Haiti Day 11

Here are some more photos.  The lady carrying the sword fish was amazing, she must have carried for at least 2 kms to get to the compound.

Anica and I studied James this morning; went to a craft shop to look at all the really amazing Haitian artwork, while Dad and Noah built a garage ( toy one for his cars) and built a step for the completed playground unit.  Its an amazing unit; fully used by all the 200+ school kids! 

Tomorrow is Halloween.  Its not celebrated here.  I asked around and was told it's when evil spirits are worshiped.  I never really gave Halloween much more thought other than kids getting candy and dressing up.  Anica was listening to an Adventure in Odyssey today and asked me to come and listen with her.  It was about why Whit did not celebrate Halloween.  After I listened I did a little research and soon realized that it is a holiday based on Pagan traditions.   If you are interested scroll down and click on link to the Christian web page. 

 http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?id=611&rc=1&list=multi

God spoke very clearly to our family on this matter.  It is no coincidence that  we listened to this particular Odyssey, that Halloween is tomorrow and that we were called to Haiti .  Charles and I  are now questioning many of the "rituals" that we fall into without really informing ourselves or even asking the Lord about it.  I know for our family there are many and on a personal level multitudes.  I thank Jesus for dying for our many sins!  What an amazing sacrifice that none of us of truly worthy of!

We ended the day with a swim in the Caribbean.  It is very beautiful and clear we can see the fish.    We are told there is a hurricane watch in effect.  We are watching its progression online.  The chances are low!  We are not worried...at worse case it will rain hard and be a little windy.

Charles & Nicole