From Mack and Leann's guide to Short-Term Missions
They have a glossary of words in the back of this book. Thought a couple were interesting.
packing. It is tempting to pack everything you think you may possibly need. Resist this temptation. Not only will you wind up with a lot of heavy baggage to haul around, you may be embarrassed at your extravagant abundance compared to your host's humble existence. Westerners can all learn to live with less. Keep clothing down to three or four outfits; leave appliances like hair dryers at home; don't take a lot of things to do; rather, plan on spending time with your hosts.
They also have another listing for the word baggage which pretty much says the same thing.
flexibility. The mantra of crosscultural living is flexibility. Not only is everything done differently, but even the best laid strategy may not work. We need to adapt to whatever situation presents intself instead of focusing on our spoiled plans.
Here is an aerial view of where we will be staying. We are on Delmas 75! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Delmas+75+port+au+prince+haiti&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.51141,113.90625&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17
See you all tomorrow at 7pm!
Bible verse:
"Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning, a furios storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him saying, 'Lord, save us! We're going to drown!' He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm"
"Jezi moute nan kannòt la, disip li yo pati avèk li. 24Antan yo sou lanmè a, yo rete konsa yon gwo van vin leve. Lanm lanmè yo t'ap kouvri kannòt la. Jezi menm t'ap dòmi lè sa a. 25Disip yo pwoche bò kote li. Yo souke l', yo fè l' leve. Yo di l' konsa: Mèt, sove nou non. Se mouri n'ap mouri. 26Jezi di yo: Poukisa nou pè konsa? Ala moun manke konfyans! Apre sa, Jezi leve kanpe, li pale byen fò ak van an ansanm ak dlo a. Lamenm yon gwo kalmi fèt."
Matthew 8:23-26
Creole:
Sorry I haven't had many Creole words in these emails. Hopefully you all have been able to listen to your CDs, that is really the way Alicia and I learned a lot of phrases.
Kids:
Macarel is an independent and creative child who loves sports and games. He is well-known (amongst the boys at MdL) for the incredible kites he makes out of trash lying on the ground. He can make a game out of an old shoe and a wire that will keep him fascinated for hours. He has a sweet personality and gentle nature.
Our youngest resident at the girls home is four year old Cendy. Her mother intended to abandoned her by leaving here in one of Haiti's worse slums. Cendy is a very sensitive and sweet girl. Quiet and somewhat withdrawn, Cendy has stolen the hearts of all of our workers. She is really doing well in our preschool program and is laughing and enjoying her new friends. We love having her at the home and look forward to seeing her grow up to be a young lady after God's own heart.
Prayer Requests
from bill:
Dear Lucas,
Thanks for thinking of us. There is a lot going on... getting kids into school, preparing new guesthouse, re-orienting ourselves, the Hope Haiti Walk, looking ahaed to Christmas, etc.
Our prayer is that we will daily submit ourselves to Christ, to die daily, to cast off our flesh and bathe in the Spirit, that he might live and reign within us.
For the wisdom to make the right decisions daily for His glory.
That we not be discouraged when the need seems bigger than we could ever possibly help.
To ALWAYS remember that we have something we can offer -- prayer that is powerful and works!
That our children would learn to live each day for His glory.
That every MDL child would surrender their will for the glory of our Lord.
That Haiti would recognize their sins (voodoo, especially), repent and let Christ heal their land.
On the day to day stuff...
We are praying for the funds to allow us to move out of our house so the Hojaras can move upstairs and we can move our transition program and school downstairs
We are praying for roughly $200 per month to continue to support the neighborhood children education program.
We are praying for more sponsors for the MDL children
Praying for our microbusiness program: For U.S. businessmen to help us star-up businesses the older children can run
For the many desperate parents and relatives who have come (almost daily) to us for help -- so their children can get education, food, medical care, etc. or with requests for their children to live in our orphanage when we no longer have the funds/space/resources to assist.
from brittany:
* The Hope Walk, safe trip, enjoyable time, and that we are able to raise enough money to send the kids to school.
* Unity among staff and leaders ( Not that there is disunity but I know it's always something good to pray for)
* We have a few Bible studies going on. Pray that the Lord can really teach through us and that we can give the kids solid teaching from the word.
*Our relationships: family to family, family to friends, husband to wife, wife to husband, friend to child etc. Pray that we can walk in love and that God would continue to strongly unite us.
* The people at the gate. Just yesterday we had a few people coming with children wanting us to take them. Continual wisdom on what to do.
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