This post is just some of the interesting things that happened to our team while on our trip in Haiti, as we all prepared for outreach we had no idea that the words of our leader "just role with it."would become our teams slogan.... and if you will continue to read you will see why.
Nothing But Our Carry Ons.
Back in Kona while I was praying for outreach, one of my prayers was to really learn how to be one of Jesus's disciples, and one of the stories from the bible that I would often read was the story where Jesus sent out his disciples with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Well one thing I learnt was to be careful what you pray for because that literally happened. Upon landing in Haiti our team was informed that some where along the way our bags had all been lost. Yes lost.....and off we went in a taptap with nothing but our carry ons, and with absolutely no clue as to when our team would ever see our bags. by day 3 everyone emptied out all the food they had brought in their carry ons and plunked in down on the table, and the communal pot was started. All though we didn't have anything but the few things we had in our carry ons, God definitely used those moments so draw our group together, and to teach us what it means to live in community. We tried to hold out as long as we could to buy stuff like soap and toothbrushes, which we couldn't get in our town anyways, but by day 4 we all headed down to Saint Marc to get shampoo and toothbrushes, by this point no one (except for a few and Eunjee and Jason who shared a toothbrush) had brushed their teeth since leaving Kona 6 days before. However by day 7 we finally saw our precious bags! All though this was a bit of a rough situation, I believe that it was also one of my most favorite times during outreach. This being because of the way our team was able to bond, there was no distractions and no one saying "that's mine" or "who used my shampoo"we all had to learn to share, and really trust God that he had everything under control. I also got exactly what I prayed for, the chance to really know what it means to leave everything behind and fallow Christ even if it means I wouldn't have a clean pair of clothes the next day.
That is bon bagay ampil! :)
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