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the road... In a moment, we saw a river that snaked the mountains, and at various points, was mixed with the road. The rivers course has changed with the earthquake and in many places we could see an attempt to get it back to the riverbed, but it insists in rising above the barriers. What used to be a wide and full of life river, has now some points with water fillets, which chosen to follow other ways. A few places we could notice it deeper, where e could find lot of residents washing their clothes, drinking water, taking shower, giving water to the animals, children playing happy... Along the roadside, some cows and a lot of goats shared green pastures with trees full of mangoes, which appeared impressive before our eyes, accompanied by some banana, sweet potatoes and sugar cane plantations. Different from the population that lives in the city, the people who live in the country looks more relaxed and well fed. Along the road we met brothers who were going to the service: everyone well dressed, with the girls looking really princess with braided hair made with much care and colorful beads. At the foot of a beautiful mountain covered with banana plantations, we saw a simple construction built with wooden columns, tin roof and walls made of wire mesh, that housed the place where service was made: a simple and welcoming construction, that meet the brothers who were coming and welcoming us with a broad smile, a handshake and a cheerful Bonnjour! While adults were taking their sits to start the Sunday Bible School, the children around 50, gathered in the adjacent building comprising three classrooms made of cement blocks. Smiles and graceful greetings accompanied their entry. Rosita introduced us, and we started the story of Book without Words. The bright and colorful pictures reflected in the eyes of the very interested children that absorbed every word. A bracelet with the colors representing the story was given to them, and many of the children were quick to repeat it. Rosita rejoiced and laughed with the joy of the children, and that was contagious to all of us. What a privilege to serve the Lord on that place.In the afternoon the program was geared toward children: Around 100 of them gathered to listen to stories, watch some plays, sing and praise the Lord. Childrens songs taught in Portuguese were quickly translated into Criolo: joy and praise echoed through the mountains.Adults gathered to play soccer, and there was no lack of joy and laughs all the time, Brazilians and Haitians understood very well with the ball. Unfortunately, all of the moments were happy. One team went to visit brother Maxo s house, who lose his brother. Maxo told us that his brother was completing 21 years old yesterday, and also that he was very happy with the soccer championship that he was organizing with three churches in town. The consolation that the family finds in Lord, is that his brother was a fervent and dedicated servant to the Lord. It
does not decrease the pain, but give comfort to their hearts. On Friday the watchman who takes care pf the mission headquarters lost his mother. Beyond the pain that families feel, the financial situation is also an aggravating factor: to bury their dead, families spend about $ 600, money that they don t have. Our team could show love in a practical way by raising an offer to help these two families. The body remains at the funeral home one week to one month, family members are not "veiling" the dead, but visiting the bereaved family to hold on to each other. Let s pray for them: Maxo and Joe. Tomorrow we ll have a day full of things to do. A lot of work building and visiting people in the community. The night activities begin and our expectations regarding the ministry here multiply.Lord gives us His grace.Astrit Grunhagen
Estes foram dias bem especiais onde pudemos ver a mao de Deus no controle de todas as coisas, inclusive das forcas da natureza e do tempo que ainda dispomos aqui. No domingo boa parte da equipe trabalhou na parte da tarde para reconstruir uma das tendas da clinica que havia sido destruida pelo furacao. Ontem dia 27, um forte temporal atingiu novamente a regiao e a tenda que havia sido reconstruida, foi novamente destruida, desta vez tendo todos os ferros retorcidos. Alguns pacientes que estavam aguardando o atendimento tentaram segurar a tenda, mas foi em vao. Nossa equipe lamentou muito o ocorrido, mas sem duvida tem aprendido o significado da palavra perseverar. Novamente todos retornaram a clinica para ajudar nossos irmaos haitianos no que fosse preciso. Ontem recebemos o desafio de construir uma casa, mas somente hoje de manha (dia 28) conseguimos o material necessario para comecar a levantar