A day in Haiti

Good morning from Port Au Prince.  Currently we are sitting in a guesthouse resting in HIM from our day yesterday.  When you read this, do not read with the thought that this day was a burdensome day for us.  In many ways it was a new experience that brought much JOY in the current journey we are on with Christ.

Our Day:  October 19th, 2012

4:30 am     It was time to rise and shine for Clint, Christi, Jordan and myself to head to PAP.
5:00 am     Leave Saint Louis du Nord
10:15 am   Arrive in the vicinity of PAP

When arriving in PAP we had to meet a friend that would help us attain the final detail to complete our Visas.  After fighting traffic for one hour we met our friend.  

We then arrived at a local clinic where we received a paper providing the medical clearance we needed to complete the Visa.  Waiting for about one hour we finally saw the doctor in which she checked to see if we had a heartbeat and then signed a paper.  NOTE:  Always good to know you have a heartbeat :)

It was now 12:45 pm and we needed to get to the Haiti Embassy quickly due to the fact it closes at 2 pm on Fridays.  Again we found ourselves in heavy traffic, but the help of our friend Alan we were able to make a few shortcuts through traffic.

Arriving at the embassy around 1:15 we quickly followed our friend to the second floor where we completed paperwork and had our fingerprints taken.  While sitting in this office I checked our email and found out that we received our 501c3 status for the House of Moses.  

We finished the paperwork as workers were leaving the office for the day.

With the VISAS behind us we now handed our friend 3 Iphones to take to a person that knew how to unlock them.  We should hear about these phones in the next day or so.

Getting back into the vehicle around 2:30 pm, we needed to run by MSC Trading, the equivalent of Home Depot.  Again we found ourselves in traffic in which placed us at MSC around 3:45 pm.  We had to quickly shop due to the fact that Alan had to get his clothes out of the cleaners by 4:30 pm to attend the funeral of one of his co-workers.  Needless to say the shopping to a bit to long and we were not able to get the clothes from the cleaners.

4:45 pm  We are finally headed toward our place of rest for the night at the guesthouse Ted and Kathy run.  We finally reached our destination of the house close to 5:30 pm.

Once at the house we had a great meal around 6 pm.

It was now 8 pm and we had a time in the Scriptures together.  We always love our time in the word together with Ted.  He is challenging and encouraging all at the same time.  We wrapped up the community close to 9:45 pm and it was time for bed.

When we walked into our room, we found Jordan out cold.  Christi and I decided to watch a movie together.  Within 5 minutes I heard Christi deeply breathing. a sign that she had fallen asleep.  I wanted to watch the rest of the movie but I believe I made a whopping 10 more minutes before I had fallen off to sleep.

This is our calling, this is our journey, this is our dream.  Walking in the obedience of HIS will for your life you find the beauty of HIS hand in all things.  We love our life!!!!