Dannae and I went to the Ash Wednesday service at church this evening and it was the second time I have been out passed dark. Dorothy says she doesn’t even really go out past dark in the states, let alone here. But don’t worry though, both times I have been in secure safe places…just in the car outside driving from place to place. In fact, I drove for my third time to the Ash Wednesday service and it was in the dark. It’s fun to be driving here because we all know I like to drive and thought I would miss it. Granted I have only driven close to the house and in the neighborhood. NO big main streets (like Delma- we live in the Delma 75 area). I have always seen Haiti driving like a dance. You have to know how to follow and lead and often times it consists of using horns and placing your car in the smoothest part of the floor…if you feel my metaphor. I know those who have been to Haiti will understand. I love it though. There are rules, but not really. This reminds me of Cheryl Merritts one Haiti joke that I love… “How may people can you fit in a tap tap? Just ONE more.” Anyway, carnival seems to be over, but as Pastor Karl said at the service that the whole season of lent is usually filled with rah-rah bands marching and professing that Christ is dead. I don’t know how this works are if those are the exact words that will be spoken during marches, but just keep Haiti in your prayers. May the love of Jesus be overflowing, as I know He is alive, fighting for Love and Justice here in Haiti and everywhere. If he wasn’t I know I wouldn’t be here, and so many other missionaries wouldn’t be here, but I am and so are they. Therefore, praise God there are people sharing the Love of Christ and fighting for justice!
Hope as you all go through this season of lent you will remember the sacrifices that our Lord took for us and hold to the truth that says…
“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4, NKJV)
LOVE YOU…MISS YOU…NATASHA
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