Second, we went to Grace Village to take a tour. What an amazing place! We loved how they are striving to create jobs and train Haitians how to support themselves and to be not only independent, but creative. We loved the future plans of the bread ovens, to place them in the community and in the churches. The aquaponics system, the school, feeding center, clinic, orphanage...each of these areas of Grace Village had an amazing story and we loved hearing how each piece came to fruition and how they are being managed.
After the tour, we headed out to visit the elderly. Healing Haiti supports some elderly in the community of Titanyen. We visited with them in their homes, rubbed lotion on them, sang with them, gave them a "meals on wheels" and prayed with them. It was interesting to see how they lived. They told us, through translators, what they've been through and how they are doing. One of the elderly that we visited was Marie, who is 104 years old! That is close to twice the life expectancy of those that live in Haiti! She is the most beautiful, joyful person. Just a sweet, sweet soul. She laughed, sang, and prayed with us, and LOVED taking photos! What a blessing it was to spend time with them! They blessed us with their exuberance for the Lord and their thankful hearts.
Finally, we had an opportunity to bring all of the Grace Village kids back to the guest house for a taco dinner! This was a special field trip for them that God totally orchestrated to come together through generous donations. We brought about 18 of them with us on the tap-tap, and about half of them fell asleep! They woke up when we arrived at the guest house ready to play and explore. The kids from our team played soccer with them, enjoyed the parachute, and learned new card games. Dinner was amazing! We had fresh tacos and guacamole, and it was so nice to have some leisurely time to just hang out with them and get to know their personalities. They loved the technology on our phones and were enthralled in taking photos.
Such a LONG day, but by far a memorable one! We are so blessed in so many ways that we take for granted each day! We taught our Haitian guide, Cadet, a new song today which he is mastering quite well. Here are the lyrics that we will leave you with for the day that sums it up very well:
Lord prepare me
to be a sanctuary
Pure and Holy
tried and true.
With thanksgiving
I'll be a living
sanctuary, for you.
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