a casa do irmao Watso. Nao foi possivel conclui-la, mas alguns irmaos haitianos colocaram-se a disposicao para ajudar o irmao a termina-la. Vamos orar para que a casa seja finalizada e a familia possa ter um lugar digno para morar. Enquanto uma parte da equipe ainda tentava finalizar o trabalho iniciado no Orfanato da Mamassita, na Clinica e na casa do Watso, outra parte da equipe foi visitar o Orfanato dirigido por Jasmine. O orfanato reune 56 criancas entre meninos e meninas. Cerca de quarenta e cinco criancas possuem ou pai, ou mae, ou ainda um responsavel, no entanto nao tem condicoes, pelas mais diversas razoes, de cuidar e alimentar as criancas. Sete criancas foram encontradas nas ruas e nao se sabe a origem dos pais. Somente quatro criancas nao tem nem pai e nem mae. Quatro criancas sao deficientes mentais e fisicas que necessitam de muito cuidado. O orfanato ja existia antes do terremoto, mas com os tremores tudo veio abaixo e orfanato foi reconstruido com placas de madeira e folhas de zinco para abrigar as criancas. O lugar e muito limpo e organizado, e apesar das condicoes serem precarias as criancas recebem alem de todo o cuidado aulas de alfabetizacao em criolo e ingles. Como toda crianca de instituicao, sao extremamente carentes e logo se achegam aos visitantes fazendo questao de recebe-los com abracos e afeto. Gostariamos de poder responder a pergunta que as criancas do orfanato nos fizeram: Voce vai voltar? Apos todo o trabalho intenso dos dois ultimos dias, a equipe foi convidada/convocada para jogar futebol com jovens da comunidade. Ja existe um trabalho de evangelismo e discipulado que e realizado entre eles. Varias pessoas da comunidade vieram participar e a torcida foi grande! O Torneio de futebol teve como objetivo fortalecer este trabalho. O momento de compartilhar desta noite foi muito especial percebemos como Deus na sua imensa graca e misericordia trabalha em nossas vidas nas mais diversas areas, com diferentes propositos, mas acima de tudo para a Sua honra e gloria. Somos gratos por tudo aquilo que o Senhor fez em nos e atraves de nos aqui no Haiti. O Senhor ja sabia o que iamos enfrentar
(luto, furacao, saudades...). Somos gratos a todos os irmaos que nos sustentaram em oracao nestes dias. Dia 29 iniciamos a nossa viagem ao Brasil, a previsao e que cheguemos a Sao Paulo as 6h30, na quinta feira. Continuem acompanhando o Blog do Projeto Haiti, serao postadas varias historias que os irmaos vivenciaram aqui. O Projeto Haiti 2012 encerra-se dia 29, mas o Projeto de Deus para o Haiti continua! Haiti, abrace essa Nacao!Astrit Grunhagen----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------August 27th and 28th These have been very special days, where we could see Gods hand on control of everything, including nature and the time we still have here.On Sunday afternoon, most part of the team worked to rebuild one of the tents from the clinic that have been destroyed by the hurricane. Yesterday, August 27th, a very strong storm hit the area again, and the tent that was rebuilt was again destroyed, this time, having all its iron twisted. Some of the patients who were waiting in the clinic tried to hold the tent, but it was in vain. Our team got really upset with the episode, but no doubt we have been learning the meaning of the word perseverance. Once again, everyone got back to the clinic to help our Haitian brothers in whatever they needed. Yesterday we received the challenge of building a house, but only this morning (August 28th) we could get the material needed to start to raise the house of brother Watso. It was not possible to finish it, but some Haitian brothers put them self available to help the brother to finish it. Lets pray for that the house can be finished, so that the family is able to have a worthy place to live. While a part of the team was still trying to finish the work in Mamassitas orphanage, on Clinic and Watsos house, another part of the team went to visit the orphanage ruled by Jasmine. The orphanage meets 56 children, boys and girls. About 45 children have or a father, or a mother, or anyone responsible, but they have no conditions, for many reasons, to take care and feed the children. Seven children were found on the streets and nothing is known about their parents. Only four children dont have nor father, nor mother. Four children are mentally and physically disabled, and need a lot of care. The orphanage already existed before the earthquake, but it all came down, and the orphanage was rebuild with wooden boards and zinc sheets to house the children. The place is very clean and organized, and even the conditions are precarious, the children receive, beside all the care, classes of literacy of English and crioulo. Ass all institutional kid, theyre extremely needy, and soon they draw near the visitors, trying to receive them with hugs and affection. We would like to answer the questions the orphanage children have made: Are you coming back? After all hard work in the last two days, the team was invited/convened to play soccer with some youths of the community. Theres already an evangelism and discipleship work
