After lunch today we went to Daniel’s voodoo village, where people were already lined up for the medical clinic. As always, they were so happy to see us and to be able to get medical attention. This evening after dinner we are going to Jerusalem IV for singing, dancing, and worshiping our Lord. Pastor Jeremy will be preaching.
This team is awesome! They are working very hard in this heat, and no one is complaining – they truly are filled with the joy of the Lord. Please continue to pray for the Lord’s will to be done here as He uses us to be His ambassadors.
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Report by Alley Farstad
It is Wednesday afternoon in Haiti, and I have recovered from jet lag but still have no concept of time. All in all, in Creole, “mwen te domi byen” – I slept good. We as a team were blessed today with the rugged mountain hike up to KodeKris Church, where little houses made of dirt and rock, wild and rambunctious children, and sick families awaited us. My sweet Haitian friend that I met last night (who also made me a bracelet) greeted me on the mountain as my backpack was snatched from me out of love. When we crossed a small river I watched as people took the biggest rocks they could find to pave a rockway for our feet to land on as we crossed the water. I was surrounded by sooooo many Haitian kids that NEVER stop touching, feeling, and loving on you. They don’t have any boundaries, and as we trekked through villages the men, women, children, and even the elderly anticipated our arrival within their homes with greetings, smiles, adoration, and enthusiasm. There is something different here in the thumbprint of God’s mountain that creates an atmosphere of peace – a peace that does not exist in America. There is less room here for greed, competition, pride, and selfishness; forget about gluttony, it just doesn’t exist here. The simple peace and compassion that is rooted in Haiti, I am praying that God will allow this mystery to grow into a beautiful reality…the most blessed I have ever seen is to have less.
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Walking to KodeKris Church for medical clinic
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Team walking to KodeKris
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Walking to KodeKris
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Wash day
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Trail to KodeKris Church
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Mountains of Haiti
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Goat resting on side of trail
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Beauty of Haiti
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Arrived at KodeKris for medical clinic
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Girls waiting for clinic to start
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People lined up for clinic at KodeKris
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Setting up clinic
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Clinic at KodeKris
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Miranda playing with lizard
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Kids watching Miranda with her lizard
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Kids playing with parachute
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Craig seeing first patients at KodeKris clinic with Kristin
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Miranda, Pastor Jeremy & Corinne
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Rebecca & Brittany in clinic
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Genia with little girl in clinic
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Lisa helping in pharmacy
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Rebecca & Brittany having no fun!
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Kids in clinic
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Little girl in clinic
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Lady at clinic
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Alley with kids
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Scott seeing patients at KodeKris clinic
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Dawn playing with kids
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Alley having her hair braided
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All smiles at mission house table
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Our hip Pastor
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Scott & Genia washing dishes
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Lady and puppy taking a nap in mission house
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Team walking to voodoo village
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Scott & Genia walking to voodoo village
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Alley with little friend
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Walking to voodoo village
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Along the path to voodoo village
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Trail along the way to Daniel's
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Typical Haitian house
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Entering Daniel's voodoo village
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Entering voodoo village
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Team arriving at Daniel's voodoo village
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People waiting for clinic
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Craig & Corinne setting up clinic at Daniel's
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Scott & Genia in Daniel's voodoo village
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Melissa & Lisa
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Little girl in Daniel's village
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Little girl in voodoo village
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Brittany playing with Haitian kids