Volunteers

Laying a Foundation, Part 6 Friday Afternoon After breakfast (and seeing Chuck off to the airport—see Part 5 of this series for the story), some of the team went to finish work on the church while the rest of us focused on tying up loose ends at the Children’s Home. Our work with the kids went quickly, and we were saying goodbye after only a couple of hours. We went back to the compound, where we found the guys building a wardrobe cabinet and working on solar panels. We hung out with them [...]

Praying Persistently During my visit to Haiti in September with a small volunteer team, I wasn’t expecting Poyis to ask me to preach on Sunday. So when he did, I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. Our philosophy at Connect 2 is to NOT have Americans preach because we want Haitians to see their own preachers bring God’s Word. I checked with Greg and both of us agreed that it would be good for me to be visible in front of the church, so they will know who I am.  Fortunately, you learn [...]

Building Hope for a Bigger Future, Part 1 Friday Afternoon Lunch came. It really helped to eat and rest a little sitting at the table. The temperature was 93, but the humidity made it feel like it was over 100. We got back to the Mercy Home around 1:30, and we were back at it by 1:45. But, right before we started, a really neat thing happened. In fact, this was one of the best highlights of the trip… Pastor Poyis, brought many of the Secondary School boys and girls over from the [...]