among them. A lot of people from the community came to participate, and the wick was big! The Soccer Championship had as objective to make this work stronger. The moment to share this night was very special: we could notice how God, in His great Grace and mercy works on our lives on the most different areas, with different purposes, but overall it, to His honors and glory. We are grateful for everything the Lord has done on us and through us here on Haiti. The Lord already knew what we would face (Mourning, hurricane, missing people...) were grateful to all of our brothers that supported us in prayer this days. On August 29th we will start our trip to Brazil, and it is predicted for us to arrive in Sao Paulo at 6h30am of Thursday. Keep following the Project Haiti blog: we will post some stories that the brothers have lived here. Haiti Project 2012 ends at August 29th, but Gods project for Haiti goes on! Haiti, hold this Nation!Astrit Grunhagen
Apesar da chuva torrencial que caiu esta noite, as seis horas da manha o sol brilhava intensamente no ceu, prometendo que um dia quente estava por vir. A promessa foi cumprida: sol quente e ceu sem nuvens acompanharam todo o nosso dia. Apos um delicioso e animado cafe, recebemos as orientacoes a respeito das visitas que fariamos na comunidade em torno da sede da missao. Mochila com agua nas costas, tenis nos pes, muito protetor solar na "cara" e desejo ardente de conhecer um pouco da realidade de nossos irmaos, o que nao demorou a acontecer. A equipe foi dividida em dois grupos: um grupo foi conhecer a comunidade Nan Douz onde mora o nosso irmao haitiano Maxo, tradutor e uma ferramenta preciosa nas maos do Senhor. A outra equipe acompanhou o irmao Mario (colombiano) que ja faz parte da equipe fixa da missao. Andamos por ruas enlameadas, vielas cheias de pedras, atalhos cheios de escombros...Em cada canto um sorriso e um olhar por vezes alegre, por vezes desconfiado, era acompanhado de Bonne journee! (Bom dia!)A simpatia pelos brasileiros era evidente e atraia as pessoas. Encontramos uma familia que descansava a sombra de uma arvore com um bebe de mais ou menos um ano nos bracos, e ao perguntarmos o nome, a resposta sorridente foi: Neymar!Mais adiante encontramos algumas pessoas que ja haviam tido contato com a equipe do ano passado e os contatos foram retomados. Tivemos a oportunidade de orar com varias pessoas ao longo do caminho: enfermidades, problemas espirituais, familiares etc.Fomos conhecer a familia de Maxo, pastor e lider da Igreja em Nan Douz. A recepcao foi calorosa e muito alegre. Subimos a montanha cravejada de pedras brancas e pretas todas lisas, um convite para um escorregao. Alegremente Maxo nos mostrou o local onde a igreja se reunia: umas poucas colunas de madeira sustentavam um telhado feito com algumas telhas de eternit e lonas velhas e rasgadas. As maiorias dos bancos eram feitos de tabuas de construcao, apoiados em tocos de madeira e blocos de cimento. Meu coracao se encheu de alegria ao ouvir do irmao que aquele era o lugar de adoracao que o Senhor lhes havia dado, mas ao mesmo tempo de vergonha ao lembrar que nem sempre me lembrei de enfatizar o que realmente importa: a adoracao e nao o lugar. A visao do alto do monte era magnifica: podiamos contemplar as plantacoes de mandioca, batata doce, as casas e um pouco mais ao longe, o mar. Orar pelas irmas que ali estavam, nos fez perceber o privilegio que estamos tendo e isto nos enche de gratidao.Apos o almoco nos reunimos para orar e dividir as equipes de trabalho no fim de semana. Enquanto alguns preparavam o material que seria usado, outros foram ate um orfanato fazer o planejamento e preparar o material para a construcao da proxima semana. Amanha a tarde participaremos de um ministerio de pregacao para adultos e criancas com o pr Herold, sao aguardadas em torno de 150 a 200 criancas. Por favor, orem por estes ministerios, a duracao do programa e de
