Sunday

Bonswa loved ones,

Thank you all for checking in! This is team member, Nate Heinz, who is writing the current post! Day two of our adventure was a very spiritual day! After a sweltering sleepless night, we woke up bright and early (6am) to get ready for church. Our awakening greeted us with delicious pancakes and mangos. The girls wore their maxi skirts, and the guys wore their khakis and long sleeve shirt. As we drove to church, I was amazed to see how many Haitians were up and about for church. When we arrived, it felt like we were at a mega church! There were people everywhere - easily 500 people in the crowd - all there to glorify God! It was a wonderful sight to see! I grew up in a church but I had never seen a congregation as big or as connected as the church today. I was thinking if America had such a lively and active church service, I believe Christianity would have a different reputation. Anyways - in the middle of the service the team was asked to get up and share a message and a song. We were introduced by our hostess, and I had the opportunity gave a quick message about Concordia's reason on being here, and how we thank God for the opportunity to be here with them! From there we were asked to perform a song, so I quickly gave the mic to our talented wild child, Marnie, and she lead us in singing a song. We sang "This little light of mine". After giving our message we were asked to help out with the Sunday school, which was such an awesome experience! The kids swarmed us and during sunday school and started playing with Lisa and Kasey's hair. So another thing - church started at 7am and we weren't done until 10!! After church instead of going back to Grace International we had another church service! It was at a different location and it was just as enthusiastic. So yet again, we got up and introduced ourselves in front of their congregation. So I can officially say I publicly spoke in front of at least 1,000 people today! Then the team came back and rested for a little bit before we went to a festival. Apparently there was a Haitian holiday going on today so all the merchants were out and about. Some of the team members bought some stuff and had a great time looking at the Haitian culture! Now were just resting and about to have down time as we prepare for tomorrow! Hope all is well back at home! 

Nate and the rest of Haiti team!