God's timing

Hello from Haiti! This is Ali!

Today was a wonderful, eventful, joy filled day. Sitting around in group time tonight-we found ourselves standing in awe over all that had taken place since our beautiful sunny wake up call. We have talked about timing a lot this trip-what time are we leaving, how much time we have at each place, how neat the timing for the trip is for each of us in our lives and in relation to our experiences today, how incredible God's timing is...
This morning we went to a home for sick and dying adults. We approached the gate, welcomed by the single man that holds the key to let us in. Before we had the chance to stand up, exit the top top and start our time of singing together, we were interrupted by a crashing sound that came from over by the gate entrance. Through people crying out, crowds rushing around and moments of feeling completely numb-we came to the conclusion that the same man that had just let us in, had just been crushed by the heavy metal gate door. Some of us went rushing to lift it off of him, some stood still unable to move, some of us grabbed gloves and ran along side of him as he was carried away. The next thirty minutes were some I personally will never forget. This man-with tears in his eyes, laying in so much pain, was able to say with pure confidence " Jesus loves me and because of that I know that I will not die today". After making him as comfortable as we could with what we were given, we had Brunet (one of Healing Haiti staff members) pray with him as the rest of the team played music in the room in front of us. It was incredible. After sending him away it really began to hit us ladies that were with him during that time. Our fears were strengthened by the power of Christ, without a doubt he was with us. We pray that this man is pain free tonight and comforted with the peace of Christ.
Next we went to Gertrude's: A home for children that have special needs, as well as an orphanage to a group of regular needs in kids. These kids definitely brought a contagious joy! We were able to help feed them their lunch, play outside and sing and dance to music created by our team. Outside they have a swing set that has this awesome handmade swing that has a ramp/gate so that the children can swing-in their wheel chairs :) amazing! Watching them sing and dance was also incredible-they were loving every minute. Some were clapping, some loving the air guitar and others were fully embracing the drummer durning the set!
Last stop of the day was at a home for sick and dying babies. There are two rooms: one for babies that are more sick and another for the babies that are in the healing stages. We all got feed and hold these babies throughout our entire time there. For me, it was the best way to fulfill my "baby fix"! It was neat to see mothers learning how to care for their babies, breastfeeding and simply being there with them. It was very hard to set them back in their cribs, knowing how much they loved being held and cuddled.
All three of these experiences went hand in hand with one another. We truly got to be the hands and feet of Christ as we touched the sick and held those that needed love.