Lifesaver

Not the candy ~ the actual two words life saver is where I went today with 9 of the girls while they had a day off from school.  You see, a team who came through the guesthouse back in November asked us what the girls needed.  Our answer was not in the realm of clothes/school supplies and the like.  Instead it was an opportunity to serve in Haiti, the way so many people serve them through sponsorship and prayers.  Fast forward to today, we were able to buy rice, beans, cornmeal, flour, sugar and oil with their donation.  Our trusted friend Serge joined us on this adventure and we were even able to buy some items at his wife’s new store!  We prayed, sang along to songs on the radio and eventually arrived ~11am.  The children at lifesaver were in the midst of school in the only building they know for school/church/meals/sleep, but we were welcomed with open arms by the pastor that oversees it all.  I am not sure who was blessed more – the children we visited or our girls and me.  The girls were the ones that explained why we were there and helped carry food into the orphanage.  The girls were the ones that I tried to round up when we were leaving, only to find 3 of them – including one of our tough little ones - helping put a little boy in his bed for a nap and soothing his cries with kisses on his forehead.  The girls were the ones who when we were back in the gro machine gris (big gray van) talked and shared with heavy hearts, knowing the children they visited don’t always get to eat 3 meals a day like they do.  This was my first trip to lifesaver, but Lord willing not the last.  There was a lot difficult about this visit, but it was an awesome opportunity to bless another orphanage and hopefully plant some seeds that will help develop the character of our girls as they mature into Godly women in Haiti.