Haiti Day 6

"After such a whirlwind day yesterday, I was curious as to what God was going to have us do today. But, it seemed like things were taken back a notch. We worked through a city, cleaning up trash on the street. Our guide/interpreter, "Wiki", actually told the Haitians in the street (in Creole of course) 'look, white people are coming to pick up your trash!' I guess that's meant to be a jab of sorts at them for putting their trash down and not caring really. But one thing I noticed was that a lot of the trash was little packages that said 'bon dlo'. After asking Wiki what they meant he told me it meant 'good water.' It's sad they were reduced to having to get clean water from a small little pouch and that was it for a lot of people we saw....breaks my heart when I have water from at least 6 different sources in my house to drink and it's all clean

After our trash run, we went to a church and painted the inside of a school that they had built for under privileged kids. I could see it a mile away, but with our team and paint...bad things normally happen. I decided to paint with the Harvest crew so that way I could avoid getting paint on me. I luckily walked away primarily unscathed but it was definetely a fun experience. The cool part was hanging out with the kids during breaks and just getting to play with them and see them smile. I've learned that a smile can be universal...something no matter the language can show that you care and can make things all right. Well, that and tickling a child you catch! God is showing me that maybe showing more compassion and being open isn't so bad as I once thought"