What a great day! We all did it! What a great feeling today having a chance during the Thanksgiving Service to think back over the past year and realize how much has been accomplished, how much He has done and moved, how He has put us all together and worked through EBS as His Body. Taking a few hours at the end of the school year to reflect and praise Him was such a great idea!
A few highlights...
Despite the fact that I am 36 weeks pregnant, COUNTLESS people this week have mistaken Lisa for being me, and she is constantly feeling rude when people start talking to her in Creole, wait for her to respond, and then she can't even explain to them that she is NOT me.
We had a great turnout made up of students and staff, lots of past students, area pastors and other Christian leaders from Northern Haiti.
Excellent, Jean Marie and Devicouer all did solo performances....
...and Lily fell asleep soon after. I also got some great pictures of several other people sleeping throughout the service, but I'm saving them for future use :)
Matt broke the Haitian tradition of keeping formal services VERY formal by joking around a bit and by calling on several sleeping students...
...which got laughs from them as well.
Belony was also able to come for the first time in a long time and take part in the ceremony. It ended after 2.5 hours with a special communion service...a great way to finish.
Then, everyone shared in a huge meal of goat (poor Speckles was purchased on Wednesday, Lily fell in love, and then eaten on Friday) chicken (which Lily took to the new chicken coop and tried to feed to the baby chickens), spicy pasta, rice and beans, plantain, beets and salad.
As always, we feel so blessed to a be a part of the Emmaus Community, and I personally was really overjoyed and touched today to have so many students come find us before heading home for vacation just to thank us and make their prayers known. For all the days that we work as teachers and administrators and missionaries, all that ever really matters is that we have real relationships with the brothers and sisters that He has shared with us.
I feel gifted, as well, that He has given us all the strength and endurance and energy, patience, perseverance and good health to finish this year well! Six months ago with our Sofie-scare, I didn't think I'd even get to be a part of this semester. To have seen its' successful completion today was a gift and blessing. He has been, is and continues to be so Faithful, not because of who or what we are or do, but simply because He Is.
Thank you for all your prayers!
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