooms to get settled and wash up. We enjoyed a meal and worship time on the roof of the school.<br />
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On Sunday, we had the opportunity to attend Sunday School and go to service in creole. Then we learned our assignments for the week and went for a hike through the city of Port De Paix. I wish I had enough time to give you all the details of that journey. All I can say is that every picture you have seen on TV that every picture that you see on TV that pull on your heart strings is true. there were pigs and dogs roaming the streets looking for food and water. Kids had no pants and ran around in their underware. Garbage is everywhere. There are no police roaming the street to keep you safe. Kids come to school with no food to eat. It makes you wish you could do more, whatever it is- just more.<br />
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Please continue to pray for our safety and that our hearts will be willing and open to hearing <span style="background-color: yellow;">what HE</span> needs us to do why we are here.<br />
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Blessings~The TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-57972355679919930442012-10-18T07:10:00.000-07:002012-10-18T07:10:07.066-07:00Just thought we would share the Haiti Team's Playlist with you all! This is what we will be singing to our Father while we are Thanking him for our time in Haiti.<br />
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10,000 Reasons- Matt Redman<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/9jYLTn4fKYQ?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
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How great is our God - Chris Tomlin</div>
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We are also singing Amazing Grace.<br />
Thanks for praying for us and following us on this trip!<br />
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Blessings~<br />
KatieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690338530664285466.post-67594284490558725002012-10-07T15:19:00.001-07:002012-10-07T15:19:41.058-07:00Thank You!This blog is to keep the West Ridge Community Church Missions Team Family/Friends/Supporters informed while we are in Haiti. We will post update here during our trip whenever possible.<br />
We will be assisting <a href="http://www.sonlightministries.org/">SonLight Ministries</a> in Haiti. Here are some pictures from a past trip.<br />
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A Big Thank You to all our friends and family members that are supporting us and praying for us during this trip!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133800163995050325noreply@blogger.com9