Hello to all of our family, friends, and followers. I would first like to apologize for not getting to you all in a timely manner. We have been busy. Being a part of this team has been a wonderful experience here in Haiti. Yesterday was a spiritual awakening for me. (I am tearing up as I write this to you) We went to visit Pastor Genada. During that visit there was a class being taught, the teacher asked us to help him teach some English. So they got into some small groups and my group had a lot of questions for me. First off they all think I’m Haitian. So they expected me to know Creole. And now that they know that I’m American they are more than willing to teach me. So anyhow, the first question they asked me was “how do I feel about death”. I gave them my answer, we then had gotten into a conversation about how they struggle living in a third world, the poorest country in the world. To hear them express themselves to me (someone that they know is here to help) was very hard for me. God had given me the strength and courage to share with them how I struggle living and being American. I really feel that I made a connection to the group that I was talking to that no one had ever reached. They expressed a lot of gratitude for what I had shared. And in return I know why God has called me to come to Haiti. And there will be many more trips in the near future for me. I would also like to share with you all of a fear that I had and I have been praying for me to overcome that fear. That fear was praying out loud in a group. The Haitian’s that I was talking to asked me to say a prayer before we ended our session and I did it. I did not know what to say but I started the lord took over. So that was my wonderful day in a nutshell. There is so much more I would love to share but it will be at another time. Thank you all for all of your prayers, I love you all and will see you in a week.

LaShanda King