First Baptist Church Mathiston

We arrived in Haiti around 4 and drove to Good Shepard Orphanage for the week. We are so excited to see what the Lord has in store for us!! 

We started off the day visiting Pastor Valcourt at his church in Mariani. It was a beautiful service! They were super welcoming, and allowed a few of us to go up on stage to share. 

At the church, we got fed a delicious lunch before heading back to gso to relax. 

At around 3, we were introduced to Ashcah, a place for disabled people to be taught and taken care of. Even though they have hearts and souls just like us, being cast out of society is the norm for them. It's awesome that we get to work alongside Ashcah this week so they can know how loved they are! 

It was a perfect night for basketball too!! 

Today a few of us walked around the community to meet people in Mariani and pray with them. Jesus really pushed us out of our comfort zones but everyone was so bold and got to speak a lot of truth!! 

We also passed buckets of concrete to fill the base of the playground for the church! As always, there was a lot of help from kids. 

Every day, Good Shepard Orphanage gives lunch to the kids from the community!

There was a huge task for us this morning moving cinder blocks, cement, and a HUGE pile of rocks. Everyone was in superhero mode and got it all finished by noon! 

After lunch and the feeding program, we spent the rest of the afternoon at Ashcah, spending time with the people there. It is amazing how much joy each of them have! We would love prayers for energy as tomorrow is our last day of work. 

Our last day of construction was today, and we moved a lot of cement for the playground! There were also a few people who did community outreach. 

We helped GSO with the feeding program again today. The kids were even feeding it to each other! 

For our recreation day, we got to go to the beach and Haiti Made! A few of us got to visit Ashcah again, while the rest had a relaxing afternoon with the kids at Good Shepard. The Lord did some incredible things this week!!