Haiti Day 7

This morning I was woken up by the sound of Mac’s feet running around in super tiny circles to get her cross country workout in for the day. After that it took me awhile to force my mind awake, but once I did I realized it was our last day working along side the community at Source de la Grace. I went to breakfast thinking how strange it is that in the very short time we’ve spent in Haiti it feels like home, and after spending only seven days together the amazing people on our team feel like family. Our breakfast was amazing as are all meals in Haiti courtesy to Francois and Angela, and if you were wondering all fruit in Haiti tastes 10000 times better than in America. After breakfast we crammed into the van and left for Source de la Grace around 8:30, and our car ride as always consisted of some of the most bizarre conversations strengthening our bonds even more. When we arrived we were automatically swarmed by the children, and where ever we went they followed. while we were there we played all sorts of games, we arm wrestled, played soccer, jumped rope, and a ton of hand games, but one of my favorite things to see in that first chunk of the morning was Bryce laying upside down on the tile stairs next to a little boy after playing out side for a little over an hour, but it wasn't just the fact they were laying next to each other it was also that the little boy would do whatever Bryce did and he just looked up to him and you could just feel the love radiate off of them. Next we went over to the children's home, because before we were in the church (its all on one compound), and when we went over there we were surrounded by the joy and the kids, but I immediately noticed that there was a little girl, Sarah, crying, but Emily Green was over there with her ready to help her in whatever way she could because God was pouring his love into her and giving her the kind of heart to go to her and do something. Next we went to eat lunch of amazing peanut sandwiches made by the rockstars Mac and Liz, and PG brought his artwork and it was amazing to see how God blessed every single one of us with a different gift and was working through us to do his will. After lunch we went back out to play with the kids and I finally saw Christlove, the girl I connected with the most in the orphanage and we jumped rope played volleyball and hand games, then she decided she wanted to do my hair… I can now officially say I've gotten corn rows (probably the most painful hairstyle ever), but you can ask any of my teammates, including the guys, it is completely and totally worth every single second of it because of how happy it makes them to be able to play with your hair. After they played with our hair for hours we left for a little while to stop at the Good Market and then the guest house. At the market we got mainly cultural food, Niaya, Mac, and I got this cool Haitian pina colada drink, and Bryce and Liz bought us a ton of the Haitian version of ramen noodles for tomorrow night. Next we went to the Guest house and had some relaxing time and played games and just sat around and talked, then we loaded up into the van to go back to Source de la Grace for youth and goodbyes. I think youth is absolutely beautiful, because they sing and they have such sweet voices, and when they pray everyone prays out loud at once and it makes like this beautiful song like chant because of all the different things being prayed for in two different languages. Also tonight at youth Grace, Esther, Emily Green, Kristie, and some people from the church  shared their testimonies beautifully. Afterwards I was called over by four girls and we sat and played games and ate s’mores until we had to leave and say our goodbyes. It was so hard to say goodbye but it felt good to know we were able to make connections with the people in such a short amount of time. When we got back to the guest house we ate dinner and had a devotional and went to sleep around midnight. good bye *waving hand*         

-Sydney