Sunday, June 12, 2011

Sunday a day of worship and rest. We began with a quick breakfast at Walls and then we were off to church. We took off for church at 9 and hunted for the church. We went to one church and we were supposed to meet Patrick at the church. But Patrick was not there then we discovered we were at the wrong church. The church we were supposed to be at was down the road so we found the right church and Patrick and family arrived shortly after we did. We were ushered to the platform and sat behind the pulpit.
I am particularly impressed with the energy of worship in Haiti. The songs we sang in the first service were traditional hymns and even though they were not sung in a fast pace they were sung with energy and enthusiasm.
I was invited to preach this morning and since it was Pentecost Sunday I preached on the Acts 2 text.
I tried to stress to the people this morning how we need to be open to the Spirit of God and how God looks at all of us the same. We have a need to move as a people to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just like there was confusion at Pentecost when people spoke in tongues. There is often confusion when the spirit moves in our lives. We need to be willing to explain to people that it is the power of God moving in our life.
After the first service we went to another service at the edge of City Soliel. We were at this church a year ago and their building last year was surrounded by tents. The walls had fallen down and the roof was being held up by poles. Today the walls were back up and the building was great.
At both churches there was a special prayer for Karen for her upcoming surgery.
We then went to Deli Mart and bought some supplies and changed some money.
Then back to Walls for R&R.

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