Today was church... it was really nice. I had a chance to thank the congregation for praying for Josiah. I was overwhelmed with emotion and humbled that this group of people would take the time to pray faithfully for us. It's hard to put these things into words.
One of the things I love about going to church in Haiti is the way that everyone wears their absolute best clothing. They all LOOK very dignified in terms of their attire. However, once the music starts and they start getting into things, they become "undignified" pretty quickly. When I say undignified I don't mean that in a negative way at all. I mean it in a really, really good way. What I mean is that they are not ashamed to worship freely. They dance and and sing and just pour their hearts out in an authentic way before God. It's pretty cool.
Danny and Leann have recently started running a children's church. Today there were about 120 or so kids 12 years old and younger. They watched "Prince of Egypt" and even though it was in English, one of the HCH staff members, Nixon, sat there with a microphone translating the whole thing. It was a LONG time for children's church-- over 2 hours. But the kids just sat there the whole time and were obedient and not causing any sorts of disruption. Nia did so well. I was so very proud of her.
Our biggest struggle here this week has been the kids' sleeping... or lack of it I should say. Nico's been a little emotionally uncomfortable as I mentioned, and it really exhibits itself at night time. He's been waking up with awful terrors, but the problem is that I think he's still sleeping when it happens and we can't really wake him up. He just sits there screaming and inconsolable with his eyes jammed shut. These are screams of terror-- it breaks my heart. Josiah is doing pretty well with night sleeping-- it's just that napping isn't working too well for him as it's hotter than he's used to. He's gotten a few bites too so I think he's itchy. Nia has just kind of been getting OVER tired and then having trouble falling asleep. But other than that-- they are still doing really well.
I have some pics--
http://picasaweb.google.com/ng.mangine/AnotherDayInHaiti/
