No one can rain on our parade

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Sadly it was storming this morning and we didn't end up going over to Blackwood for our morning session to teach ESL.   Instead half of us work on donations distribution and the group I was a part of prepared our skit for Saturday's youth group.  It was a productive morning even though it wasn't what we originally planned.  We had quite a lot of free time at lunch to explore the island.  Walking along a sand bar out into the ocean.  We took the 3:00pm ferry to Eleuthera.  Our afternoon was full of playing with the children.  The weather cleared up and the afternoon was absolutely beautiful.  All of the children ran over to us.  Hugging us and instantly starting to play games.  I got to play volleyball against six of the Haitian girls.  Let's just say I lost... majorly.  However, it was extremely fun to play with them.  After the intense volleyball game, one of the younger girls grabs me by the hand takes me up onto the stage in the field and starts dancing.  Soon after Izzy(one of the teens on my team) starts playing music as more and more girls join our little dance party.  Our time in Blackwood went by so quickly.  Each of us on the team developed our own set of bonds with the Haitians and we are looking forward to what tomorrow has in store.

Once we got back to Spanish Wells we got to eat out at one of the restaurants on the island.  On our walk back to our house we did some impromptu Christmas caroling.  It is so incredible to be able to bring happiness to the people on Spanish Wells just by being silly (slap happy) teens and singing in front of their door.  Debriefing was a very impactful part of the day.  There is many moving parts to our time in Blackwood, so getting to hear how each person was impacted.  Or getting to hear the testimonies of the children and teens second hand is amazing.  


Prayer Request:  Pray for rejuvenated teens ~ Pray for the weather (if it rains no one will come out to the field/community center) ~ Pray that many adults come out for ESL so we can build trust with the adults in the community.






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