Stories

Today we heard many stories. As we visited the mass grave outside of Port-au-Prince for earthquake victims, as we visited Jude Jean Paul and his mother who so faithfully attends to him for his day-to-day special needs, as we toured Grace Village orphanage and met the thrilled new residents at their mountainside home -- vibrant in color, activity, and joy, and as we gathered as a team after supper to share our respective word-of-the-day, we learned bits and pieces of stories: of history, of provision, of vision, of legacy, and of reflection.

Today we were curious about untold stories. As we passed the soccer game where every player on both teams had lost a limb and was using a crutch to maneuver the field, as we glimpsed into the eyes of many onlookers on the side of the busy road from our bench seats in the back "cage" of the HH vehicle, as we massaged the limbs of some elders we briefly visited while singing for them and praying over them, and as some of us reflected on "being called" we wondered about the rest of the story: of resilience, of challenges and triumphs, of perseverance, and of finding purpose.

Today we reflected on how we are going to be able to share our stories of this journey. Will people back home be open to more than a one or two-word answer to "how was your trip"?

However the stories in our day unfold and whether we know all the details or not, we put our heads on our pillows tonight confident that God knows every aspect of our personal stories and wants to be intimately present in that story he has planned for us.

Sandy