Haiti Day 2

"Today we got up early! But, I had an odd feeling that God was about to show everyone on our team some things during the church service. Waking up at 5 am just to sit around for an hour and a half was a bit aggravating though. After we took a tour of the compound, we went to church with around 600 people, including all the teams and Haitians. I thought I had been to large church services, but this was huge! I enjoyed learning the lyrics but when the worship leader started speaking creole I got lost all over. But, he switched into English and welcomed all of the teams and to hear how excited the Haitians were to have us was amazing. I can't convey the feeling of being welcomed so much by the people of this country.

Being part of the worship team at church, I usually would look at the tech aspects of things and get so wrapped up in them. I started to do so in Haiti but then realized that they had an unbridled form of worship in that they worshiped Him with all they had and had no worries for possessions. I was taken away by the way they sang "Mighty to Save." Now, we've heard this song more times than anything. But, to hear the words "He rose and conquered the grave, Jesus conquered the grave" about knocked me on my butt. It wasn't the words, but how these people who are in a country so broken sang this song with so much conviction and really meant it. It was all I could do to not fall down and just cry from it all. By the way, I did cry, but not too much. I'm ready to hit the ground running here, so that way I can help to advance God's kingdom in Haiti. Because my God conquered the grave"