mais ou menos tres horas.Outra equipe foi ajudar a limpar, pintar e preparar a casa da familia Thompson que esta se mudando no domingo para exercer ministerio aqui no Haiti. Ainda outra equipe, esta muito mais masculina, foi jogar futebol com os haitianos que haviam sido convidados de manha. Encerramos o dia compartilhando as bencaos derramadas sobre nos e orando para que o Senhor, em sua imensa misericordia, nos capacite para sermos usados por ele.Cansados e animados por aquilo que o Senhor tem nos reservado so pudemos dizer: Merci Seigneur! (Obrigado Senhor!)Astrit Grunhagen.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------August 17th Walking in the wayDespite the torrential rain that fell this evening, at 6am the sun shone brightly in the sky promising a hot day was coming. The promise was fulfilled: the hot sun without any clouds followed all our day.After a delicious and excited breakfast, we received the guidelines about the visits we would make at the community around the headquarters of the mission.Backpack with water back, sneakers on the feet, a lot of sunblock on the face, and yearning to know a little about the reality of our brothers, what didnt take much time to happen.The team was divided in two little groups: one of it went to meet the Nan Douz community, were lives our Haitian brother Maxo, translator and a valuable tool on Lords hands. The other group went followed brother Mario (Colombian), who is already part of the fixed team at the mission.We walked through muddy streets, lanes filled with stones, shortcuts full of debris... In every corner a smile and a look sometimes joyful, sometimes suspicious, was always accompanied by a Bonne Journee! (Good morning)Sympathy for the Brazilians was evident and attracts people. We met a family who rested in the shadow of a tree, with a one year old baby in the arms, and when we asked the name, the smiling answer was Neymar!Later we found some people who've had contact with the team last year and the contacts were resumed. We had the opportunity to pray with a lot of people along the way: illness, spiritual issues, family and so on.We met Maxos family, he is leader and pastor of Nan Douz Church. The reception was warm and very happy.We climbed the mountain studded with white and black stones all smooth, an invitation to a slip. Maxo cheerfully showed us where the church met: a few wooden columns supported a roof made with a few tiles and sheeting eternit old and torn. Most sits were made of planks of construction, supported by stumps of wood and cement blocks. My heart was filled with joy to hear from the brother that was the place of worship that the Lord had given them, but at the same time ashamed to remember that is not always that we remember to emphasize what really matters: the worship and not the place. The vision of the top of the hill was magnificent: both could contemplate the plantations of cassava, sweet potatoes, houses and a little farther, the sea. Praying for the sisters who were there made
us realize we are having a privilege and we were filled with gratitude.After lunch, we met to pray and share the team for the weekends work. While some prepare the material that would be used, others were up to an orphanage to plan and prepare the material for the construction of the next week. Tomorrow afternoon we will participate in a preaching ministry for adults and children with pastor Herold. We expect around 150 to 200 children to come. Please pray for these ministries, the duration of the program is about three hours. The other team went help clean, paint and prepare Thompsons family house, which is moving on Sunday to pursue a ministry here on Haiti. Another team, a very masculine one, went to play soccer with the Haitians that have been invited in the morning. We ended the day sharing the blessings drown over us, and praying for that the Lord, in his great mercy enable us to be used for Him. Tired and excited for what the Lord has reserved for us, we can just say Merci Seigneur! (Thank you Lord!)Astrit Grunhagen
A viagem ao Haiti se inicia: de varios cantos do nosso imenso Brasil, coracoes cheios de expectativas e esperancas se reunem no Aeroporto de Guarulhos para dar inicio ao Projeto Haiti 2012. A viagem para todos foi muito tranquila, chegamos ao Haiti as 16 horas do horario local (17 horas no Brasil). Nao tivemos nenhum incidente na viagem: todos chegaram bem juntamente com suas bagagens. Reservamos o tempo para recebermos as instrucoes sobre como o projeto se desenvolveria e para organizar as atividades do dia seguinte. Logo que possivel postaremos algumas fotos.Muito obrigada pelas oracoes,Todos da equipe mandam um grande abraco e agradecem pelas oracoes. Astrit------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------August, 15th and 16thThe trip to Haiti just begins: from manyparts of our vast Brazil, hearts full of hope and expectations meet atGuarulhos Airport, to start Haiti Project 2012.For everyone, the trip was tranquil, we gotto Haiti at 4pm local time (5pm in Brazil).We didnt have any incident in the trip:everyone arrived safe, and so did all the luggage.We saved some time to receive the firstinstructions about how the project is going