Haiti Update

Hi from the IOWAY Haiti Team,

We flew from Omaha to Dallas to Miami and finally landed in Port au Prince at 4:40 yesterday afternoon.  The airport was a pleasant surprise, nice big building with restooms.  We were greeted by Reginald who collected our luggage and stacked it in the dump truck.  We rode a van at least 3 hours to Jacmel where we went to Pastor Marky's restaurant for supper.  They served fried chicken, seafood pasta, salad and french fries.  We then went back to the guest house, our home for the week, for devotions and a much needed good night's rest.  Today, we are getting used to the heat and higher elevation.  Everyone is feeling sluggish. Worship service started at 8:00 this morning.  Nathan our interpreter along with the choir, sang a beautiful song in English for us.  Nathan was lead vocalist backed up by the choir.  We were not able to understand the language but we could follow the order of service as they followed the Divine Service. We were really moved by the 5 people who became children of God through Baptism.  After lunch we will be planning our week with Sydney, Pastor Marky's wife.  We plan to take the children from the Lutheran Village Orphanage.  30 children and our team will spend the day on the beach.  We hope to keep in touch this year as we are able to get internet at the guest house when we have power.  We send our love to all of you.  Please forward our message to friends and family for us.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers.