Week 1

I have been here about a week now and have spent each day in meetings. The first several days were with just the team as we talked through our top strengths individually and as a team. We discussed the cultural challenges that can come up working on an international team as well as working in Haiti.

By Monday we had 30 people here who are part of the Haiti Constortium (Haitian Partners, US churches, International Church). We spent the next few days in meetings talking through what it looks like to bring the vision of the Consortium to a reality in Haiti. “To see an indigenous, disciple making and multiplying church, with in walking distance of every Haitian, which demonstrates and engages in proclaiming the transforming power of the gospel.”  

Some of the topics included disciple making and the Haitian worldview. Each night my head was spinning as I sat all day listening to these Haitian men who have incredible influence in their country, talk about what the need is in Haiti and how we can play a role in that and how the Haitian Church has just as much to give to the American church as well. The issues such as disciple making and world views are just as much of an issue in America as they are in Haiti. It was cool to see how we can learn from one another.

The last six months have been an emotional roller coster with incredible highs and really difficult situations. The last three months have been a whirlwind of getting ready to come here. Combine those with little time to process through it all with the fact that I am now in a foreign county for the next three months and that makes for a melt down my first night in Haiti!

Actually the melt down started at the airport and continued on the airplane. My dear friends sent cards with me, with the intention of reading one a day…well, I hadn’t even made it to Miami before I had them all opened. 

But God has been gracious to me and each day has been a little better than the one before. I am looking forward to figuring out more of what my role will be while I am here!

And once I figure out how to get pictures from my phone to my computer to this blog, you might actually be able to see a bit of Haiti...maybe... :)