This Day Belongs To the Lord

January 14, 2014

Day 2 – Cap-Haitian, Nord Haiti

From Ft. Lauderdale, Miami until now, Tuesday –January 14, 2014, the devotions have been building on unity, transformation and trusting GOD for his works in our lives. Watching as mysteries unfold, listening as blessings a bound and staying prayerful that we complete what GOD has planned for this mission. We will not only be giving GOD his glory but growing spiritually as well.

     Our first opening devotion was designed around communion. Linda Mealing, Ypsilanti, MI, gave us much food for thought, through scriptures, as we were about to embark to the mission field in Haiti. Linda’s request was for me to assist her in the Lord’s Supper. I read from 1 Corn. 11:23-26 for this spirit filled connection as she served each member of the team.   Establishing this connection with each team member in attendance prepared us as we remembered who sent us to serve on the mission field.

     We arrived in Haiti early Monday morning to the warmth of the sun, green vegetation and a smiling reception. We were greeted with great love. Pastor Voltaire has the respect of his community that exudes through the porters and security here in Cap-Haitian at the airport.

     It was a relaxing day with our first meal in our new abode to a beef stew with a flavor unsurpassed of anything I have had the opportunity to savor. As evening rolled in Steve, a Cap-Haitian resident came and took us on a stroll through the neighborhood. Once we cleared a curve life happened. People doing an assorted amount of events became interesting to watch. Yet we kept walking. My eyes ingested the visuals of the neighborhood’s life with a young man cutting hair with a single razor blade to my left, children playing on steps, an older man squatted at his door way, a undressed little boy checking out the sights as we walked by, fire blazing while cleaning an areas of debris and just to our right five men working on a house on a hill, which we found out later belongs to someone with means. Yes, I am snapping photos. We continue our excursion until we end at a school. Homage given to a Don Bosco is all over the school including his burial site. The compounds design is teaching skills to dormitory students, agriculture, farming, fashion, auto mechanics, landscaping and other life skills for productive living. What an opportunity. No pictures allowed.

      We leave there and go get water at a nearby store. The sky is changing the wind begins to pick up with the assortment of motor vehicles racing past us. My eyes become filled with the grit that is floating through the air. We make it back safely to Pastor Voltaire’s home were we go in for a rest before dinner.

We come to a marvelous meal of beef with gravy, rice, a mixed vegetable which I heard had squash in it; we sit and we munch awhile. This was truly a king’s meal.

     Devotion was in my hands for the evenings where I began with 2Timothy 1:9, “Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ’s Jesus before time began.” Isn’t it amazing that we are called to GOD’s purpose, but what happens when we are not sure? We read the Bamboo and the Fern that gave insight into the many challenges that we all go through. We found that through the story just like the bamboo, which took five years to grow a rooting system before it produced, we too are growing roots and waiting for GOD to direct our paths. So don’t give up. Throughout the reading I would interject tidbits of information until we finally began to have testimonies that Linda wanted to have the night before. The Holy Ghost was moving in the room. Testimony after testimony was shared. Tear of joy were wiped away, from quite a few, and the evening was set to the timber of JOY. Hallelujah thank you lord for such a day as this, more later on. It has gotten late….Yet before I close, to my Mom, Hey, Love you much and my sister, nieces and my sons. Pastor Stewart, thank you again for the opportunity. To my brothers and sisters in Christ at Mt. Olive thank you for allowing me to come as one of the spies to witness for you once again and letting you know GOD is alive and well in Cap-Haitian. We are working at a school that the ABC runs. Wow!!!! I just got offered another opportunity to preach to the 15-17 year olds on Sunday morning. GOD is blessing!!! I will be leaving site tomorrow going with Herb to one of the oldest churches in Haiti. The details are sketchy but I will blog about that journey. Here am I send me.

Cathye