to work, and to prepare theactivities for the next day. As soon as we can, we will post some photos.Thank you for all the prayers. Everyonefrom the team send a huge hug. Astrit Bencao Temos vivido dias indescritiveis, com Deus resgatando vidas de um poco de lama e perdicao, LITERALMENTE! Uma das mocas que se uniu ao nosso grupo e enfermeira voluntaria na clinica que nossa equipe esta ajudando a construir, e ontem se deparou com uma historia impressionante: uma senhora foi usar o "banheiro" (uma latrina) quando ouviu um gemido, e ao olhar para baixo viu um bebe recem nascido em meio aos dejetos. Rapidamente ela tirou a crianca daquele lugar e a levou para a clinica. Mais tarde foi descoberto que a mae havia dado luz a aquela crianca ali mesmo, na latrina, no domingo. A crianca foi encontrada na quarta-feira! Ela esta bem, apenas com infeccao de pele devido aos dejetos que ficaram em contato a mesma. Glorias a Deus! As historias que ouvimos dia apos dia nos surpreendem e nos levam a acreditar cada vez mais que o Senhor tem um plano perfeito na vida de todos nos! Nao fuja do seu chamado! Hoje alguns integrantes da equipe foram conhecer o STEP (Seminario Teologico de Porto Principe). Os irmaos Evaldo e Astrit, acompanhados do Pr Roberto e do Pr Brandalize tiveram uma entrevista com o Pr Jean Dorlus e passos importantes com a relacao a parceria a ser realizada com STEP foram dados. Foi maravilhoso ver a mao de Deus em cada detalhe. O Pr Brandalize pode conhecer o seminarista que sera apoiado pela IEL Palotina, nos emocionamos com a historia e dedicacao deste jovem (mas isto e historia para outro post).Tensao Um clima de tensao no ar tem sido sentido por todos aqui. O trabalho de construcao na Clinica e no orfanato foi intensificado hoje, para que amanha possamos ajuda-los a se preparar para o furacao que vira. A previsao e de que os ventos se iniciem as 14h (15h
no Brasil) e o auge seja atingido entre as 18h e 19h. Provavelmente ficaremos sem energia eletrica e sem internet, o que ja e bastante comum aqui, qualquer chuvinha ja derruba as redes. Por isso, por favor: nao fiquem preocupados se nao receberem noticias logo. As informacoes que recebemos e de que sera de pouca intensidade e que passara perto do local onde estamos, nao exatamente acima de nos (o olho do furacao). A casa em que estamos e segura e certamente resistira aos ventos sem o menor problema, nossa preocupacao e com as pessoas que estao vivendo nas barracas. Prever desastres no Haiti para evitar os danos materiais e perda de vidas nao e o forte aqui. Vimos varias barracas que estao fincadas sobre a beira de morros que fatalmente serao derrubadas se as beiradas do furacao passarem por ali. Estaremos a postos para ajudar quem for preciso. Hoje encontramos no aeroporto militares brasileiros (um deles irmao em Cristo) que nos colocaram a par da situacao e disseram que eles ja estao a postos nos lugares que oferecem mais riscos! Pediu que orassemos para que o Senhor os guardasse e protegesse o povo: muitos nao querem sair da area de risco. Estamos todos bem, algumas febres passageiras, mas todos se recuperaram. Estamos firmes no proposito para o qual o Senhor no chamou. Que o Senhor nos abencoe! Um grande abracoAstrit Grunhagen-------------------------------------------------------August 22th and 23th Blessing and Tension in the air Blessing We have been living indescribable days, with God rescuing lives from a pit of mud and destruction, LITERALLY! One of the woman that joined our group is a voluntary nurse in the clinic that our team is helping to build, and yesterday faced an impressive story: a woman went to use the bathroom (a latrine) when heard a cry, and when she looked down, she saw a newborn baby in the middle of the waste. Quickly she took the baby from that place, and took it to the clinic. Later, it was found out that the baby was born on that same place, on Sunday. The baby was found on Wednesday She is fine, just has a skin infection because of the waste that were touching it. Glory to God! The stories that we heard Day after Day surprise us and take us to believe each Day more that the Lord has a perfect plan in the lives of all of us! Do not run away from your call! Today some of the members of our team went to meet STEP (Theological Seminary of Port au Prince). The brothers Evaldo and Astrit, with Pr Roberto and Pr Brandalize had an interview with Pr Jean Dorlus, and important steps about the partnership to be realized with STEP were made. It was wonderful to see Gods hand in every detail. Pr Brandalize could meet the seminarian that will be helped by IEL Palotina, and we were thrilled with the story of dedication of the youth (but this is story for another post. TensionA climate of tension in the air is being felt