Day 10 in Haiti

Today was a rest day....we played a few games and researched Haiti's history.  We had a nice chat with Pastor Marc on what his views are with leadership in his  church.  Here at Haiti Arise, he does not allow anyone who is not baptized, not living by the book, or conitnually repeating their sinful ways to hold title, represent, or participate in worship or leadership of any kind.  I am still digesting this.  Are we are North Americans so tolerant of each other or are Pastor Marcs views too narrow?  I am reminded of Matt 7:13-14
 "You can enter Gods kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.  But the gateway to  life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it." 

After lunch we went out to help put up a couple of walls on the medical centre.  This morning while we were inside they almost had major injuries as one of the 1700 lb pillars fell over and just missed a couple of the workers.   I met the guy who designed the building and I question whether they could have chosen a better construction method.  The Haitian works wear shorts and most where flip flops for safety shoes, so working with concrete pillars and panels that weight more than 1000 lbs might not be the best, but then I'm not the building expert.  And if the bobcat doesn't work, which is every other day, not much can be done to finish the project.

Nicole also helped out this afternoon.  The area where the are making the panels is muddy, so we grabbed a couple of shovels and threw rocks on the mud to level it out some.  Nicole should be sore tomorrow, more than she already is from the hard bed we sleep on. 

Tonight we decided it is movie night.  We are making popcorn and watching a movie on a big screen TV that they had still in the box.  It will be nice to relax and unwind.

Love from us all.