1/23 Day 4

Mike:

Today was our earliest start yet! We were in the vans and on the way by 7am to head towards the Village of Hope School (VOH) compound. When we arrived, we were greeted by ‘The Parade of Cute,’ as our host Rob says. The 3-year-old, 4-year-old, and 5-year-old kindergarten classes greeted us and welcomed us with songs and games!

We then spent time with the 3^rd grade level students playing games with them yet more importantly we told the bible story of Daniel and the Lions Den and made a take home craft about the story. It was great fun to lead this craft with them.

We even got to have lunch with the students which was a delicious creole dish of fish and rice. It was quite amazing to learn that their lunch meals are fortified with Mana Packs from Feed My Starving Children! I have packed with Feed My Starving Children several times before and never thought I’d find myself eating what I’ve packed.

Our afternoon was spent connecting 44 newly refurbished computers for VOH’s brand new computer lab for their students. This lab will be such a great benefit for the students of VOH. There is a vision that this lab will be able to stimulate learning and growth far beyond the just the VOH students. We then hiked up to the highest point of the VOH property for some spectacular views of the Haitian countryside. A truly breathtaking view!

Our evenings have been times of fun and fellowship as we enjoy cold beverages and story telling around the dinner table. We then finish our evenings with devotions which for tonight was spent packing roughly 150 peanut butter sandwiches for our remote village VBS tomorrow!

Peace & Blessings,

Joyful Spirit Haiti Team