Traveling!

Bonswa! back home, it's been a long day of traveling.  The flight from Minneapolis to Miami was uneventful, all 25 of our donation bags made it onto the plane with no issues!  The layover in Miami was longer than intended, due to the weather.  The flight to Port-au-Prince was uneventful, if you were lucky enough to sit on the right side of the plane you were able to see the mountain's as we were coming in.  Beautiful, green, rolling hills.  Landed, and collected all 25 of our bags (Praise God!)  Loaded all the bags (over 40, including carry-on's) and everyone (15 people) on the tap tap (yes it was a little cramped!) and headed to the guest house.  A wonderful spaghetti dinner was waiting for us when we arrived.  We had devotional time, and free time.  Tomorrow we are scheduled to do 3 water truck stops in Cite Soleil.  This being my 3rd time here I'm still just as excited as the first time I was here to see all the kiddos and getting hold and love them.  I know that the team is very excited for tomorrow as well.    Jacki

First impressions from a newbie....
 - Of the group coming together.  One word of the day which was greeted with many nodded heads: Fellowship. Much laughter, and cooperation!
 - Of anticipation, in the days ahead and the opportunity to serve.     "Hearts will break, but the Lord will not leave them broken."       The doubts creep in; the anxiety can creep close to the surface, but the positive emotion and this team overwhelms them.
 - Of excitement.....what feels better than true service to others?      I feel that I am on this trip for selfish reasons, and pray that I am able to open my heart and make this trip about God, serving with humility, and living in the moment with compassion, and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.   Mike