We were seen off by cold temperatures today, but the love of those who gathered around us to support us and send us off kept us warm. Snow was falling at the Cedar Rapids airport, but there's very little danger of snow tonight in Miami, and none in Haiti tomorrow!
So far travel has gone well and we have enjoyed each other's company.
You might guess that Jim's day was made by seeing James Vandenberg, the Hawkeye quarterback, at the Cedar Rapids airport.
After a short ride to the hotel we had a leisurely dinner (read between the lines... Slow service) together before a time of worship.
Worship included Matthew 25 and a reading from Adam Hamilton about how God uses people to answer prayers and in order to do the work that God wants done in this world. "when God wants the hungry fed He sends people. When God wants justice to be done He sends people stand up for what is right." We closed with the song "I refuse" (check out the lyrics. it's very appropriate) and prayer.
Tomorrow morning will come early, meeting in the lobby at 4:50 a.m. to catch a shuttle and be on the plane at 7:20. A short 2 hours and we will go from South Florida where some of the richest people in the Western Hemisphere live, to Port au Prince were some of the poorest live.
May our eyes and hearts be opened to both unimaginable poverty and the and the awesome beauty of the country and her people who (I am certain, like most of us) do their best to live their lives with Thanksgiving and joy.
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blessings,
terry
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