My trip to Haiti was short. I couldn't believe how fast the 3 weeks went. But for as brief as it was, I left a huge part of my heart there. The Haitian people are so beautiful and they taught me so much. I'm still processing and trying to put into practice all that I learned.
Before I went to Haiti, I asked God for a word to claim for my trip. The word that I got was "HOPE". It seemed to fit so well. People are always talking about bringing hope to Haiti. And a verse that I have always claimed as my life verse is 1 Peter 3:15 which talks about the hope that is in us. However, I wasn't there for very long before I realized that the people of Haiti were going to teach me a lot about hope. They are truly beautiful people. They have so little when it comes to things that the world would consider to be important, but they have such a joy. How many North Americans would bother to get out of bed in the morning if they didn't have a job to go to or didn't know if they were going to eat that day? Would you have the motivation to keep going if you literally had nothing to your name? Would you continue to have hope?
The creole word for hope is espwa. The further away I get from my trip the more and more I realize how very much I have to learn about the the concept of espwa and how far I have to come.
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Very beautiful.
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