Church and rice!

This morning some of us went to a sister church (Tapion) of Haiti Arise.  This came from providing a children's ministry in their community.  This morning the pastor asked the people to raise their hand if they accepted Christ after the earthquake.  The majority of the people raised their hands.  Some of the children recited memory verses.  David prayed for the people and gave them a blessing from Canada.  It was a service that is so hard to describe.  Even though it is in another language, the Spirit of God spoke to each of us there.  This service started at 7:30 in the morning.  We had to leave at 9:00 because we were to attend the service back at the campus at Haiti Arise. 

The service at Haiti Arise contrasted the other in a few ways.  There were more people at Haiti Arise,  we had to walk up mountain terrain to get the Tapion church, music at one, accapulla at the other.  Both were fabulous.  Jean gave a good message at the Haiti Arise church.  At this church they started with prayer at 8:00 and the service at 9:00.  It was finished at 11:00.

In the afternoon we went back to the sister church to hand out rice.  The sacs held 8 bags and each bag held about 8 lbs each.  We had planned for 200 but over 400 showed up.  We will be taking some back next sunday to the church for the families that did not receive any.

To get the rice there, it was stacked in a smaller taptap and on the roof of the van.  So some of the guys rode on top of the van.  They liked it so much that they rode both ways.