Who knew planting a tree could be such a life changing experience?
We walked through the village of Levesque and we walked into peoples yards, asked for the owner
and asked them if it was okay to plant a tree. Everyone said yes and after we planted it where the owner wanted it to be planted we asked them if we could pray for them. It was amazing what some of them wanted prayer for. They didn’t ask for a house or car or more clothes, etc, they asked for God to help them get a job to provide for their family or they prayed to get closer to God, etc. It was humbling.
Weather wise it was so hot! You just got used to the sweat pouring down your face and body all day long but we kept working and we kept ministering to others.
There is a deaf community that live within the village of Levesque. There was a lady that was deaf that stayed with us the entire time. I had a scarf over my neck that helped me to wipe the sweat off of my forehead when working but I felt God telling me to give it to her. She was sweating and she didn’t have anything to wipe her sweat. She was grateful to have it. By the end of the day she called me friend and she wore the scarf around her neck every time I saw her throughout my duration of being in Haiti. That touched my heart.
Sandy, rocky ground.
The kids didn’t have much of anything to play with yet they found joy in playing kick the can with some of our teammates.
There was a mentally challenged girl in the village that I was drawn to. I wanted her to know that God loved her too despite if people called her crazy or anything else she was still a prize in the kings eyes. She danced and twirled around and waved at me. I finally was able to go by her with one of my teammates along with a translator and I prayed for her.
I cried. Out of everything I saw in Haiti, that was the only time I cried.
She touched my heart. I think it’s because the least of the least of these, the outcast, the misfits, the unfortunate….they have a special place in the heart of God therefore they should have a special place in our hearts as well.
Ashley Wilson 