Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Vet! Wouj!

I wish that it had not been too windy for my phone to pick up sound, because this was a very fun moment. If you could suddenly jump inside of one of these pictures, you would see one of the kids who came to Haiti bringing back something that she learned.

In this case, she is teaching a group of Sunday school kids to play Red Light Green Light the way that we played it in Fond Chaval, with Creole words rather than English ones.

Super simple thing to bring back, but this is how you do reentry in a church the size of Bethel. You teach little things in little moments, and then, as you run across your teammates, you tell them about it. Because, Haiti is a part of these kids now, and it does them good to be allowed happy, simple moments that remind them of that.  :)



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