Day 5 Philip: This morning at 6:30 some members of the team – Jeff, Cat, Lance, Samantha, Vonda and I, and our interpreter Paritan – hiked up the mountain to visit Jerusalem II church. This was a trip I have been looking forward to since we arrived due to...
Day 4 Cat: Waking at 5 a.m. hearing people praise the Lord is a pretty amazing experience; the roosters crow along with the singing. In America, we take our worship for granted. Often, we make excuses for not going to church: “I’m so tired….We’ve...
Last night we went up to Jerusalem IV in Gabriel and brought 2 truckloads of people down to Jerusalem I. Then we had an exciting time. You’ll see in the photos that everyone was up on their feet singing and dancing – even the Baptists! Pastor Joaquin gave...
(Lance & Sam’s entries start from the beginning of the mission trip) Lance, Day 1: Today’s events in my life were very interesting and will be remembered for a lifetime. It started out waking up in the Days Inn in Fort Lauderdale FL. The day before, I was picked...
The team from First Baptist Church of Walterboro SC had a safe trip to Haiti and up the mountain to the mission house today. We had a delicious dinner prepared for us by Ginette, and now the team is outside playing with the kids.
This entry is just to let the people back home know that the work force has arrived. We picked up Joe, Bill and Andy from the airport this afternoon and made it up the mountain safely. We quickly put Andy to work putting some things upstairs. Tomorrow we will...