
I stood under the grass shack and blue tarpaulin. Eyes wide and heart bursting.
She was the tiniest little girl I have ever seen. Milky light brown skin and tight black curls on her delicate head. Tiny little limbs. I didn't want to touch her in case I broke her. Resting in the loving arms of her mother. Next to her mother stood her big brother - a 2 year old by the name of Kevin (that's my Dad's name I thought)
"Koumon ou rele?"
"What is your name?" I asked the mother. Lovely. Her name was Lovely. Perfect description.
"Kil ouj ou?"
"How old are you?" She was 22...I'm almost 22...
I looked at the precious delicate life her arms was overwhelmed. Her baby was only 8 days old. But this little girl, Kristen, is 2 months premature. 2 MONTHS. My thoughts: Oh Jesus! How is this beautiful scrap of life going to survive here!
Unbearable heat and humidity. Plastic tent. One room. No electricity. No running water. No nutrition.
Lovely, her husband and little Kevin were in Port au Prince when the earthquake hit...everything was destroyed. All gone in a moment. They have been in this tent for 7 months.
I looked in her eyes and was surprised to see something very rare here - hope. She said that she was excited because next week her family would be moving into a house. This house is the first one of many that YWAM Saint Marc are building for the families from this tent city.
Today, my heart was broken. She's my age...how are our lives so different!? Lovely is just one of the people we met in this tent city. This is only one of the stories I heard. All of them leave me at a loss for words.
In a weeks time we will be living in this tent city running a week long Discipleship Training School and just building relationships and loving. I can't wait!
Keep praying for our team. The 200 hour burn is turning out to be much greater than us - it's so much bigger than a good idea. This is a heaven sent strategy. VERY very exciting! Meeting with 200 pastors on Wednesday to present it to them. Our leader presented it to a presidential candidate today as well which is awesome.
I have so many stories...will wait for another time.
Love love love
Kerri
She was the tiniest little girl I have ever seen. Milky light brown skin and tight black curls on her delicate head. Tiny little limbs. I didn't want to touch her in case I broke her. Resting in the loving arms of her mother. Next to her mother stood her big brother - a 2 year old by the name of Kevin (that's my Dad's name I thought)
"Koumon ou rele?"
"What is your name?" I asked the mother. Lovely. Her name was Lovely. Perfect description.
"Kil ouj ou?"
"How old are you?" She was 22...I'm almost 22...
I looked at the precious delicate life her arms was overwhelmed. Her baby was only 8 days old. But this little girl, Kristen, is 2 months premature. 2 MONTHS. My thoughts: Oh Jesus! How is this beautiful scrap of life going to survive here!
Unbearable heat and humidity. Plastic tent. One room. No electricity. No running water. No nutrition.
Lovely, her husband and little Kevin were in Port au Prince when the earthquake hit...everything was destroyed. All gone in a moment. They have been in this tent for 7 months.
I looked in her eyes and was surprised to see something very rare here - hope. She said that she was excited because next week her family would be moving into a house. This house is the first one of many that YWAM Saint Marc are building for the families from this tent city.
Today, my heart was broken. She's my age...how are our lives so different!? Lovely is just one of the people we met in this tent city. This is only one of the stories I heard. All of them leave me at a loss for words.
In a weeks time we will be living in this tent city running a week long Discipleship Training School and just building relationships and loving. I can't wait!
Keep praying for our team. The 200 hour burn is turning out to be much greater than us - it's so much bigger than a good idea. This is a heaven sent strategy. VERY very exciting! Meeting with 200 pastors on Wednesday to present it to them. Our leader presented it to a presidential candidate today as well which is awesome.
I have so many stories...will wait for another time.
Love love love
Kerri
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