slow to speak

Last night was one of the Seminary's bi-weekly ministry presentations, a time that the staff and students have at Emmaus to present music, testimonies, and the work of the Seminary to visiting teams. These are always so enjoyable for Matt and I, and last night was no exception. Lily slept wonderfully throughout almost the entire thing, and we had special music from the 3rd and 4th year classes, a 2nd year student shared his testimony, a staff member shared a devotional, and several other staff members shared the ministry and importance of training up Bible-based pastors in Haiti.

It is always such a clarifying exercise for us both to be forced to put into words WHY training pastors is so important in Haiti, and WHY this is something that people can't HELP but need to get involved in...such a good reminder to us both why we are here and what great responsibility comes alongside this calling on our lives.




Pictured here is one of the current visiting professors teaching our second year class, and baby "Lee-Lee", sitting with "Granny" while I teach in the room across the hall. Giselaine talks to Lily throughout the hour, and when Lily is awake, she stares and stares at Giselaine, "listening" to every word she says. This will be a bi-lingual little one, for sure :) Though yesterday at lunch, when several of the guys were talking to Lily, and she just stared, one of them looked at the others, shrugged, and said, "Guess she doesn't speak Creole."

They may be disappointed to know that she doesn't speak English, either :) Soon enough! She's already growing up much too fast!