These people have really grown on me. They endure so much, and yet are completely dependent on His sovereign mercy and grace. I hope to be able to spend some time in Petite Rivierre with the entire family next summer between semesters at To Every Tribe.
This last trip was really bitter sweet. We have helped with several projects on 4 different trips to Haiti. We have seen so much need. We have met so many resilient, strong people.
And we have only really been up and down two small dirt roads outside of Gonaives.
Haiti is everything we have seen and more, multiplied a thousand times across the whole country.
The depth of the need there boggles the mind. We can only do what we can with what we have and trust in God's sovereign plan which we know is for our good and His glory. It's really hard to see that plan when you are in the valley. I saw this exemplified as we climbed a hill on the edge of the valley that the river beside Holy Bible School runs through. When we reached the top and looked across the valley you could see 100's of acres of lush green farm land all of which was almost completely invisible from the dry dusty roads that meandered through the villages. I mentioned this to Roger Hill. He replied that, "We sometimes forget that God always sees things from up here." It's His plan, in His time. It may seem like we are in a desolate lonely place, but He can see the good that will come at the end of that dusty road...
Hopefully this video can accurately tell the story not only of the work we have done, but of the heart and drive of some of the people we have met along the way.
Petite Rivierre des Bayonnaise, Haiti 2011 from Jeremy Sanders on Vimeo.
