Day Three, July 20th PRAISE YOU IN THIS STORM

“And I'll praise you in this storm
And I will lift my hands for You are who You are no matter where I am
And every tear I've cried You hold in your hand
You never left my side and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm”

Tonight the words to the song "Praise You in This Storm" by Casting Crowns kept running through my head as a storm raged here in Haiti. Some of us are sleeping on mattresses under a roof with large openings in the walls and others of us are in tents on the roofs of the buildings in the mission. The rain came in sideways through the openings in the walls and soaked many of the mattresses, and the tents are all sitting in standing water. Just as people began to grumble and complain two of the missionary’s Jody and Larry reminded us to not let a little rain make us loose focus. They reminded us that most Haitians right then were sitting on mud floors under thatched roofs with water coming in all around them. And that this happens every time it rains, so our one night of damp sleep should only make us better appreciate how they live. So Larry proposed we have a storm watching party, he bought us all Cokes and we stayed up and watched the rain.

Photos taken by NWHCM on July 20th