Day 3 - Water Truck Day! (Suns Out, Guns Out!)

Today was the second day of service, and we started it out with a visit to the Elder School. The school was located in Cite Soleil, the poorest slum in Haiti. Our visit was interrupted by a peace protest, which distracted all of the students. After that, we delivered water to three different sites, where we were warmly greeted. While some of the team helped fill buckets, the rest played with and loved on all the little kids from the surrounding neighborhood. One of the things that stood out the most was the desperation and need for water, which was obvious among the people waiting for us to fill their buckets. It even got to the point where people would fight for water, and some of the fights were alarmingly intense. Water is the most important thing for everyone, but we were their only source of water, so it is clear why they were desperate. After we finished delivering water at the last site, we drove back to the guest house and swam in the pool, decompressing. We were all exhausted from playing with the kids, but we still had enough energy to be beaten by the local kids in a pickup soccer game. We finished out the day with some great discussion in our devotional time, and we all look forward to an early bed time tonight. It was an eye-opening, exhausting and exciting day, but we can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for us tomorrow!
Max Crandall & Josiah Horn