For He is Good

It’s a lovely rainy evening in Pignon.  I really enjoy when it rains. We keep the windows open and the breeze is really cool and refreshing. We have been here three weeks and the days seem to be flying past us. Monday was our first day of the program and we had a really good turn-out; and then Tuesday we fed 97 children! Handing out food to these kids is really an amazing experience. Then watching some of the mothers feeding their small children the rice or beans was equally rewarding. Each day this week we opened the program with some songs, had a time of getting into the Word, prayer, the meal, and then filling up cups with water.

Each day continues to be a new experience. Heather and I treated ourselves to another at-home Haitian pedicure (we soaked our feet in a sudsy warm basin of water and scrubbed our feet with a hand-held dish scrubber). The first time we did this, we just had a long day of riding motorcycle and working in the Savanette area. We enjoy doing things that give us a little taste of home: painting our nails and making stir-fry on Friday nights.

Heather and I will be teaching English to a group of doctors at the hospital here in Pignon in the mornings. We have already started putting together some things to teach and we will start on Wednesday. Prayer warriors, please be lifting us up as we prepare for our sessions and carry them out to the best of our ability.

The Lord continues to amaze me here. The past few days have been trying for our Many Hands staff. Our co-worker, Zeke’s dad was hit by a motorcycle a few days ago and he just passed away yesterday morning. While he was in the hospital, our team made an effort to see him a few times and pray for him there.  We have been coming together as a team, not only to make the program run smoothly and be effective in the lives of these children, but also to build one another up and be sources of encouragement and support during this hard time. It has been really cool to see how the Lord has continually extended His hand of comfort in this situation.

God is good always. Even when we think He doesn’t heal in ways that we want Him to heal, or He does things that we do not understand. We continually prayed for healing over Zeke’s dad, but the Lord chose to heal him in a far greater way: by giving him life eternal with the Lord forever. While we were in the hospital, we saw, lying in the bed near Zeke’s dad, the young man who was driving the motorcycle that day. He had a cut on his head. As we were heading out, we asked the young man if we could pray for him. We hope and pray that he was deeply affected by the power of the Lord and that, as a result of this situation, will come to know the Father in a very real way. The Lord’s goodness was very real in that moment. We can stand assured that the Lord is good always.

“You [the evil one] intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.” –Genesis 50:20

Thanks to all who have been keeping us lifted up in prayer. We are so moved by the faithfulness and providence of the King of Kings.

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.” -1 Chronicles 16:34

Bon nwit from Pignon!

Zanmi ou, (your friend)
Cassidy

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