Bridges of Faith & Shower in a Bottle
Monday, February 15, 2010 at 10:48PM ;)
So, how are these related? Well, they describe the last half of my day.
Yesterday I turned on my phone to find messages from my Mom, Tom Benz & his wife Larissa. Several years ago Mom & Tom had worked together at Global Action. Tom now runs Bridges of Faith, an organization that works with international orphans and getting them adopted. Most of their work is in the Ukraine, but they felt a burden to help the new orphans of the Haitian earthquake.
Tom had mentioned in his newsletter that he was coming to PaP. Mom contacted him to let him know that I was here. A very long story short, I spent the later half of the afternoon with Tom & his team: Jerry, Andy & Polo. What great conversatios we had, discussing our experiences and plans for coming back for more work in the future.
They had spent last night in tents at a flattered orphanage. They brought us "home" & we in turn offered them a place to sleep, cold shower & hot meal for the night. They will be closer to the airport for their flight home tomorrow. God continues to amaze us in His provision. We had no transportation & they had nowhere to sleep for the night. Our cooks were awesome in extending dinner for extra mouths as well.
While at the hotel today several reporters from different organizations overheard our conversations and asked if they could document our clinic work in the outlying clinics. It will need to be cleared with Kristy tomorrow, but then NPR may end up following us one day this week. Keep your ears open.
Ok, so what is a shower in a bottle? Well, it's what happens when you are too sticky to go to bed but there isn't enough water pressure for the shower. Fabiola & I took turns filling my 20 oz water bottle from the tap and showering with that. One to wet down with & two to rinse. Cold water never felt so good!
The new team arrives tomorrow morning. The should be loading on the bus in La Romana now, leaving by 23h00 to be at the Haitian border at opening time. The new week begins in the morning.
Reader Comments (3)
Eva -
I just finished reading your entire blog. What an amazing experience you are having and God bless you and those that have come to help these people. Last night at dinner I thanked God for all of our blessings and thought of the Haitians living without the basic needs, home, food, clothing, water. Please continue to blog and document your experience as I feel it's really important work you are doing - and what a walk in faith! God bless and stay safe and healthy. Hugs! Paula
Eva,
You are in our thoughts, every day, we pray for your safety, enough food and good health. Now, we know we need to pray for a clean, nice shower for you.
2 Corinthians 9:6-7
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
May God continue to bless you and give you strength as you carry on with His important work! :-)