June 22 – Team 2 Arrives

Team 2 has arrived! All 39 people and luggage successfully made it
from Miami to Port-Au-Prince to the Chambrun property. We were greeted by Gain staff members Dave & Marilyn. As the onsite managers they gave us an orientation of the grounds.

For dinner our wonderful cook Deb from Mercy Chefs made the rice mix that we’ll be handing out in relief bags so that we when we distribute the food we will know exactly how it tastes. And it was delicious, especially after a long day of traveling.

Then we got to meet Pastor Pierre, Haiti National Director of Campus
Crusade for Christ and founder of Nehemiah Vision Ministries.

Pastor Pierre had everyone laughing and it was a very comforting welcome. As he described the flexibility necessary for working in Haiti he told us that Haiti has all the time but America has all the watches.

It rained a lot tonight and Pierre told us that every time it rains we
can take a few minutes to pray for all the Haitians in IDP camps
sleeping in soggy tents.

During our debrief of the day John shared with us Phillipians 1:27
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” We are praying that whatever comes our way we will conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel, on this trip and always.

Blog updates will be coming from a variety of people. Melody is
sending in pictures from her phone and a variety of staff and students
will be writing in. Hopefully it’s easy to follow.

-Lauren