mondays

Bonwee tut mon. Today was a wonderfully tiring day so I'll just get right into it so I can go to bed. I spent the day at Greta with 2 volunteers organizing a giant outdoor storage thing full of school supplies, crafts and clothing. It's like the size of a semi truck literally. If you know me, you know I love to organize so I had a lot of fun minus the heat. After that I tried to teach some of the kids a board game. Explaining the rules in english when they dont speak english became a bit of a roadblock so we pretty much just played it the way they made it up, no rules or anything. I struggled a bit.

After that we left and returned from a full day. I had dinner with my lovely South African friends and then we chatted over cups of coffee by the beach. From then on is when I did my new thing for the day. I have not been as consistent as I had hoped with that goal but thats ok. My thing today wasnt actually new but it was something I dont really like to do- I played a sport, on a team, with other people. This usually terrifies me because ultimately I am afraid of looking like a goon and disappointing my teammates. But here, I have realized, 1. I will probably do that 2. they really arent that much better than me and 3. If I want to hang out with people, volleyball is pretty much the activity so I have no choice. Abbi made me do it and for some reason the British just seem so much more persuasive.

Anyways so we played for a good bit and now here I am, exhausted and ready for bed. All in all it was a wonderful day. One of those days where you are aware of the Lord, singing over you, delighting in you, strengthening you, all of that. He is so wonderful, so sweet and so merciful. Like I said yesterday, He is doing something. I realized I needed to wake up with that on my heart and mind everyday.

Tomorrow- I am very excited about. I will be going to a high school to minister to the students. I am really excited. Pray for our team, pray for new strategies as we hope to not just tell them about Christ, but to invest long term in their relationships with the Lord. We want to cross that line, moving from just salvations to discipleship. Its what is needed here in Haiti. I said it yesterday, people here know who Jesus is and they will tell you they are a Christian. Its the after part, the abundant life, the love and joy and grace and holy spirit etc part we want to teach and show them.

So thats that. I used a lot of spanish today. I love it, its such a surprise. I asked Jesus several times before I came why I studied spanish my whole life only to move to a french island. Turns out, whenever I get frustrated and have reached my max on creole for the day, I just say "hablas espanol?" in the middle of a group conversation and someone always says yes. It is wonderful. So thanks Jesus for that.

I hope yall are enjoying the cold and snow, I am enjoying my tan- sorry thats bragging. :) Pase bonwee. Oh, did you get that book I told you to get? You have to get it!