Today, the second half of the team arrived, so we are together—safe and sound. This morning, we started our day at 7:30 with breakfast, and the kids started showing up for camp. We had 185 kids come to camp. We learned a lot today . . . like how long it takes to feed that many and keep them in drinking water.
The campers participated in activities like wiffle ball, soccer, horse shoes, arts and crafts. We also did our first story today. In the drama, there were both Haitians and our staff to act out the story of Jesus asleep in the boat. The storm came up while Jesus was asleep. The overall message today was in dealing with fear with the main message being, “The Lord is my shepherd.” We had so much fun in pouring out love to all the campers.
Our staff is also working on three houses being built on the property. People from the village have been here to help start building the first house. Other projects include digging a trench and making a commitment to bring in a horticulturist to plant mango trees and to care for them for the next three months.
Our staff is adjusting to the heat factor and are taking showers, thanks to the new well.
This is truly a tropical paradise. We saw so much today in loving the Haitian people . . . a common denominator is soccer. We had a game with 400 to 500 people watching.
Everyone is helping. There have been no injuries. Everyone is happy getting into their roles and having such a blessed time. Our kids are being changed significantly as they understand how little the Haitians folks have and how much we have. They are entering into a “love Haiti” relationship. Lots of leadership is emerging in the high school kids.
Please continue to pray for us.
Kevin Mayne
