Sand fleas, Brothel Women, and Tortuga

All the other interns came in so it's much less quiet. I had to move out of my dad's house into the girls' dorm. I got eaten alive by sandfleas the firat night. But now it's all better. I am really looking forward to the relationships with the girls this summer! I hope we get close throughout this time on Haiti together.

Yesterday morning we got to hear some amazing stories of voodoo from pne of pur bosses, Jody. She told us that Before the churxh that is across the street from the mission was built there Were some Haitians Wanting to practice voodoo on that property but the mission wouldn't let them. So the voodoo people came and some of the women went down to stop them. The voodoo people could have easily gone around them but they wanted to bully the Christians into leaving. 3 women began to sing every song they knew with the name Jesus in it. The voodoo people threw snakes and rats and even urine on the 3 woman but they didnt break the line. Young children from the Nutrition program at the mission knew the songs and went up to join the line. The voodoo people threw rocks at them but the Christians were never hit. Every Haitian who was there will attest the truth of that story. The voodoo people never weakened the Christians' determination to not break the line.

Yesterday we tried to go to Bonneau and Ansefelor but the bus broke down (#haitiprobs) so we went through the market and the jail. We got to go into the local jail and pray with the inmates. Most of them asked us to pray that they would get out of jail. It was interesting to see their open desire for God now that they were in jail. I spent the rest of the day with the orphanage girls in their rooms, playing with babies, and braiding hair.

Today we went to Tortuga and took a tour of the island. We then spent time labeling mattresses. I walked over to the orphanage and spent some time with them and baby Moses. He was left by a river to die with his feet sliced open so he would die faster. A woman found him and brought him to the mission and now he loves with the orphanage "Mama", Madame Robert.

Overall this summer has already been amazing and it's only been 5 days. God is so evident here and people are so thirsty for him. I'm really excited to start getting teams in next week! Gonna be an interesting few days!