God is working on my heart. Teaching me what it means to really love. On my own, in my flesh, it’s hard-impossible really. So, I continually find myself reciting the words found in Corinthians.They are often quoted, shared, talked about. But, sometimes that means I skim over over them as if I know them or have mastered them. Not at all. The more I learn this scripture and repeat it, the more I realize I am lacking in showing true love.

I Corinthians 13:4-8

“Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preservers. Love never fails.”

WOOOHOOO!

The kitchen for OTB has arrived! We heard rumors it was on it’s way this week-but you never know with Haiti. So, each time a vehicle pulled into the campus, Brandon jumped up and would run into the courtyard in hopes it was our stuff. Finally, on Thursday and Saturday our pots and all the kitchen equipment arrived. Brandon drove the bobcat to off load all the heavy items. Then, he put it on a truck and it was driven to Port de Paix. What a stressful drive, as we bobbed along, holding these huge pots, trying to prevent them from bouncing right over the edge. Since we didn’t have a bobcat at the Port de Paix campus, we had to use man power instead. Mind you, each pot weighs about 800 lbs! Fifteen men worked together to lift the pot from the truck, lower it to the ground and carry to the storage depot. I had to document this on video, which almost caused my heart to stop beating. I was trying to video without watching…especially when one of them tripped over a gigantic rock along the way! The pot almost went down-but the guys muscled it all the way to the end! After we took inventory-only a few things are missing and a few things damaged. Most of the entire kitchen arrived in one piece. After knowing what it takes to get things here, the process of clearing customs, getting stuff off loaded and reloaded several times, and seeing how rough those men are with packages…this was nothing short of a miracle. Thank the Lord, He is good!

One of the things you can do when you visit Haiti is go on a walk to a waterfall. We went for the first time a few days ago, and it was wonderful! Of course, Brandon brought the gps, so we knew exactly how far we went. Almost nine miles round trip! Since it is so hard to get any exercise around here-we loved every minute.  You walk through the town of St. Louis, you experience many markets, pass people’s homes, wade in several rivers, go through in the jungle, pass people and animals everywhere-there was so much to see and experience! Once we got to the waterfall, we all went swimming. Even though we were very sweaty once we got there, it wasn’t too bad caused it had rained throughout our hike. The rain kept us cool and kept the sun from beating down on us.  It was a great way to see more of Haiti and get our old muscles working again!